‘World War Z’ author Max Brooks visits Harper
Posted July 13, 2013 8:00 am
Novelist/actor Max Brooks came to Palatine’s Harper College campus Friday night to talk all things zombie during a presentation at the Performing Arts Center.
He is the author of the book “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars,” now a Hollywood movie starring Brad Pitt.
A full-scale “zombie flash mob” preceded his 7 p.m. speech, with students and other audience members given undead makeup by local makeup artist and horror actress Kelli Tidmore.
The flash mob was engineered by Judi Brownfield, who every year launches a mock zombie attack called the “Nightmare on Chicago Street” in downtown Elgin.
Brooks is the son of entertainment icons Mel Brooks and the late Anne Bancroft.
Max Brooks, writer of the best-seller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars, speaks to a packed house at Harper College. He was talking about the undead phenomena like Kristin Craig, 21, of Hanover Park playing the part of a Zombie.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Max Brooks, writer of the best-seller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars, speaks to a packed house at Harper College. He was talking about the undead phenomena that has taken the country by storm.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
Max Brooks, writer of the best-seller World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars, speaks Friday to a packed house at Harper College. He was talking about the undead phenomena that has taken the country by storm.
Photos by Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
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