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30/08/2024

🎂Happy Birthday William David Friedkin (August 25, 1935 – August 7, 2023) was an American film, television and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the “New Hollywood” movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is best known for his crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director.

Friedkin’s other films in the 1970s and 1980s include the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), considered a milestone of q***r cinema; the originally deprecated, now lauded thriller Sorcerer (1977); the crime comedy drama The Brink’s Job (1978); the controversial thriller Cruising (1980); and the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). Although Friedkin’s works suffered an overall commercial and critical decline in the late 1980s, his last three feature films, all based on plays, were positively received by critics: the psychological horror film Bug (2006), the crime film Killer Joe (2011), and the legal drama film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023), released two months after his death. He also worked extensively as an opera director from 1998 until his death, and directed various television films and series episodes for television.

Friedkin died from heart failure and pneumonia at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on August 7, 2023, just 22 days before his 88th birthday. — Wikiepdia

— this dude made the scariest movie ever, at least when I was a kid, and the few times I revisited The Exorcist alone, late at night, in my unfinished basement. Sorcerer kicked ass and deserved more than it got, due to being overshadowed by the Star Wars release the week before. What’s your favorite WF flick?
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20/08/2024

🐙🎂Happy Spawn Day Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction. He is best known for his creation of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Lovecraft spent most of his life in New England. After his father’s institutionalization in 1893, he lived affluently until his family’s wealth dissipated after the death of his grandfather. Lovecraft then lived with his mother, in reduced financial security, until her institutionalization in 1919. He began to write essays for the United Amateur Press Association, and in 1913 wrote a critical letter to a pulp magazine that ultimately led to his involvement in pulp fiction. Lovecraft’s time in New York took a toll on his mental state and financial conditions. He returned to Providence in 1926 and produced some of his most popular works, including The Call of Cthulhu, At the Mountains of Madness, The Shadow over Innsmouth, and The Shadow Out of Time. He remained active as a writer for 11 years until his death from intestinal cancer at the age of 46.

Lovecraft’s literary corpus is rooted in cosmicism, which was simultaneously his personal philosophy and the main theme of his fiction. Cosmicism posits that humanity is an insignificant part of the cosmos and could be swept away at any moment. He incorporated fantasy and science fiction elements into his stories, representing the perceived fragility of anthropocentrism. This was tied to his ambivalent views on knowledge. His works were largely set in a fictionalized version of New England. Civilizational decline also plays a major role in his works, as he believed that the West was in decline during his lifetime. — Wikipedia

— a complicated writer… his works still influence us today… what’s your favorite HPL story?

Please enjoy this gallery by Mike Dubisch, check out Lovecraft collection in the shop!

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04/08/2024

31/07/2024

🌀😵‍💫Happy Spawn Day Junji Ito (born July 31, 1963) is a Japanese horror manga artist. Some of his most notable works include Tomie, a series chronicling an immortal girl who drives her stricken admirers to madness; Uzumaki, a three-volume series about a town obsessed with spirals; and Gyo, a two-volume story in which fish are controlled by a strain of sentient bacteria called “the death stench.” His other works include The Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection, a collection of his many short stories, and Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu, a self-parody about him and his wife living in a house with two cats.

Ito’s work has developed a substantial cult following, and Ito has been called an iconic horror manga artist. His manga has been adapted to both film and anime television series, including the Tomie film series and both the Junji Ito Collection and Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre anime anthology series.

Ito began to draw manga at the age of 4, taking inspiration from the works he read in magazines. He continued to draw as a hobby until he became a dental technician in 1984, where he struggled to find a balance between the two. In 1987, he submitted a short story to Monthly Halloween that won an honorable mention in the Kazuo Umezu Prize (with Umezu himself as one of the judges). This story ran for 13 years and was later serialized as Tomie.

Ito has cited Hideshi Hino, Shinichi Koga, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Edogawa Ranpo and H. P. Lovecraft as being major influences on his work. Ito has stated that Umezu has inspired his storytelling, and Hino has inspired his ability in creating a mood for a work. He has also stated that he admires Guillermo del Toro’s work. A connection between Lovecraft’s work and the spirals of Uzumaki has been placed before, as well as a common theme of cosmic horror. Ito has also cited H. R. Giger, Salvador Dalí, and others as influences on his work as well. — Wikipedia

— huge fan of his spiraling cosmic horror visions. Who watched the Netflix show?

