03/30/2024
We are excited to have the Scope Zombie from Dawn of the Dead, Bob Micchelucci at the Nightscape Horror Festival in Jamestown, NY this October! Come out and meet him, get a photo with him, get an autograph, check out his amazing memorabilia for sale, and don't miss his appearance as part of the Dawn of the Dead panel on our main stage, where he will discuss his experience making the film!
Tickets available at;
http://www.nightscapestudios.com
In 1970, Bob was hired as a “Creative Apprentice” at Mel Richman Creative Marketing Services in Pittsburgh. In 1974, he moved on as a graphic production artist with Dick Z Associates, again in downtown Pittsburgh. Bob is one of the “pioneers” of the independent horror publishing field. His first book was THE COLLECTORS GUIDE TO MONSTER MAGAZINES in 1977, self-published along with Dick Zdinak, it was considered the “bible” for film-monster magazine collecting. Bob published an updated second COLLECTORS GUIDE in 1988 complete with Jack Davis cover art. In 1978, he partnered with Bill Wilson to design and co-publish a slick sci-fi magazine called QUESTAR under the business name of MW Communications and that magazine reached 100,000 circulation at its peak in 1981. In 1979, The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films presented him with their Lifetime Achievement Saturn Award.
In 1981 he formed IMAGINE, INC. and began a long career publishing and designing now classic trade paperback titles including Tom Savini’s GRANDE ILLUSIONS & GRANDE ILLUSIONS BOOK 2, Dick Smith’s MONSTER MAKE-UP HANDBOOK, THE COMPLETE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD FILMBOOK, EROTICISM IN THE FANTASY CINEMA (introduction by Chris Lee), FORREST J ACKERMAN, FAMOUS MONSTER OF FILMLAND (Introduction by Vincent Price) and BRUNO SAMMARTINO, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WRESTLING’S LIVING LEGEND.
Bob also began working a full-time job as a production artist in the WQED Design Center in the early eighties and worked his way up to Print Production Manager until he left in 1993. In 1993, Bob acted as Chairman for the ZOMBIE JAMBOREE…The 25th Anniversary Convention for the film NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD in Pittsburgh, PA that brought together the original cast for the first time in twenty-five years. He had previously chaired two other conventions in Pittsburgh: FANTASY FILM CELEBRITY CON in 1978 & CON 2 in 1979. The ’79 show was British actress Caroline Munro’s first US convention appearance.
Other publishing projects include another magazine titled SCREAM QUEENS ILLUSTRATED with over twenty Pl***oy style issues published (Edited by John Russo and Art Directed and Designed by Bob), SCREAM BEAT, DRIVE-IN CINEMA and MAKING MOVIES and several trading card sets including five series of SCREAM QUEENS, two editions of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (with FANTACO), TOM SAVINI GRANDE ILLUSIONS (with FANTACO), WRESTLING LEGENDS, FANTASY GIRLS series 1 & 2, YOU SLAY ME, two series of DARK SHADOWS cards and three DARK SHADOWS limited edition 18X24 illustrated prints by John Graziano.
In 1978, Bob played the “SCOPE ZOMBIE” in George Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD, he also played a priest in CHILDREN OF THE LIVING DEAD and a cop in John Russo’s SANTA CLAWS. Bob’s wife Dee and daughter Dawn acted in John Russo’s SANTA CLAWS and Dee was the ZOMBIE MOM and Dawn was the ZOMBIE DAUGHTER in the NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD 30th Anniversary Edition produced in 1998.
In 2000, Bob reunited with former partner, Jim Aiello, Sr. and worked on a restaurant project called SORRISO PIZZA PERFECT, PASTA PERFECT located in Greenville, PA and in 2001, he managed a full-service Italian Restaurant called LOCANTE’S PIZZA & PASTA CAFE located in Mt. Lebanon, PA until late 2004. In 2004 he began and managed, Rossi’s Pop-Up Marketplace in North Versailles, PA, a converted twenty screen theater into a discount shopping mall and flea market. As of 2018, he continues as General Manager. Bob’s current projects include compiling and publishing his most recent three books titled MEMORIES OF THE LIVING DEAD and “Bob Michelucci’s MONSTERous Portfolio” and his most recent title “THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE GREATER PITTSBURGH ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY”. Another project is he is currently working on is to open THE GREATER PITTSBURGH ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM in the Pittsburgh area. His hobby is photography.
