This month’s Art Gallery display is from the 2005
Dynamic Forces Army of Darkness release. The card was done by the artist Filip
Sablik and it is of Ash, the main character of the Evil Dead trilogy, played by
cult actor Bruce Campbell.
I love this movie, this was actually the first time I
saw Bruce Campbell in a film and I was pulled in to his humor immediately. I
have since built a library of Bruce Campbell DVDs including Evil Dead, Evil
Dead II, The Army of Darkness, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Congo and
Jack of All Trades. One of my favorite shows of all times remains The
Adventures of Brisco County Jr. which premiered on Fox the same Friday night as
another cult classic, The X Files. I am not sure why I remember that but it is
still stuck in my brain 21 years later.
The Army of Dakrness release was rather quiet, appearing
13 years after the movie was in theaters. The set contains 72 base cards, 6
glow-in-the dark cards along with some autographs (though Campbell was not
included) and sketch cards. I picked up this card for two reasons, a) it was
Ash and b) it was around $5 shipped. There are actually some really nice Ash
sketch cards available but I try to stick with paying no more than $10 on a
sketch card if I can help it.
Filip Sablik is a comic book illustrator and does not
often work with sketch cards, as a matter of fact the only sketch cards I can
find of his are both from Dynamic Forces with Army of Darkness and 35 Years of
Red Sonja.
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