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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 24/09/2026

REST IN PEPLUM RICHARD HARRISON!! Just learned of the news. That hits hard - he was legit my favourite actor of the classic Italian era. Lots of #swordandsandal films, but he really excelled in this #eurospy films with Margheriti. What an absolute legend. #RestInPeplum #Peplum #Cultfilm

Framed photo of Richard Harrison signed "To Nick - happy birthday - Richard Harrison"

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 19/09/2026

Publication news! “ So you want to be an author” is a compilation of suggestions/advice/tips from a variety of authors, and yours truly is included.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 18/09/2026

Rest in Beef Gerrit Graham :( After Tim Curry, Gerrit was the next glam rockstar of the cult horror musical genre.

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Ride the Stream @ridethestream.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Buckle up and get ready for "The March," the latest episode we're covering in #DarkWinds season 2. #RidetheStream www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwXc...

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Dark Winds Season 2 Episode 4: Knot Your Enemy

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 12/09/2026

Got this sweet import version of Ray Harryhausen’s The 7th Voyage of Sinbad with this epic lenticular cover. #sinbad #arabiannights #peplum #swordandsandal #aladdin #historicepic #cultfilm

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Ride the Stream @ridethestream.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is this the best episode of the series so far? Listen to our discussion as we continue our season 2 chat about #DarkWinds. #RidetheStream www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jq7...

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Dark Winds Season 2 Episode 3: Red Light Danger

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 10/09/2026

Rocksteady laying on his car, showing off the goods like the sexy bitch he is. #tmnt #teenagemutantninjaturtles #hotrod #rockabilly #shreddersrevenge #videogame

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 09/09/2026

Good morning everyone! New comic book review up at my website. Continuing my dive into #junglegirl comics / #Cavewoman retrospective by looking at Natural Selection #2. Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/09/in-h... #Neojunglegirl #Buddroot #Tarzan #Sheena #Dinosaurs #Pulp #Review #Cheesecake

cover of natural selection #2. It shows Mona and Mereiem wrestling.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 08/09/2026

In anticipation of Joe Lansdale's / @joerlansdale.bsky.social movie of Lost Echoes, went ahead and plucked up a copy of the book! Never read, excited to give it a shot! Kickstarter for Lost Echoes is live, so check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/che...

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 07/09/2026

Publication news to start the month off. New issue of the National Capital Panthans Journal is out. This one has a reprint of my review of Cavewoman - Snow #1. Original can be read here: nickdiak.com/2026/05/its-... #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #Tarzan #Sheena #ComicBookReview #Comics #Comicbook

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 05/09/2026

There is a new episode of the Fan2Fan #podcast online. Michele and I are guests on this episode, talking about monster hunters! Give it a listen here: fan2fan.libsyn.com/monster-mani... #Podcast #Popculture #monsterhunters #Blade #buffy #VampirehunterD #Hellboy

Podcast thumbnail for Fan2Fan. It's a collage of different monster hunters, like Kolchak, Simon Belmont, Blade, Buffy, Hellboy

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

⚔️📚NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS 2026 is live! 📚⚔️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

⚔️📚NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY NOVELLAS 2026 is live! 📚⚔️

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 02/09/2026

Monthly post at my website of accomplishments, publications, etc. Contributed to the Troy release And to Vanya #10 digital edition 2x Cavewoman reviews Death Nell review And much more Check out everything here: nickdiak.com/2026/09/news... #Troy #TheOdyssey #Comics #IndieComics #JungleGirl

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Joe R. Lansdale @joerlansdale.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Here’s the movie poster for my new movie based on my book, LOST ECHOES. @kickstarter pre launch is up. If you’re interested to know more, go to the link below and follow along. We go live September 1st Starring @jeffspeakman5.0 and directed by @chefjoegatto www.kickstarter.com/projects/che...

