We were recently both delighted and spooked to see some of our favorite cartoon characters transformed into the undead. Today, the pre-Halloween zombification of familiar faces continues with Swiss comic-book artist Frederik Peeters‘ Portraits as Living Deads, a vast collection of illustrations that imagines what celebrities might look like as extras in a George A. Romero movie. Over the course of a long-term blog project, Peeters created hundreds of these portraits — since he finished in 2009, by far the creepiest images are of those who have already died, from Amy Winehouse to Muammar al-Gaddafi. After the jump, we’ve posted some of our favorite pieces from the pop-culture realm, including everyone from Bob Dylan to Karl Lagerfeld to Björk. And if those aren’t enough for you, page through a whole lot more at Peeters’ blog.
Bob Dylan. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Patti Smith. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Victoria Beckam. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Bono. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Karl Lagerfeld. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Catherine Deneuve. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Keith Richards. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Stevie Wonder. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Michael Jackson. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Madonna. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Elvis. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Steven Spielberg. Image credit: Frederik Peters
JK Rowling. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Brad Pitt. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Jennifer Aniston. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Diddy. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Pamela Anderson. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Marilyn Manson. Image credit: Frederik Peters
Björk. Image credit: Frederik Peters
George A. Romero. Image credit: Frederik Peters