Two L.A. Ad Guys Welcome Zombies to Their Midst With 'Cheer the Walking Dead'

Undead get a West Coast makeover

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"Just what Los Angeles needs. Fewer brains."

Unfortunately, that's not a tagline for Fear the Walking Dead, which premieres this Sunday on AMC as the second series in the cable-television-eating Walking Dead zombie franchise.

Rather, it's a line from two freelance L.A. creative directors, Charlie Noback and Brian Engleman, who are launching an Instagam called Cheer the Walking Dead. The idea is simple: Celebrate the arrival of the undead in their fair city by zombifying classic L.A.

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