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Okay, not exactly. It's more like Zombie Palin, Apartment 307, and Cracked Magazine (or nowadays what the kids would know as Cracked.com). See, I'm going to be at this year's Small Press Festival in Pittsburgh from July 18-19. There's actually a lot more to SPF than the vendor expo I'll be at, but that's the part where the zombies, vultures, and crack come in. Let me explain...

Zombie Palin will have an ashcan out at SPF. Maybe you remember her, maybe you don't. She was the star of a webcomic that Pete and I did here at the AudioShocker for a couple of months. Featuring the classic 11 Zombie Palin strips and more, this ashcan has a sweet new cover I just whipped up yesterday. Here's a preview:

Apartment 307 is a minicomic Pete and I contributed to this spring. Pete, along with the other two creators involved, lives in apartment 307. The three stories in this ashcan all have wildly different premises but still manage to involve apartment 307 in their bizarre content. I'll have this comic with me at SPF, but you can always order one from (organizer, editor, and contributor) Josh Blair or pick one up at Phantom of the Attic comics. Check out a preview of Apt. 307 over on Josh's blog.

Cracked won't actually be at SPF. They're too popular for that. But there was a time five years ago when the Cracked name was all but dead. That's when Pete and I got in touch with comics legend Tom DeFalco and pitched some ideas at Cracked for their impending relaunch.

We're printing up an ashcan for SPF featuring our failed Cracked pitches, as well as some behind the scenes material. Then, on the Tuesday following SPF (July 21, 2009), we'll run a very special podcast with even more behind the scenes discussion and anecdotes dating back to our frantic couple of months we spent creating and pitching content to Cracked.

That's all I got for now. Expect more shameless self promotion regarding Pittsburgh's Small Press Festival in the near future. And check out tomorrow's podcast where Pete (you know, the writer of Culturology) will join Justique and I for a special episode that's sure to offend your grandma, your mama, and probably just about everybody else you know.