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The Official Dawn of the Dead Poster Book
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Artifact: The Official Dawn of the Dead Poster Book
Type: Document
Year: 1978
Submitted by: Monroeville Mall Admin
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The 1978 Dawn of the Dead Official Poster Book was a promotional movie tie-in published by MW Communications in Pittsburgh for George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. It was sold as a small folded poster-magazine, roughly 8⅜ x 10⅞ inches folded, that opened into a large 21½ x 33¼ inch full-color poster.
Rather than being a traditional book, it functioned as a collectible fan piece: part poster, part souvenir magazine. It included movie photos, behind-the-scenes information, and a large fold-out illustrated poster built around the famous tagline, “When there’s no more room in hell… the dead will walk the earth.” MyComicShop lists its original cover price as $1.95 and describes it as a tie-in with Romero’s feature film.
For the Monroeville Mall archive, its importance is that it represents an early official piece of Dawn of the Dead promotional ephemera from the film’s original release era...
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Physical copy in Monroeville Mall Archive inventory
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Artifact: The Official Dawn of the Dead Poster Book
Type: Document
Year: 1978
Submitted by: Monroeville Mall Admin
Archive page: View artifact details
Article summary
The 1978 Dawn of the Dead Official Poster Book was a promotional movie tie-in published by MW Communications in Pittsburgh for George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. It was sold as a small folded poster-magazine, roughly 8⅜ x 10⅞ inches folded, that opened into a large 21½ x 33¼ inch full-color poster.
Rather than being a traditional book, it functioned as a collectible fan piece: part poster, part souvenir magazine. It included movie photos, behind-the-scenes information, and a large fold-out illustrated poster built around the famous tagline, “When there’s no more room in hell… the dead will walk the earth.” MyComicShop lists its original cover price as $1.95 and describes it as a tie-in with Romero’s feature film.
For the Monroeville Mall archive, its importance is that it represents an early official piece of Dawn of the Dead promotional ephemera from the film’s original release era...
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Provenance
Physical copy in Monroeville Mall Archive inventory
Members can use this thread to discuss the artifact, article context, sourcing, and related memories.