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28/07/2024

🎬 …Are superhero movies back? Not quite yet. However, in 2027, we’ll have Avengers: Doomsday. If that flops, it’s undoubtedly a nail in the coffin. I hope not!

I must admit RDJ, cast as Doctor Doom, is quite exciting…. And it can’t be any worse than the previous Doctor Doom portrayals. Not sure what the plot is other than it’s based on Secret Wars, which is pretty damn cool!

Kevin Feige and the Russo brothers shared that the Avengers saga will lead toward an adaptation of the popular comic-book run Secret Wars. But not before Downey re-enters the MCU as one of Marvel’s favorite villains instead of reprising his role as Iron Man.

“New mask, same task,” Downey said as he emerged onto the panel’s stage among a group of actors wearing masks and robes. “What did I tell ya? I like playing complicated characters.” — Entertainment Weekly

I’m looking forward to seeing Deadpool & Wolverine next week. Has anyone seen it yet?

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26/07/2024

The cult classic Weirdling is back!!! Scripted and illustrated by Mike Dubisch. Issue 1 now available at San Diego Comic Con (Small Press- K08) on the website 8/1/24. Link in bio…

“Lost in the vastness of space, ten thousand parsecs from Terran territory… I cannot sleep. My crewmates, nestled in their honeycombed sleep chambers, remain blissfully ignorant of the lurking dangers of space dementia and the insectile horrors that haunt the world.

They know indulge in a shared virtual dream, a sanctuary from the creeping fear. At the same time, I stand watch, alert to the threat of the Xax—a formidable enemy capable of manipulating reality. May name is Anna…I think.”

Available on the ODDNESS website beginning August 1st. Link in bio…

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25/07/2024

🎨📖📚Art reveal for Cody Goodfellow’s latest novel, NEW TOMORROW, with illustrations and cover art by Mike Dubisch.
As America reels in the depths of the Great Depression, munitions heiress Matilda Lynch dons the armor of the SILVER SENTRY to battle gangsters and anarchists, never suspecting that her most dangerous enemy... is right behind her.Petty thief Spider MacGowan escaped jail but was forced to don a cursed mask to become the infamous WHITE DEVIL; but using evil to destroy evil will leave him powerless before the greatest threat the world has ever known.Joined by KID AMOEBA, a single-celled invader from an alien world, and the HAYWIRE GANG––identical triplets who wreak havoc on all they touch––these unlikely heroes will become enemies of the nation they protect when they discover the unspeakable truth behind a miraculous invention that promises to lift America’s elite out of economic despair and let them colonize the stars.Swashbuckling pulp action and mind-boggling mysteries await all who dare to explore the strange world of…
NEW TOMORROW!

Available to pre-order now at oddness.us, all orders ship 10/10/24 and will be autographed by the author. (Only for purchases through oddness.us) Stay tuned for more art shares and details!!! ⁣
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22/07/2024

🎨 Art Reveal! We are thrilled to announce the release of Forbidden Futures 13. Thank you to the awesome writers who made this a killer issue. All artwork by Mike Dubisch.

In Forbidden Futures 13, we dive into Belief Systems and unveil wonders that will leave you questioning your understanding of reality: 

-Curse of the Pharaoh by Charlie Branch: An ancient ruler’s obsession with immortality backfires.

-Brother Rain by Jan Strnad: Experience the tale of a drifter who can summon rain, bringing a temporary respite to a drought-stricken town. 

- The Usurper of Dreams by Cody Goodfellow: Minor deities of a forgotten pantheon face upheaval.

- The Lost Autumn by Elizabeth Rayne: Spirits of a devastated rural haven enact their revenge against the urban sprawl that displaced them.

- Good Kids by Erica L. Satifka: This haunting tale follows children born with a deadly aura that causes decay to those around them. 

-Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Sam Richard: A sermon on how much you don’t know your diety.

- The Hunter by Philip Fracassi: A gripping tale of a boy living under the dark shadow.

- Forbidden Mythos by Mike Dubisch: A cautionary tale that warns sailing in unfamiliar waters can bring a situation to a deadly head.

Prepare to be transported into realms where ancient curses resonate through the echoes of time in the most unexpected ways. Find FORBIDDEN FUTURES 13 at oddness.us for $14.99, (25% off the newsstand price), available everywhere online. Link in bio

Ships 7/31/24

All artwork by

*cover altered slightly for presentation purposes on social media.

