We’l be back with some more Amy laserdisc news and to catch up on everything else tomorrow.
Well, there you have it, folks…You know we’ll be among the first in line to buy a copy! Stayed tuned to News Askew for the official LD release date…
Most of the deals we tried to work out for more webspace and a dedicated site to house this ever-growing monstrosity have fallen though, so we’re continuing to entertain outside offers for a new server to host News Askew & Drinks Askew. We’ll need at least a few megs of disk space to start, a reliable server, and an open FTP line in so we can put in updates at all the crazy hours of the day and night. PLEASE contact us if you think you can help out!
Finally, if you enjoyed the Rutgers summary, let us know, and we’ll see about putting up a “sequel” of sorts with some more Q&A if we get enough requests for it, since it does take a bit of time. Thanks for shopping with us today.
Already, the fledging Portland-based company has won the rights to reprint Frank Miller and Simon Bisley’s “Bad Boy”, previously published in installments in the British edition of GQ magazine, and signed filmmaker Kevin Smith (”Chasing Amy”) to write comics based on his hit debut film “Clerks.”
The 40-page, full-color magazine-format Bad Boy, the story of a young boy struggling to regain his freedom from an oppressive society, will be released in December with a $4.95 cover price. “It’s incredibly good — it’s Miller and Bisley!–and it’s a shame it’s never been available in North America,” said Scheck. “I’m already trying to get Miller and Bisley to collaborate on more “Bad Boy.”
Meanwhile, Kevin Smith’s comic-writing debut will be a 15-page story featuring “Clerks” characters Silent Bob and Jay in the Monthly Oni Double Feature #1, set to be released in January. Matt Wagner (Mage) handles art chores. Smith’s Bob-and-Jay story will be followed up by Clerks: The Comic Book, a 32-page, black-and-white one-shot featuring the “Clerks” characters, scheduled for an early 1998 release. Newcomer Jim Mahfood provides art.
So how come a hot movie director wants to squeeze comic book scripting into an already busy schedule? “I’ve always been a comics guy and a Clerks comic book seems to make sense,” Smith said. “The characters and situations transfer easily from the movies to comics, and comics are a big enough medium to hold anything. In a world where Hate can exist as a comic, so can Clerks.”
Smith said he wants to write more stories based on the “Clerks” characters and hopes it can eventually evolve into bimonthly title.
Lots of cool stuff there, for out of over seven hundred films submitted, Vincent’s will be 1 of 10 to compete for the festival’s Golden Starfish Award, a goods and services prize valued at a whopping $165,000! Hopefully Vinnie can win this and get himself some car insurance. By the way, this news came to us from Vincent’s IndieWire mail subscription. Check it out if you’re interested in learning more about the independent filmmaking scene.
By the way, Vincent’s getting quite a few calls at the office about the film from various studios and other film-types…Things are really shaping up! We’re definitely looking forward to the October 23rd screening in New York.
Due to last night’s Rutgers appearance, this update is being written on 3 hours of sleep, so please excuse any stupid mistakes or confusing statements that one of us is bound to make in the following news items. Otherwise, enjoy!
That’s right, after decades of sound-syncing, we actually slapped something together (okay, so Vinnie did the physical slapping…what do you want, I’m new to the editing biz and nobody’s better at slapping than Vinnie) and what can I say? Vin did something all crazy-like at the end that MADE the scene. He’s a genius at the Steenbeck, ladies and gentlemen, no bullshit.
While I’m at it, allow me to thank Kevin and Scott; without them, Vin, Neil, Crimmins and I would be sitting in a corner with no film to edit.
And Kim for all her hard work…and she knew Michael Ian Black to boot!
And EVERYONE in the VA Office.
And everyone who worked on the film for free.
And the actors. All nine billion of them.
And the academy.
That’s all. If you could be a tree, what tree would you be?
The poop was gone, and in its place was a five dollar bill.
Brian
Brian’s certainly got a style all his own, doesn’t he? Remember, we’ll do our best to always keep you up to snuff on ALL the latest View Askew projects.