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Coming soon: Lost Echoes, The Movie

Starring: Jeff Speakman - Written By: Joe R. Lansdale - Directed By: Chef Joe Gatto

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 28/08/2026

And here I am, a scholar of sword and sandal cinema. Watching my fair share of old Steve Reeves movies 💪 #RockyHorror #TimCurry #restinpeplum #peplum #swordandsandal

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 26/08/2026

New comic book review at my website! As part of me retrospective on Budd Root's Cavewoman series, I take a look at "Natural Selection" #1 by Devon Massey. Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/08/au-n... #Cavewoman #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #Comicbook #IndieComic #Tarzan #Sheena #Review

Copy of Cavewoman - Natural Selection #1. Cover shows two jungle girls fighting each other. One has a chokehold on the other. Both are making "grrr" faces.

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MABUSECAST 🔞 🏳️‍🌈 @mabusecast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

letterboxd.com/mabusecast/f... I watched this one as my first one of this series of his earlier this year! a VERY low budget homoerotic #peplum / sword and sandal film filmed on location in his mansion and pool lol!

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A ★★½ review of 1313: Hercules Unbound! (2012)

Look this is not good but I like going outside my comfort zone every so often and this truly feels like the outer fringes of cinema so I oddly had a decent time with this! Charmingly homoerotic yet ch...

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 21/08/2026

New comic book review up at my website! I take a look at Death Nell #3 from @badbugmedia.bsky.social - check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/08/cast... #Tiki #Comicbook #Indiecomic #ComicbookReview #MonsterHigh #SexComedy #Comics #occult #Necromancy #DeathNell

Cover of Death Nell #3. It shows Tell tiki-ified. She has a pineapple drink. she's on a beach blanket. Behind her are tiki statues and torches.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 18/08/2026

The new edition of Troy from Arrow Video is out now. Check out who is listed in the special thanks section on the production credits page! Me! 😊 I provided some materials that was reprinted in the booklet. Honoured to have been involved! #troy #theodyssey #peplum #swordandsandal #neopeplum #epic

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 15/08/2026

Newest Acquisition for the peplum library. Indonesian sword n' sorcery! Devil's Sword! Have not watched it yet, but the trailer is bonkers so I am all in! #SwordAndSorcery #Peplum #Fantasy #Cultfilm #BFilm #MartialArts #Bluray #TerrorVision

Blu-ray in slipcase of The Devil's Sword. It shows a barbarian woman surrounded by reptile people.

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Joshua Pruett @zombietardis.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

OPEN TO WORK! Looking for an Emmy winning TV writer for your series or development? A New York Times bestselling author for your licensed novel or comic book series! Or a produced screenwriter for your feature film? Hit me up. Grateful for the shares! Thx all

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Peter Charbonneau @pcharbonneau21.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

On the latest Fan2Fan podcast, Bernie and I chat with writer, director, filmmaker and all-around swell guy @josephscrimshaw.bsky.social as he prepares to hit the road to promote his new film, Dead Media. We talk the creative process, horror, physical media and balancing nostalgia with storytelling.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 12/08/2026

Good morning everyone! New article up at my website! I continue my retrospective into Budd Root's #Cavewoman series by looking at the one shot issue "Bunny Ranch". Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/08/day-... #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #Pulp #Tarzan #Comicbook #Cheesecake #Pinup #Dinosaur

Copy of Cavewoman Bunny Ranch. Cover shows Meriem the Cavewoman wearing her jungle bikini outfit, holding a rabbit in her hand while she pets a raptor.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 05/08/2026

Good morning everyone! New book review at my website! I look at Jeffrey Mariotte's / @jeffmariotte.bsky.social new book, Flesh of All Sorrows, published by @crystallake.bsky.social Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/08/deat... #BookReview #Mystery #DesertNoir #IndieBook #policeprocedural

cover of flesh of all sorrows. It is night. there is a white van with its back red lights on. A mysterious figure standing next to it. A red shoe in the middle of the road.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 04/08/2026

She’s been boxed up for 5ish years but time has come to stop waiting for the perfect display case and just go ahead put my Dejah Thoris statue (from @collectsideshow.bsky.social ) on my shelf. She's majestic! #EdgarRiceBurroughs #SwordandPlanet #DejahThoris #JohnCarter #PlanetaryRomance #Scifi