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21/07/2024

🎂Happy Birthday Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created on the spur of the moment and portrayed on film, in dramas and comedies alike, Williams is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time.

Williams began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and released several comedy albums including Reality ... What a Concept in 1980. He rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom Mork & Mindy (1978–1982). Williams received his first leading film role in Popeye (1980). Williams won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Good Will Hunting (1997). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Dead Poets Society (1989) and The Fisher King (1991).
Williams starred in the critically acclaimed dramas The World According to Garp (1982), Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Awakenings (1990), Insomnia (2002), One Hour Photo (2002) and World’s Greatest Dad (2009). He also starred in Toys (1992), The Birdcage (1996) and Patch Adams (1998), as well as family films, such as Hook (1991), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Jumanji (1995), Jack (1996), Flubber (1997), RV (2006) and the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006–2014). Williams lent his voice to the animated films Aladdin (1992), Robots (2005), Happy Feet (2006) and its 2011 sequel.

During his career, Williams suffered substance abuse issues and instances of severe depression. He was found dead at his home in Paradise Cay, California, in August 2014, at age 63. — Wikipedia

—huge fan, grew up watching Mork & Mindy… this write up doesn’t even begin to cover the good he did, nor the number of wonderful projects he was a part of which included comedies, dramas, and animated flicks. Picked my favorites (which is not a complete list)… what are yours?

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14/07/2024

🎨🎂 Happy Birthday René Laloux (13 July 1929 – 15 March 2004) was a French animator, screenwriter and film director.

He was born in Paris in 1929 and went to art school to study painting. After some time working in advertising, he got a job in a psychiatric institution where he began experimenting in animation with the interns. It is at the psychiatric institution that he made the 1960 film Monkey’s Teeth (Les Dents du Singe), in collaboration with Paul Grimault’s studio, and using a script written by the Cour Cheverny’s interns.

Another important collaborator of his was Roland Topor with whom Laloux made Dead Time (Les Temps Morts, 1964), The Snails (Les Escargots, 1965) and his most famous work, the feature length Fantastic Planet (La Planète Sauvage, 1973).
Laloux also worked with Jean Giraud (Mœbius) to create the lesser known film Les Maîtres du temps (Time Masters), released in 1982. Laloux’s 1987 film, Gandahar, was released in the US as Light Years, and made in cooperation with the artist Caza. The US version was redubbed by Harvey Weinstein, from a screenplay adapted by Isaac Asimov. The US version was not as successful as the French, grossing less than $400,000 on its release.

Laloux died of a heart attack on 14 March 2004 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. — Wikipedia

— a massive fan of his work! First saw Fantastic Planet in Germany as a kid, mesmerized by this weird ass movie, and later saw it in fragments on NIGHT FLIGHT. It felt like a fever dream. Did I see this movie? I finally got it on VHS and saw it in its entirety. Killer soundtrack worthy owning. Later, I discovered Time Masters, the best Mœbius animation ever!!!! Lightyears is a fun, mind-blowing romp to the end of time and back. His flicks feature deep details that draw you into a richly rendered story. It’s like getting a few more Heavy Metal installments. Fans? What’s your favorite RL movie?
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13/07/2024

🎨🎂Happy Spawn Day Michael G. Ploog (born July 13, 1940 or 1942) is an American storyboard and comic book artist, and a visual designer for films. Ploog is best known for his work on Marvel Comics’ 1970s Man-Thing and The Monster of Frankenstein series, and as the initial artist on the features Ghost Rider and Werewolf by Night. His style at the time was heavily influenced by the art of Will Eisner, under whom he apprenticed on the military instructional publication PS, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly. Ploog was familiar with it from his Marine Corps days, and knew well the art, though not the artist’s name. “I’d been copying his work for years,” Ploog said, “because I was doing visual aids and training aids for the military for a long time”.

