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Rick is turning himself into a zombie. So far, more than 24 hours of tattoos – costing over £4,075 Canadian – have got him halfway there and made him a minor celebrity on the internet, where people can’t decide if he’s a body modification visionary or mentally ill sicko.

Read more about Rick at Bizarre Magazine. Coming to us via boingboing.com

And he’s Canadian too. I love this country. Reminds me of a story of a man who came to a friend who was counseling him wondering why he couldn’t get a job. Was it his prison record? Maybe. Most likely it was the tattoo of the axe dripping blood prominently featured on his forehead.

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Unsure if the above chart is accurate. It is amusing though.

Blatantly stolen from geekstir.*** who I’m sure stole it from somewhere else just without giving props to the author. Bad form. No link for you.

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[source University of Western Ontario]

I was reading the zombie entry at Wikipedia and noticed this:

The Epic of Gilgamesh of ancient Sumer includes a mention of zombies. Ishtar, in the fury of vengeance says:

Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
I will smash the doorposts, and leave the doors flat down,
and will let the dead go up to eat the living!
And the dead will outnumber the living!
It will be awful!

The Epic of Gilgamesh is believed to have been written between 2750 and 2500 BC! I didn’t realize the whole concept of zombies rising up to devour the living was as old as possibly the most ancient written text on Earth. The idea was chilling 4500 years ago and is no less disturbing today. If it was written then, it is most likely even older than that. One can only speculate.

What does this tell us? Zombies as a story device are not going away any time soon.

I can’t say I’m disappointed. This is zombiefreak.com after all.

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Originally uploaded by Rob Sacchetto.
Zombie 21

“When hell is full, the dead shall walk the earth…

But why wait until the end of days to see your mug as a mound of undead rot? With the aid of a photo master illustrator Rob Sacchetto will hand illustrate a custom portrait depicting YOU as a brain chasing ghoul.

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Once the movie biz gets into swing again this year and I make a little dough I think I’ll send $80 and a photo of myself to be zombiefied by Canadian artist Rob Sacchetto. While I’m at it I think I’ll pick up his “know your zombies” poster as well. Your stuff rocks Rob! I love the Dawn of the Dead reference in the quote.

For more samples check out the Zombie Portraits set on Mr. Sacchetto’s Flickr page. Creepy… We Canadians do love our zombies.

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