• Hey folks. Well, here we are. The end of 1997. Looking back on all that’s happened (Which is pretty easy to do with our handy-dandy Archives section), it’s certainly been a pretty eventful year in the world of View Askew. This year, we not only saw the release of the critically-acclaimed “Chasing Amy” in theatres and the home, but learned of some incredible casting for Kevin’s next film, “Dogma”.

View Askew gained a great deal of visiblity in the press this year, from it’s spinoff projects (“A Better Place”, “Big Helium Dog”, “Vulgar”), Kevin’s upcoming comics, MTV shorts, and Coke commercial, and of course the aforementioned “Chasing Amy”.

Finally, this year marked the debut of this here site, News/Drinks Askew. Back during our humble beginnings in July, we never expected the site to take off and gain the acceptance and exposure that we’ve seen thus far. We’d like to send many thanks to first, the folks at View Askew that wrote and supported us: Kevin Smith, for letting us know that he enjoys the site and initiating the effort to link us from the View Askew homepage; Ming, for executing that plan and giving us the visibility that let the site grow to what it is; Vincent, for being a good friend and an excellent contact to everything Askew, and for inviting us to Red Bank for an outstanding day (See the BHD Diary) in the links; and finally, Brian Lynch, for all his compliments and allowing us to invade his turf (and his movie!).

Most importantly, thanks to ALL OF YOU. Look at that hit counter. Over 40,000 visitors in under half a year! Not bad at all. Also, to everyone who’s sent in a scoop, you’re the folks that allow this site to continue providing the timely information that it does. Many thanks!

We’ll, I suppose that’s enough babbling for one day, I’ve got some New Year’s Eve festivites to attend, AND a Chasing Amy laserdisc to watch. Happy New Year to you all, and we’ll see you in 1998!

-Brad & Chris