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June 4th @ 12:00 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Mike Hansen, Anthony De Rosa, Brian Wolski & John Myrick

  • He’s hit the bigtime now! Jason Mewes has been issued as a STAR BOND over at the Hollywood Stock Exchange online. As we always say, play at your own risk. We hear it’s habit forming.
  • Joe Quesada‘s done it again! He’s presented the cover for the upcoming DareDevil #1/2 (sure to be a HOT book when Wizard offers it), along with some thoughts:
That same day I was informed that Wizard and Marvel had come to an agreement on a Daredevil 1/2 written by your pal and mine, Kevin Smith.

Of course they needed a cover A.S.A.P.

So I looked at my Spidey layout and thought about it for a second and realized what had to be done…… Spider-Man had to go to hell! You know as in devil, Daredevil.

So, there you have it. What was originally just a sketch for TV, then in my mind a possible cover to offer Ralph, inadvertently became what I hope will be a way spanky cool piece for Wizard.

By the way, Ralph never heard this story, so don’t anyone tell!

See ya on the Quick side

Joe “Hollywood” Quesada

  • Finally today, Mr. Showbiz stayed on their Dogma kick with a story summarizing Cannes & the current state of distribution:
DOGMA DOINGS: The reaction to the showing of Kevin Smith’s Dogma at the Cannes Film Festival has been mezzo-mezzo. Janet Maslin of The New York Times had some approving things to say, among them that the film wasn’t the anti-Catholic rant some were expecting. Todd McCarthy of Variety called it “an extraordinarily uneven film that significant cutting might be able to transform into a playable one.” Hence, a slight cooling of the heat the film has been enjoying over the past several weeks. But bidders are said to be talking to Miramax’s Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who bought the film from Disney for a reported $14 million to avoid a censorship hassle over its purported offensiveness to devout Catholics. Word is that Artisan, Lion’s Gate, and MGM are interested. Kevin Smith has said on his View Askew Web site that he would be content if the Weinsteins hung onto Dogma and released it themselves

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