Blizzi, that pic is actually Billy “Cheche” Crawford in the “Howdy” makeup, silly. It’s a pic taken from a Fangoria issue from the summer of ’04; not Dietz. 😛
But while I’m at it, let me further push my theory that the differences in facial features seem to implicate the “Howdy” in Dominion could in fact be a different demonic entity than the one in the Friedkin film, since each yields a different eye color for its possessed organisms (humanity and hyenas get red instead of yellow).
I just wonder why they got Crawford to wear the makeup for the dream sequence when Linda Blair didn’t do so in the Friedkin film’s Captain Howdy sequences; why him instead of a different actor, I wonder.
I think whether it was purposeful or done out of convenience, Crawford’s portrayal of Howdy, while brief, is quite effective.
I suppose this could be one of the great mysteries gone unsolved because nobody but the hopeless fans — speaking for myself, mind you — scratch their heads in wonderment.
Seriously, no NERD emoticons for me? 😛 I am sorry, as a writer myself, and as a fan, I’m trying to make sense of these apparent anomolae. 😛
M.I.K.E.