“Now, there’s been all kinds of dialog about who was the creator of Ghost Rider. Gary Friedrich was the writer on it. ... The flaming skull: That was the big area of dispute. Who thought of the flaming skull? To be honest with you I can’t remember. What else were you going to do with him? You couldn’t put a helmet on him, so it had to be a flaming skull. As far as his costume went, it was part of the old [Western] Ghost Rider’s costume, with the Western panel front. The stripes down the arms and the legs were there merely so I could make the character[‘s costume] as black as I possibly could and still keep track of his body. It was the easiest way to design him.” Mike Ploog

By his account, he has worked in post-production on the movie Ghostbusters (“All that stuff you saw on cereal boxes are my paintings”) and with film director Ralph Bakshi on the animated features Wizards, The Lord of the Rings, and Hey Good Lookin’. He was production designer on Michael Jackson: Moonwalker (1988), and has storyboarded or done other design work on films including John Carpenter’s The Thing, Superman II, Little Shop of Horrors and the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. — Wikipedia

— read PS in the army and never knew be contributed. Found him due to flicks like LOTR and WIZARDS. Really dig his stuff! Fans?

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08/07/2024

Happy Birthday Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes.

He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took on the ITV sitcom Bootsie and Snudge and the BBC Radio comedy programme Round the Horne. He became known as a performer on At Last the 1948 Show (co-writing the “Four Yorkshiremen sketch” which Monty Python would perform) and Marty, the latter of which won Feldman two British Academy Television Awards including Best Entertainment Performance in 1969.

In 1971, Feldman gave evidence in favour of the defendants in the obscenity trial for Oz magazine. He would not swear on the Bible, choosing instead to affirm. Throughout his testimony, he mocked the judge after it was implied that Feldman had no religion because he was not Christian.

Feldman went on to appear in films such as The Bed Sitting Room and Every Home Should Have One, the latter of which was one of the most popular comedies at the British box office in 1970. In 1971, he starred in the comedy-variety sketch series for ATV called The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine. In 1974, he appeared as Igor in Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein, for which he received the first Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Feldman was a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life, often smoking five packets daily. He died of a heart attack in a hotel room in Mexico City on 2 December 1982 at age 48 during the making of the film Yellowbeard; the film was subsequently dedicated to him. According to an editor’s note in Feldman’s posthumously published autobiography, Graham Chapman was with him at the time of his death.

— always dug a Marty Feldman flick, whether staring or a cameo, he was super funny and made the most of a physical appearance that shoehorned him into comedy. Picked my favorites… what are yours?
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07/07/2024

🎂Happy Birthday Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer. He was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction, and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction.

Notable Heinlein works include Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers (which helped mold the space marine and mecha archetypes) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. His work sometimes had controversial aspects, such as plural marriage in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, militarism in Starship Troopers and technologically competent women characters who were formidable, yet often stereotypically feminine—such as Friday.

Heinlein used his science fiction as a way to explore provocative social and political ideas and to speculate how progress in science and engineering might shape the future of politics, race, religion, and s*x. Heinlein repeatedly addressed certain social themes: the importance of individual liberty and self-reliance, the nature of s*xual relationships, the obligation individuals owe to their societies, the influence of organized religion on culture and government, and the tendency of society to repress nonconformist thought. He also speculated on the influence of space travel on human cultural practices.

Heinlein coined terms grok, waldo and speculative fiction, as well as popularizing existing terms like “TANSTAAFL”, “pay it forward”, and “space marine”.

Heinlein summed up his attitude toward people of any race in his essay “Our Noble, Essential Decency” thus:
And finally, I believe in my whole race—yellow, white, black, red, brown—in the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability, and goodness of the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters everywhere on this planet. I am proud to be a human being. — Wikipedia

⁣— very complex man, whose works I revisit, listed my favorite… what are yours? Grok!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

03/07/2024

Happy Birthday Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language novelist and writer from Prague. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of realism and the fantastic. It typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. It has been interpreted as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known works include the novella The Metamorphosis and novels The Trial and The Castle. The term Kafkaesque has entered English to describe absurd situations like those depicted in his writing.

