- Zombie Broadway
Zombie Broadway, or Dave Stewart's Zombie Broadway, is a
graphic novel created byDave Stewart , David Harris and Christine Schenley and published byVirgin Comics .It tells the story of a Zombie outbreak in
New York City that can only be quelled by the song and dance of the Broadway stage. Stewart plans to turn the concept into a musical. [ [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153168 VIRGIN ANNOUNCES ZOMBIE BROADWAY BY DAVE STEWART] (press release),Newsarama ]Creators
The story was created by
Dave Stewart ,David Harris andChristine Schenley . It is written by Harris and Schenley and illustrated byDevaki Neogi .Plot
In Zombie Broadway, the human population of
Manhattan has been decimated to the point where the only survivors are a few unlucky civilians and a bunch of stuck-up Broadway effites. The acting mayor (the others have been eaten or killed) of New York has convinced the President to try taming the Zombies through theater before the ultimate resolution of dropping a nuclear bomb on the city. The story of "Zombie Broadway" takes the form of anensemble black comedy , full of violence and humor.Publication
"Zombie Broadway" was published in
March 2008 by Virgin Comics.Recently, Virgin and Stewart began a Zombie Broadway Karaoke contest via Youtube where contestants send videos of themselves singing the title song from the planned Broadway adaptation. [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=uvHD08sGr04 YouTube - Broadcast Yourself ] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.virgincomics.com/root_zombie/zombie.aspx?SQS= Zombie Broadway at Virgin Comics Homepage]
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