All Hail the King

Bruce Campbell is the legendary B-list actor from Evil Dead. I’ve never seen the film, nor any of his others, but I can sing all the songs from Evil Dead: the Musical (of all things).

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him in anything but a You Tube video in which he sings “Hungry Like the Wolf” by Duran Duran, while dressed in a smoking jacket and ascot.

Nonetheless, I was on hand during his signing session at the Dark Horse booth, where he was signing comics from his upcoming film, My Name is Bruce. Apparently, he plays a version of himself in the new movie, who becomes the un-hero when the undead actually do come to life. Everyone is relying on him because he played the role of Ash in the Evil Dead movies. Little do they know, he’s only Bruce, the actor.
Evil Dead fans were on hand to get autographs, but only a small number of fans actually won the chance in a ticketed lottery. One fan, dressed as Ash, was particularly disappointed, but he happily posed for me.