Date of the Dead

by John DeBellis

For those who have read Standup Guys: A Generation of Laughs, I must warn you, the prose in Date of the Dead is an entirely different style. If you enjoy absurdist humor and you're not a zombie traditionalist, then you'll enjoy Date of the Dead. It's boy meets girl who hates him and then meets zombies who she hates almost as much. The story is housed in twisted logic and filled with severely bent characters who try to survive the deadly streets of NYC by utilizing New York Times workers, a marching band and sacrificial Arabic ululation singers. This kind of quirky writing is not for everyone- especially the sane.

67 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 23, 2013

About the author

Huffington Post contributor and standup comic John DeBellis has written for David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Joan Rivers, Rodney Dangerfield, Joe Piscopo, Elayne Boosler, Jenny Jones, Billy Crystal, Bill Maher, Dennis Miller, and Gabe Kaplan. John has done staff writing for Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, Politically Incorrect, The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour, and several sitcoms. He was head writer for the critically acclaimed syndicated satire, D.C. Follies, and was the supervising producer and writer for the ACE Award-winning Joe Piscopo special on HBO. DeBellis produced what many critics said was the best special ever done about standup comedy, Comedy Club Super Stars, on ABC which included Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Richard Lewis, Richard Belzer, Bill Maher, Rita Rudner, Paula Poundstone, Larry Miller, and Tim Allen. John just completed writing and directing his first feature film, The Last Request, starring T.R. Knight, Danny Aiello, Frankie Vincent, Vinnie Pastore, Gilbert Gottfried, Mario Cantone, Joe Piscopo, Tony Lo Bianco, and Barbara Feldon.