Bold Venture Press' Rich Harvey Gives Zorro Presentation

In commemoration of Zorro's centenary, Bold Venture Press publisher Rich Harvey gave a 30-minute presentation at the annual Pulpfest (Pittsburgh, PA) on Thursday, August 15th. Zorro has accomplished much in 100 years, but Rich managed to compress a century into 30-minutes. Bold Venture Press reprinted all of Johnston McCulley's original stories in Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures. Thanks to Jess Terrell for filming the presentation.

https://www.boldventurepress.com/bold-venture-bulletins/a-century-of-zorro-pulpfest-2019-presentation/

ZORRO 100 Year Anniversary Trading Cards.

RRParksCARDS and American Mythology is publishing "The 100th Anniversary of Zorro" trading card series. To support this project visit their website.

The Card series includes:
- A 180 card set broken up into numerous subsets covering a visual history of Zorro from his beginnings in Argosy Magazine through the silent film era, the 1930s/1940s movies and serials, 1950s TV show and the more recent movies as well as the comic books of the 1950s on up through American Mythology's current Zorro Comic Book series. These 180 cards also feature 18 different newly created Anaglyph 3D cards by the maestro of 3D: Christian LeBlanc!

For more information and to support this project visit their kickstarter page.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2020657542/the-100th-anniversary-of-zorro-trading-cards-collection?ref=user_menu&fbclid=IwAR3Gw6ZTUJlLhn3F9IwrLtddVpjXZJYpXo9janQl-QUFD5oywCNPljnYXUU

Johnston McCulley Zorro and More From Bold Venture

Johnston McCulley Zorro and other Pulp Stories

The 100th Birthday of ZORRO, but don't forget the other work of author Johnston McCulley. McCulley certainly created many other interesting characters like The Black Star, a criminal mastermind, and The Spider. McCulley's spider was, very much UNlike today's spidery agile super hero. McCulley's spider person was wheel-chair confined and used mental abilities to run an international crime ring. Then, of course there were colorful characters like The Crimson Clown, The Green Ghost,The Thunderbolt, and Thubway Tham. And the author turned out a number of tales with changing characters, set in Old California -- Alta California -- when it was owned by the Mexican government -- The Tales of Zorro's Old California. Watch boldventurepress.com  for reprints of more of McCulley's fine works.

Duncan Regehr appearing in Williamsburg, Virginia

Duncan Regehr star of Zorro and The Monster Squad will be appearing at the Scares That Care Weekend in WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA August 2-4, 2019.

Make your plans early to attend!

http://scaresthatcareweekend.com/

ZORRO 100 Year Anniversary Global Online Celebration on Facebook

Atención Zorro Fans! 

Zorro 100 Year Anniversary Celebration

August 9, 2019 marks the 100th anniversary of Zorro. To commemorate the ocassion there will be a weekend-long global celebration of Johnston McCulley's masked hero on Facebook. Special guests from the world of Zorro, interviews and Zorro fan activities will highlight the weekend.
 

ALL Zorro fans are invited.

There are several activities for fans to participate in including a fan interview, a Fanfiction story challenge, an invitation to post photos of yourself as your favorite Zorro or Zorro character and challenge to make your own Zorro fan film and more.

Zorro 100 Year Anniversary Fan Activities

Write a Zorro FanFiction Story

Fanfiction writers...help celebrate Zorro's 100 year anniversary!

Write a short story to be included in the online event. The story you write can be any version of Zorro...Walt Disney, New World, based on one of the Movies... or if you are feeling even more creative, one of your own making. You are the writer! But you MUST include the things listed for the challenge! Your deadline is July 15, 2019. So Andale, pronto. Rápido amigos! Hurry, hurry, hurry!

The fanfic must include the following:
1.- Zorro uses his whip
2.- A sword fight
3.- A near miss from a bullet
4.- A wrongful imprisonment
5.- A "Z" slashed into something

It must also include at least 5 of the following elements:
1.- Jumping a canyon on horseback
2.- A kiss
3.- The gift of a rose
4.- A near miss coming out of a secret passage
5.- Drinks with a Sergeant ... Garcia (and/or Reyes), Mendoza, Gonzalez, etc.
6.- A drink that is thrown into someone's face
7.- Sneaking inoto or escaping from jail
8.- A deathbed confession
9.- Zorro swinging from a candelabra (chandelier)
10.- Zorro’s horse fending off a foe.

Zorro FanFiction Challenge

 Join us on Facebook for the ZORRO - 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

Zorro 100 Year Celebration Invitation

for all of the swashbuckling fun.

Zorro 100 Year Celebration

ZORRO Artist Thomas Yeates Appearing at Memphis Comic Expo

Comic Artist Thomas Yeates

Famed comic artist Thomas Yeates will be appearing at the Memphis Comic Expo. He is best known for illustrating the comic strips Prince Valiant and Zorro and for working on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was one of the first graduates of the prestigious Joe Kubert School. He has worked for almost every major publisher, including drawing the Universe X: Beasts and Universe X: Cap one-shots for Marvel. He collaborated with Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier on the Groo vs. Conan crossover for Dark Horse Comics. He also worked on Tarzan, Superman, Swamp Thing, The Warlord, Airboy, Detective Comics and others. 

Thomas will be a guest at Memphis Comic Expo in Memphis, Tennessee on October 19 & 20, 2019.  Don't miss this opportunity to get artwork and comics signed or custom sketches from this legendary artist.

More information can be found at www.memphiscomicexpo.com

Zorro illustrated by Thomas Yeates

Thomas Yeates - Zorro

Thomas Yeates - Zorro

Thomas Yeates - Zorro

Thomas Yeates - Zorro

Thomas Yeates - Zorro

Zorro comic illustrated by Thomas Yeates

The Zorro Television Companion by Gerry Dooley

Are you are Walt Disney Zorro fan? Ever want to know what it was like on set and behind the scenes? Did you want all the show details but could never find them? Now you can with Gerry Dooley's Zorro Television Companion.  Skillfully written, this book is a must have for anyone desires an indepth look into the wonderful world of Disney Zorro.

From Amazon:

The legendary Zorro, the masked renegade who rode through the night defending justice in late 18th century Spanish California, became in 1957 the topic for Walt Disney Studios’ first continuing live-action series and the name of a new American icon. Based on the stories of Johnston McCulley, the legend of Zorro gave birth to the archetypal dual-identity crime fighter, inspiring the creation of such future pop icons as Batman and the Lone Ranger. This book documents the conception and success of a television legend that has endured for over 40 years. The opening chapter discusses the growth of Zorro, from Johnston McCulley’s creation of the character in 1919 to Walt Disney’s adaptation of the story and its 1957 ABC premier, and provides an introduction to the star actor behind the mask, Guy Williams. Subsequent chapters reveal behind-the-scenes aspects of the action show, discussing the secrets of Zorro’s fencing technique and daredevil stunts and giving insight into the cast, costumes, sets, crew and music of the episodes. Chapters Four through Nine deal exclusively with the content of the first and second seasons as well as the four one hour specials on Walt Disney Presents. Plot summaries are provided for each episode. The Zorro legend continued to enjoy worldwide popularity long after the filming of the final episode, and concluding chapters discuss the cultural significance of the legend outside of America, particularly in Argentina, where Guy Williams continued his career as the famous pop-culture hero off the screen.