Dejah Thoris statue. She's lounging on a pile of cushions and holding a gun.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 02/08/2026

Newest acquisition for the sword and sandal library: The Return. Before The Odyssey, The Return came out 2 years before. Smart looking cast! It will be neat to compare/contrast them both. #Epic #Peplum #NeoPeplum #TheOdyssey #Odyssey #Homer #SwordandSandal #TogaAndSandal #Classics

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 01/08/2026

My monthly recaps of news, projects, accomplishments, etc: nickdiak.com/2026/08/news... Key things: 2 reviews of Cavewoman Review of The Odyssey 2 issues of Panthans journal New Peplum Citation New Peplum in an exhibit #theOdyssey #SwordAndSandal #NeoPeplum #Comicbook #Pinup #JungleGirl

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 30/07/2026

Taking advantage of The Odyssey discourse, I want to bring attention to Ruby Blondell’s wonderful book “Helen of Troy in Hollywood” (from @princetonupress.bsky.social ). #peplum #swordandsandal #neopeplum #historicepic #helenoftroy #academicbook #theodyssey

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 30/07/2026

My write up of The Odyssey is now online! Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/07/pepl... Thanks in advance for reading and sharing! #Peplum #Pepla #SwordAndSorcery #NeoPeplum #Historicepic #TogaAndSandal #TheOdyssey #Epic #Gladiator #Hercules #ursus #Samson #Maciste #Mythology

Poster for The Odyssey. It shows Odysseys walking in front of a toppled, burning Trojan Horse.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 30/07/2026

Here we are engaged in the discourse of Emily Wilson and The Odyssey yet I'm still stuck in Edith Hamilton vs. Hercules Against the Moon Men mode. Hashtag SwordNSandal4Evah

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 27/07/2026

Hot take from a small fry. I am not an authority on The Odyssey or its translations, but I am an authority on sword and sandal/peplum cinema, and coming from the film genre perspective: the film is fantastic and is able to do what gladiator 2 failed to do.

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Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

ALT: Wearing My Helmet Odysseus

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 25/07/2026

T-minus 4 Hours until watching The Odyssey tonight. But in case something goes awry, I do have The Odyssey at home. The Odyssey at home:

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 25/07/2026

Off to see The Odyssey this evening! A reminder! The Odyssey = #neopeplum film. If you're into #swordandsandal cinema, both old school and new, consider plucking up my book, The New Peplum, from @mcfarland.bsky.social ! It has a discount code! #TheOdyssey #Historicepic #Epic #Peplum #Cultfilm

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 24/07/2026

The #peplum library grows! Going to watch #TheOdyssey this weekend. But this new 4K edition of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad just arrived in the post! Harryhausen 4 evah! #SwordAndSandal #HistoricEpic #sinbad #ArabianNights #Bluray #TogaAndSandal #Epic #StopMotion #Cultfilm

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

DAVID (2025) got to #2 in the US box office and opens here next month. Here 's my thoughts on it: biblefilms.blogspot.com/2026/07/davi...

David as a boy and his mother in a 2-shot in front of colourful threads

Saul foreground flanked by David and Jonathan to his right

Mid-shot of David as a boy swinging his sling

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 19/07/2026

Today's treasure from the archive: Army of Darkness DVD signed by Richard Grove, Patricia Tallman, and Bill Moseley. Groovy. #Horror #Splatstick #EvilDead #Cultfilm #ArmyOfDarkness #Ash #HorrorComedy #neopeplum #MatterofBritain #Medieval #SwordAndSandal #Lovecraft #autographed #DVD

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 18/07/2026

With The Odyssey out that means #neopeplum is in! My publisher, @mcfarland.bsky.social, is having a sale on #mythology books, which includes my book, The New Peplum. Until the end of July, use code MYTH26 to get 25% off Mythology books: mcfarlandbooks.com/product/The-... #SwordAndSandal #Peplum

