Crypticon 2009 is almost upon us. This will be the first horror con that either of us has attended and we are really excited. It sounds like the Crypticon crew has put together a fantastic event with a little something for all the horror fans out there.

This week we get the scoop on some of the programming that will be happening at Crypticon from programming head Eric Morgret and movie coordinator Sean Smithson. Shannon also interviews two of the media guests that will be at the con, John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow who talked about their new book Jake’s Wake.

All that plus the weekly geek news and events!

Our Geek Week

♦World of Warcraft – Shannon’s Mage, Matt’s Druid

♦Shannon achieves Peggle mastery at last! If you haven’t seen it, check out the Zero Punctuation review of Peggle. Like all ZP stuff this has adult language in it, but is also pretty funny.

♦Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

♦Muppet History 101 with Craig Shemin. Seriously, if you haven’t gone to see Jim Henson’s Fantastic World at EMP|SFM, you need to go. Right now.

♦Dr Who Season 2

♦Escape Velocity Nova by Ambrosia Software

♦Wolves and Sheep by Jeremy C. Shipp

♦Phantasm

♦Drag Me To Hell

♦Kevin J. Anderson‘s Last Days of Krypton

Crypticon Madness

Crypticon Schedule

Look for more from Eric Morgret at Maelstrom Productions and Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival

Look for more from Sean Smithson at Dread Central

John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow’s new book Jake’s Wake.

Geek News

♦Domo-Kun at 7-11

♦Notable releases from Wizards of the Coast:
Jedi Academy Training Manual
Monster Manual 2
Monster Manual: Dangerous Delves

♦Grimm Love to be released in Germany

♦John Lithgow coming to Showtime’s Dexter

Contests

Still plenty of time to enter our Pirates of the Burning Sea contest – The Pirates of the Burning Sea prize package includes a brand new copy of PoTBS with a 14 day trial plus a men’s XL t-shirt and a women’s L t-shirt. Contest will run till June 7th. Leave a comment on THIS POST to enter.

Music

Music this week was selections from the score for Zombies of Mass Destruction by C. Andrew Rohrmann. Catch the makers of ZMD at Crypticon!

Events

♦May 29, 2009 5pm Metro Clothing Company 231 Broadway E Seattle – Crypticon presents: UnDead, the Uprising! Join your fellow undead in front of Metro Clothing Co. for a zombie crawl. We’re taking over the streets! Win prizes for the best zombie costume, 1st place wins a VIP pass to Crypticon, 2nd place gets a weekend pass, 3rd place wins a day pass.

♦May 30, 2009 Games Workshop Carkeek Plaza 10031 Holman Rd Northwest Suite B Seattle – Carkeek Plaza’s Birthday (all day). Carkeek Plaza will celebrate its 2nd birthday this May, and we’re inviting you to our party! Come participate in a Mumak Hunt, a Speed Painting competition and more, and purchase limited birthday-only items such as mugs, keychains, and dice!

♦May 30 – 31, 2009 The Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center 1500 Broadway, Tacoma – Grand Prix Seattle/Tacoma

♦May 30, 2009 Healthy Times Fun Club Seattle – Benefit concert for 826 Seattle. Seattle-based bands The Pica Beats and Truckasauras will headline. Tickets for the concert will cost $5 (suggested donation).

♦May 30, 2009 8pm Transcendent Church of Bass 920 Elliot Ave Seattle – CODENAME: BASS CHAMBER. Transcendent Church of Bass is becoming a test chamber designed to warp dimensions 1 through 5 via the implementation of kinetic and sonic vibration, interactive activities, sound installations, engaging audio-visual art and perception-altering technology.

♦May 30, 2009 12 – 3pm The Comic Stop 16444 NE 74th Redmond, WA – Michael Oeming and Taki Soma signing. The Comic Stop is excited to have comic book artist extraordinaire Michael Avon Oeming (Powers, Bulletproof Monk, Hammer of The Gods) for a store signing to help promote his brand new series debuting with Dark Horse Comics, Rapture. Signing along with Oeming is co-creator and artist for the book, Taki Soma.

♦All Summer! The Comic Stop 1402 SE Everett Mall Way #160 Everett, WA – Manga Sale! 50% off all manga.

♦May 31, 2009 1pm University Bookstore 990 102nd Ave NE Bellevue, WA – Volcano Blowup. The Science Sisters invite kids 6—12 years old to stop by and learn all about volcanoes. Learn the answer to the question “What is the ring of fire?” and other facts about volcanology (the study of volcanoes) with us. We’ll be blowing up our own mini-volcano, too. (And we’ll even have volcano cake!)