Zombo the Clown aka The Great Zomboni is the only known survivor of the Triangle Assassin Clown School Fire of 1984. As such he represents not only the entire graduating class but the staff and all known alumni of TACS. His fame extends even to the outer steppes of Mongolia where his tribal name, unspellable and near impossible for Westerners to pronounce, means: "O (expletive) would you look at that." Despite his deranged reputation Zombo is quite the homebody, a loving father and one of the only masters of a rare form of performance cooking that involves juggling axes and bees. A deep still waters kind of guy, Zombo is oftened described as the Spencer Tracy of assassin clowns.
"The artist, like the idiot, or clown,
sits on the edge of the world, and
a push may send him over it."
-- Osbert Sitwell
The above bio is as good as any. Zombo the Clown first entered the brain of dark artist Chad Savage as an idea for a screen name for haunted/Hallowe'en discussion lists in 1998. Very quickly, Zombo set up shop in Chad's head, posting to numerous lists and clearly demonstrating that he already existed as a seperate entity, whether Chad knew it or not.
Within a year, he had his own web site. In 2002, he got his own domain name. God only knows what he'll take over next.
Zombo exists because there are a ridiculous number of people who are absolutely terrified of clowns [Coulrophobia!], and Chad Savage is in the business of scaring people.
You do the math.
In 2007, Zombo moved out of Chad's head and into a hideous oversized doll found under a dumpster in an alley (this is 100% true); Chad painted the doll, costumer extraordinaire Nancy Freeman dressed him, and he made his debut at HAuNTcon 2007. Zombo now accompanies Chad to select events and conventions, always drawing nervous laughter and slack-jawed stares. He wouldn't have it any other way.
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