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The New Peplum - McFarland

The New Peplum Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s Nicholas Diak Foreword by David R. Coon Afterword by Steven L. Sears 978-1-4766-6762-1 978-1-4766-3150-9

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Naomi Simone Borwein @nsborwein.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

UPDATES Call for creative writing: Contemporary Indigenous Horror (University Press of Mississippi, 2027) solicits original, unpublished short horror fiction, poetry, and experimental works by self-identifying Indigenous creatives. www.cfplist.com/CFP/46993

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The CFP List

An academic call for papers database.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 15/07/2026

Brand new #comicbook review at my website! I continue my retrospective deep dive into Budd Root's Cavewoman comics. Here is my review of "Snow" #4: nickdiak.com/2026/07/the-... #Tarzan #Sheena #Cavewoman #Pulp #Cheesecake #Pinup #Dinosaurs #Jurassic #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #IndieComic #comic

Cover of Cavewoman Snow #4. It shows Meriem frolicking through the knee deep snow.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 13/07/2026

Rest in Peplum to Sam Neill! One of those actors you'd love to meet and hear stories from. #SwordandSandal wise, he was Merlin. My favourite movie of his was Event Horizon, though Dr. Grant is iconic cinematically. #RestInPeplum #SamNeill #RIPSamNeill #EventHorizon #Horror #

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 12/07/2026

Happy birthday to Charles Saunders. I recently discovered his work via New Edge Sword and Sorcery / @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social #SwordAndSoul #SwordAndSorcery #Fantasy #CultBook #Imaro

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 10/07/2026

Working on getting my books all organized using the new corner shelf I got. But, here is a snap of all my Arkham House, Ballantine Adult Fantasy, and Dark Harvest books on one shelf. Old school cool. #Books #Arkham #Pulp #Cult #OOP #Lovecraft #LinCarter #Horror

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 09/07/2026

Today's treasure from the archive: Cannibal Apocalypse, autographed by John Saxon and Edoardo Margheriti. Great post-Zombi/post-Cannibal Holocaust/post-Apocalypse Now Italo exploitation film. #ExploitationFilm #Cultfilm #BFilm #GenreCinema #WarMovie #Cannibals #Vietnam #HorrorFilm #Autograph

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June Orchid Parker | Bread Sonja @breadsonja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

In the ring, I'll see you next Tuesday Where the Sorcerer fights, and the protag is gay newedgeswordandsorcery.com/product/supl...

Cover of Suplex & Sorcery by June Orchid Parker (cover art by John Golden). Varika, a barbarian woman in leather pro wrestling gear, grabs a kneeling, green skeleton from behind by the lower jaw and raises her fist to punch this foe. Behind her you can see ring ropes, a masked chorus, the seats of a Greek theatre and a black-clad Sorcerer with green magic burning around his hands.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 08/07/2026

New #Comicbook review up at my website! I take a look at issue 3 of the "Snow" storyline from Budd Root's Cavewoman series. Check it out here: nickdiak.com/2026/07/the-... #JungleGirl #NeoJungleGirl #Pulp #ComicBookReview #Tarzan #Sheena #Dinosaurs #IndieComics #Pinup #Cheesecake

Cover of Son #3. It shows Meriem Sitting atop a mountain, being pulled in different directions by 3 white gorillas.

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Matt Page (he/him) @mattpagefilm.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New blog post on HOUSE OF DAVID's purity culture love triangle and why it's rather drab. biblefilms.blogspot.com/2026/07/hous...

Princess Merab mid shot, classy mustard dress, candle-lit.

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 07/07/2026

Tonight’s treasure from the archive: Cryptz! Autographed by the indomitable @juliacmarchese.bsky.social !! #horror #cultfilm #exploitationfilm #dvd #moviecollection

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Nicholas Diak @nickdiak.com · 05/07/2026

July 5th afternoon - too hot to mow the lawn, so I'm drinking pisco sours and putting together legos I've had boxed up for 16+ years. Work on all the Knights sets! Catapults away! #Lego #Legos #SwordAndSorcery #Medieval #MiddleAges

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