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Good morning everyone!

Here it is, a recap of my 2025 year in writing, projects, and what I got accomplished. A pretty successful year!

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Check it out! Sincere appreciation to the folks who support what I do or give me opportunities.

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Copies of Merry Creepsmas, New Edge Sword and Sorcery, and Burroughs Bulletin. A shelf - 2 white Ikea bookshelf filled with books I am in.
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Newest CD acquisitions for the sword and sandal soundtrack/score library: The Egyptian and Gladiator II.

#SwordAndSandal #HistoricEpic #Antiquity #Peplum #Soundtrack #Score #Gladiator #TogaAndSandal #CultFilm #EpicFilm #Epic
2 CDs, one for The Egyptian and one for Gladiator 2.
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Newest acquisition for the sword and sandal library: the new 4K Steelbook release of the Biblical peplum The Ten Commandments.

A show with everything but Yul Brynner!

#Peplum #SwordAndSandal #HistoricEpic #Epic #TogaAndSandal #Biblical #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #Bluray #Benhur #MovieCollection
Steelbook of The Ten Commandments. It shows Charlton Heston holding 2 tablets against a rest sky.
November 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Good morning everyone -

Time for my updates on writing, projects, & stuff:

Vidcast on With of the Titans

Review published in Panthans journal

New Edge Sword & Sorcery coming out soon

And more! Check it all out here:

nickdiak.com/2025/11/news...

#SwordandSorcery #Peplum #SwordAndSandal #Comic
Covers of the next three issues of New Edge Sword and Sorcery. Cover of National Capital Panthans #342. It shows Tarzan, sitting on a branch, with a grassland behind him, with a lion and zebras grazing. Blu-Ray Steelbook version of Wrath of the Titans.
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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New article at my website!

Here is my giant write up of going to the Edgar Rice Burroughs dedication in Willcox TX, but also seeing THE THING?. Hope yall give it a read!

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#Tarzan #SwordAndPlanet @edgarriceburroughs.bsky.social #SwordAndSandal #ECOF #OldWest #ERB
An Alien rides a Dinosaur at THE THING? ERB Inc describes the Woola plushie. Jeffrey Mariotte at his author table. He was the guest of honour. The Burroughs Family and Frank Puncher unveil the Burroughs monument.
October 8, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Today's treasure from the archive: Challenge the Devil (from the @severinfilms.bsky.social Christopher Lee boxset) signed by #peplum starlet Bella Cortez in one of her rare non #swordandsandal appearances.

#BellaCortez #Cultfilm #Horror #HammerHammer #HistoricEpic #ChristopherLee #Gothic #Giallo
Blu-ray of Challenge the Devil. Backside of the Blu-ray sleeve. Signed "To Nicholas, Bella Cortez"
September 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Newest acquisition for the #swordandsandal library: The Norseman - a #viking #peplum made by… Charles B Pierce of Boggy Creek fame?!?! Yes please!

#BigFoot #HistoricEpic #bluray #cultfilm
Blu-ray of the Norseman
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Arrived in the mail today: William Castle pepla!

Inspired by the lobby card I got, I sought out the #swordandsandal films that William Castle did: Slaves of Babylon and Serpent of the Nile, plus other historic epics.

Time for a deep dive into this horror auteur!

#Peplum #Epic #Antiquity #DVD
2 DVDs. One is Slaves of Babylon and the other is a 4 movie pack called William Castle Adventures Collection.
August 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Toga and sandal goodies!

A magazine advert for the movie adaptation of Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra” along with a copy of the play and the Eclipse ( @criterion.bsky.social ) box set that has the movie.

#SwordAndSandal #Peplum #HistoricEpic #Antiquity #Caesar #Cleopatra
Vertical lobby card, book, and dvd box set of Caesar and Cleopatra.
August 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Time for my bi-weekly news, projects, writings and stuff!

I did an interview with Jeffrey Mariotte

I did a Review of the comic book Death Nell #2

Shared some new loot

And other cool stuff! Check it all out here:

nickdiak.com/2025/08/news...

#ComicBook #SwordAndSandal #Tarzan #ERB
August 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Antique mall find today: lobby card for the William Castle American peplum “Slaves of Babylon”

#SwordAndSandal #peplum #antiquity #babylon #bfilm #historicEpic #tingler #togaandsandal
Lobby card for the film
August 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Newest acquisitions for the #peplum library: French Blu-rays of Hercules and Hercules Unchained from Artus Films. Shockings, the only blu-ray releases of these films! (How can a film like Hercules not have a 4K/HD release by now?!?)

#SwordAndSandal #Hercules #Pepla #HistoricEpic #TogaAndSandal
Blu-rays of Hercules and Hercules Unchained.
August 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Good morning everyone!