Kafka was born into a middle-class German-speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today the capital of the Czech Republic). He trained as a lawyer, and after completing his legal education was employed full-time by an insurance company, forcing him to relegate writing to his spare time. Over the course of his life, Kafka wrote hundreds of letters to family and close friends, including his father, with whom he had a strained and formal relationship. He became engaged to several women but never married. He died in obscurity in 1924 at the age of 40 from tuberculosis. — Wikipedia

— read him in high school before I knew s**t about life… revisited him as an adult and POW to the brain! Dude’s a genius… Favorite book— The Trial, The Castle, or The Metamorphosis?
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29/06/2024

🎂Happy Birthday Michael Whelan (born June 29, 1950) is an American artist of imaginative realism. His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including most of the Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, Piers Anthony’s Incarnations of Immortality series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars series, Melanie Rawn’s Dragon Prince and Dragon Star series, the Del Rey editions of H. P. Lovecraft’s short story collections, the Grand Master edition of Ray Bradbury’s fix-up novel The Martian Chronicles, DAW editions of Michael Moorcock’s Elric of Melniboné books, numerous DAW editions of C. J. Cherryh’s work, many of Robert A. Heinlein’s novels including Friday and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, the Ace editions of H. Beam Piper’s Fuzzy novels, and Tad Williams’s Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, Otherland, and Shadowmarch series and Brandon Sanderson’s The Stormlight Archive. Whelan provided covers and interior illustrations for Stephen King’s The Gunslinger and The Dark Tower, the first and last of his Dark Tower books.

Cover art by Michael Whelan has graced many music record albums including Demolition Hammer’s Epidemic of Violence, The Jacksons’ Victory; Sepultura’s Beneath the Remains, Arise, Chaos A.D. and Roots; Soulfly’s Dark Ages; Obituary’s Cause of Death; and every album by the Elric-influenced metal band Cirith Ungol. He painted original works for the covers of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and The Very Best of Meat Loaf albums and several of his older paintings illustrate the liner notes of the former. In 2009, he painted the cover art for thrash metal band Evile’s album Infected Nations. — Wikipedia

— huge fan!!! …wouldn’t have picked up half the books I did if it weren’t for his covers— fantastic renderings of the impossible that left me gazing at the cover, worried the prose wouldn’t match the art, fortunately he was paired with great authors. Reminds me of how important artists are to dimentionizing literature… fans?

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25/06/2024

🎂 Happy Birthday Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. He produced literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics, literature, language and culture.

Orwell’s work remains influential in popular culture and in political culture, and the adjective “Orwellian”—describing totalitarian and authoritarian social practices—is part of the English language, like many of his neologisms, such as “Big Brother”, “Thought Police”, “Room 101”, “Newspeak”, “memory hole”, “doublethink”, and “thoughtcrime”. In 2008, The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945.

He acquired some tattoos; on each knuckle he had a small untidy blue circle. Many Burmese living in rural areas still sport tattoos like this—they are believed to protect against bullets and snake bites.”

On the evening of 20 January 1950, Potts visited Orwell and slipped away on finding him asleep. Early on the morning of 21 January, an artery burst in Orwell’s lungs, killing him at the age of 46. Orwell’s will requested that no biography of him be written, and his widow, Sonia Brownell, repelled every attempt by those who tried to persuade her to let them write about him. — Wikipedia

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— read 1984 and Animal Farm in high school, actually enjoyed writing the book reports. Wonder what old GO would think of today’s world… have you read any of his books?📕

22/06/2024

🎂🪓Happy Birthday Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known best for his role as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead horror series, beginning with the short movie Within the Woods (1978). He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies such as Crimewave (1985), Maniac Cop (1988), Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1989), and Bubba Ho-Tep (2002).

Campbell had the main roles of the television series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993–1994) and Jack of All Trades (2000), and a recurring role as Autolycus, King of Thieves in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995–1999) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995–1999). He played Sam Axe on the USA Network series Burn Notice (2007–2013) and reprised his role as Ash for the Starz series Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015–2018). He also appeared in The Es**rt (2015).

Campbell directed, produced, and featured in the documentaries Fanalysis (2002) and A Community Speaks (2004); co-wrote, directed, produced, and featured in the movie Man with the Screaming Brain (2005); and directed, produced, and featured in a parody of his career My Name Is Bruce (2007).

Campbell is known for frequent collaborations with the aforementioned Raimi, his brother Ted, Josh Becker, and Scott Spiegel. He and Raimi collaborated with a 30-minute Super 8 version of the first Evil Dead movie, titled Within the Woods (1978), which was initially used to attract investors. He and Raimi got together with family and friends to begin working on The Evil Dead (1981). After an endorsement by horror author Stephen King, the movie slowly began to receive attention and offers for distribution. Four years after its original release, it became the most popular movie in the UK. —Wikipedia

— huge fan of his Evil Dead projects, and his numerous cameos… picked my favorites, what are yours?
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