• Yet another Askewed trivia question appears today at the famous Internet Movie Database website:

You should know the answer to that one, folks!

• Sounds like “Powers” penciller artist Mike Avon Oeming might be working on a Kevin Smith project (likely, one of the upcoming View Askew comics). Check out a post of his from Michael Bendis’s message board below:

• Finally today, congrats to Askewer and long time News Askew reader Brian Higgins, who writes us with the news that the play he wrote called “Comic Huzzah!” , inspired by Kev’s films and dialogue (and the comic book community as a whole), will be presented at his school and directed by him. Bravo, Brian.

• Alright, a quick bit of important info before we get into things today. The SCOOPS@NEWSASKEW.COM address is inoperable at the moment. It’s a small problem, and will be fixed soon. We’ll let you know when. Until that time PLEASE use BRAD@NEWSASKEW.COM to send in your scoops. We’re sorry for those of you that got bounced back on. The problem started sometime on Friday and has been happening all weekend. If you sent in a scoop, it may not have reached us. If you’re waiting for a response you didn’t receive yet, try again, as all mail is now caught up.

In other news, the last two days have been updateless due to a busy weekend and some technical difficulties with the new DSL line. It’s all working fine now, and we appreciate your patience. This weekend we also hung out to catch up on some movies, including a couple that fans of this site sent in: “Love 101”, with Jeff Anderson, and “Gates & Erik’s Movie”, made by 2 fans of View Askew (and complete with a couple of Askew references). Check these flicks out if you’re interested, and we thank the folks for letting us have a look at their work before most others. Very cool of them. We also checked out a fun disc that Synapse (who are releasing Vincent’s A BETTER PLACE DVD) just put out called “Six Days in Roswell”. Definitely worth checking out for any fan of documentaries or the Roswell phenomenon and the fans that showed up to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the crash. Fun stuff. More details on that DVD at Synapse’s site or HERE if you’d like to check out a VHS.

Anyway, all outside movie chat aside, let’s see what’s going on in the View Askew world this weekend. Sure, there’s SOME other news happening aside from the whole US Presidential election here in the States, and we dug up all the interesting News Askew for your weekend (not to mention, a brand new poll topic). Here ya go:

• Like clockwork (and in case you forgot to visit the site), the new Psycomic column was posted on Friday. This one has Kev mentioning the recent news of the title of the movie leaking out, along with some more interesting casting information, including an odd meeting with Matthew McConaughey and an upcoming one with Charlie Sheen! Here’s a taste:

As always, read the full version of this and ALL the Psycomic columns each and every Friday HERE.

• Kevin does it again with another great answer in this Sunday’s “Answer Man” column from the Chicago Sun Times. Roger hands the reins over to Kev, but mistakenly identifies Psycomic as HIS own website when it’s not (just View Askew and this website are owned by Mr. Smith). Here’s the text:

• Hey…Pssst…You there. Can’t wait for February’s Green Arrow? How’d you like a sneak peek? Thanks to Fandom, you got it! They presented a a black & white preview of some of regular series artists Phil Hester and Ande Parks’ interior pencils and inks. Click on the following links for an early look at pages seven, nine and fourteen of February’s issue #1. Check out the thumbs, and be sure and surf to Fandom for more Green Arrow goodness!

• Wanna own another cool piece of View Askew history? Check these new items out, now available from the Stash:

• The HISTORY ASKEW website gets a very nice mention from Inside.Com today:

• In case ya didn’t catch Malcolm Ingram‘s “Tail Lights Fade” (which features a Jay Mewes cameo at the end), it’s ariring on Cinemax lately. It aired last night and we missed the scoop on that, but check around, it’s bound to air again.
• Finally today, a fun scoop from an England newspaper you just gotta read:

A Kevin Smith Jaws film? Our only question is…Would IT contain references to View Askew films as a homage? Heh heh. We’ll see ya next time.

• Hey there, folks. Haven’t written one of these in a while and I figured it’d be a good time to check in. We’ve been busy around here lately, so it’s been sort of all business rather than just chatting about things. Still, it’s good to update on stuff every once in a while.

I finally joined the land of the speedy with a new DSL connection installation at the house yesterday. Now, with Chris’s cable connection at his place and my DSL at mine, we should be able to pass important files back and forth easier, hopefully allowing us to post some bigger stuff on the site. More multimedia, for example. Anyway, it’s a good thing. Coindidentally, if any of you internet-savvy folks out there know of a fast, free news (NNTP) server that carries the binary groups, let me know. We’ve been using a monthly pay service and it’s beginning to become a drag. ISP news servers just don’t cut the mustard these days, alas.

Oh, and while I’m asking about stuff, if anyone’s looking to get rid of an older PC that’s just collecting dust in the closet, let me know. I’m looking for a fast 486 or a slow pentium PC (no monitor needed). Drop me a line if you’re feeling charitable or want to let one go really cheaply. Naturally, I’d cover all shipping costs for the unit.

On the web front, Chris has been putting together materials for our new View Askew 5 site. There’s more news coming on that in a couple of days, actually, so watch for that. We also haven’t forgotten about the News Askew merchandise idea, and are getting closer to making News Askew mousepads (on sale through the Stash) a reality. If all of you that voted in the poll topic way back when were serious about purchasing one, we expect them to be a hot-selling item.

Other than that, still business as usual here at News Askew, though we’re doing our best to juggle personal lives, day jobs, and keep this site as current as possible all the while. With the holiday season approaching, things get a little tougher, but you can always be sure that we’ll get the big news online ASAP. And, on that note, here’s the headlines:

• Many of you heard Kevin’s unannounced (at least, one we didn’t know about) on New York’s afternoon radio drivetime show “Opie & Anthony”. Sorry we didn’t have notice of this appearance up for you to catch. We’d previously heard of these guys only through Howard Stern, who doesn’t much care for them (because they stole his format, basically, though we hear they’re big fans of Howie’s). At any rate, here’s a summary of the 10 minute appearance, courtesy of their message board:

You can visit O&A’s official site HERE.

• The Yahoo website’s got a club system set up, which is basically a place for folks to meet who have similar interests. They’re often good places to gather information, chat with friends, and the like. In the past couple of days, TWO new clubs that you might be interested in have appeared. First of all, Vincent’s “A Better Place” has its own area (and it’s about time!) which you can access HERE. We expect Vincent himself is a member and will stop by often. Also, there’s a “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” club which, naturally, will feature discussion on the new Kevin Smith flick due next summer. Enjoy!

• Just a teaser: Kevin will appear in Roger Ebert’s Movie Answer Man column again this Sunday. A reader asks a question about why directors call it “a film by So-n-so” at the beginning of a flick and at the end list themselves as the director. Ebert turned to Kevin to answer the question. We’ll have the full text for you this weekend.
• Betty Aberlin, the woman who played the nun in Dogma’s opening airport scene, is better known for her role on a show that most of us in our 20’s watched growing up. Now, she’s taping her final appearance in that role:

• We’ll be back tomorrow, don’t forget there’ll be a new PSYCOMIC piece from Kevin!