I don't promote these enough, but I am a writer and I have books! If you would like to support me consider checking out my #Peplum / #swordandsandal and #Horror books from @mcfarland.bsky.social

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and

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Copy of "The new peplum" and "Horror literature from gothic to post-modern"
July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Writing and projects update!

Review of the Neo-jungle girl comic Vanya from @badbugmedia.bsky.social

Vidcast on Clash of the Titans

Presenting at an ERB Event in September

And more!

Check out everything here:

nickdiak.com/2025/06/news...

#SwordAndSandal #JungleGirl #Comicbook #Peplum #Tarzan
Blu-ray copy of Clash of the Titans '81, Clash of the Titans Remake, and Wrath of the Titans. Comic book copy of Vanya #4.
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Happy birthday to Ray Harryhausen!

An artifact from my collection is this sweet-ass Talos statue I bought from
@scarecrowvideo.bsky.social way back in the 2000s. Isn’t it boss?

#peplum #swordandsandal #epic #cultfilm #antiquity #mythology
Statue of Talos in a sealed box.
June 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Happy book birthday to Joshua Pruett / @zombietardis.bsky.social for the release of his kiddo peplum “Gyro and the Argonauts”.

#peplum #swordandsandal #neopeplum #gyro #mythology
Criterion laserdisc of Jason and the Argonauts used as backdrop / prop up a hardcover copy of Gyro and the Argonauts.
June 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Newest acquisition to the #SwordAndSandal library, the #BiblicalPeplum Risen.

I have not seen this #Peplum - but I did see Joseph Fiennes in the #neopeplum Hercules film.

@mattpagefilm.bsky.social did a write up about Risen back in the day, check it out:

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Physical 4K copy of Risen. It shows Fiennes' character on a the front, a Roman soldier with a red cape. He is looking through an open door (the crypt of Jesus?). Behind him is a flock of people in the desert.
June 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Newest acquisition to the #peplum library: Alexander. Just got this yesterday from Shout! / @shoutstudios.bsky.social & since it was a pre-order, I get a poster too. I've not actually seen this #neopeplum (RIP Val Kilmer) let alone its zillions of versions, but it looks good!

#SwordAndSandal #Epic
4K Release of Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut. Next to an upside down cardboard tube that has a poster.
June 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Periodic updates on personal news and projects and stuff:

Comic book review of Vanya #3 from @badbugmedia.bsky.social

Vidcast review of Kings of the Sun

ERB ECOF in 2025-09

#CFP on Horror Videogames

And more!

nickdiak.com/2025/06/news...

#Comicbook #SwordAndSandal #Peplum #EdgarRiceBurroughs
Comic book cover art for Vanya #3. It shows Vanya underwater fighting an aquatic dinosaur. Blu-ray of Kings of the Sun. It shows two warriors fighting in front of a Mayan pyramid. It is autographed by Victoria Vetri.
June 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Newest movie to add to the #SwordAndSandal library: a very bootleggy/grey market DVD of The Ten Gladiators.

@mattpagefilm.bsky.social did a write up of this film, check it out!

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#Peplum #HistoricEpic #TogaAndSandal #Epic #ExploitationFilm #Gladiator #Rome
DVD copy of I Dieci gladiatori. It's from Desert Island Classics. The cover is simply the movie poster with a dark green border around it. Very low quality.
June 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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#NowWatching “Risen” (2016) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray

Get it: amzn.to/3HAeEfS

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead

#4K #4KUHD #4KBluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #ad #epic #history #Biblical #SwordAndSandal #filmsky #moviesky
June 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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#NowWatching “Risen” (2016) on 4K UHD Blu-Ray

Get it: amzn.to/3HAeEfS

In 33 AD, a Roman Tribune in Judea is tasked to find the missing body of Jesus Christ, who rose from the dead

#4K #4KUHD #4KBluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #ad #epic #history #Biblical #SwordAndSandal #filmsky #moviesky
June 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Today's treasure: The Tartars autographed by #peplum queen Bella Cortez!

Also, read my write up about this #viking film starring Orson Welles and Victor Mature.

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#SwordAndSandal #Vikings #HistoricEpic #CultFilm #TogaAndSandal #Tartars #Autograph #DVD
DVD of "The Tartars". The cover art is the poster of the film, showing a victor in a sword fight with a tartar, with a viking boat behind them. In the top left it is signed "To Nicholas, Bella Cortez"
May 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Projects and News roundup:

Write up of Gladiator 2

3 new #CallForPapers / #CFP

3 new @ridethestream.bsky.social episodes

#ECOF press release and registration

@mewelke.bsky.social has a new book

Lots more! Check it all out here:

nickdiak.com/2025/05/news...

#NeoPeplum #SwordAndSandal #Podcast
4K copy of Gladiator 2. Fan2Fan Podcast episode thumbnail - shows Nosferatu ascending the stairs.
May 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM