• I know I’m starting to sound like a broken record here, but I need to come to the masses here again with another request – I need a fairly powerful PC for a project I’m currently working on (Around a Pentium II 400 or something close to that). I don’t need a monitor or some of the other components, just the basic stuff. So, if you’ve got something you think might help that you’d be willing to sell at a reasonable price, PLEASE drop me a line and we’ll talk. Thanks, and now back to our regular News Askew programming.

• Well, Psycomic might be going away but that doesn’t mean we still can’t be excited about the new flick…Remember that teaser poster that we posted a LONG while back that was created when VA5 was just a dream? Well, the original creator of that, William Coughlan, has updated the teaser and sent it to us in 3 formats, small, medium, and large. This is a VERY cool little one-sheet, definitely fan-oriented, but if you’re reading this site you’ll certainly appreciate it.

Keep in mind this is a fan-made poster and not official in the least. Still, I’d frame it and hang it up. Check it out and post your opinions in the Talkbacks – We’re quite fond of it!

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• We’re unable to confirm this, and it might just be a mistake, but E! Online passively mentioned that Eliza Dushku (who Kevin discussed in a recent Psycomic column) will appear in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. We haven’t seen this announced anywhere else though, so we’re keeping her off the official cast list until this can be confirmed or denied.
• Gig Records has done a huge update on their A Better Place soundtrack page. They confirm the release date for the CD and the DVD as February (tentative, of course, but a good sign), have a page of really nice photos from the film and bascally lots of information for those who haven’t seen it. Surf over and check it out. It’s a good disc to add to your View Askew soundtrack collection.
• Speaking of View Askew DVD releases, according to the “Indie DVD Product Timeline”, their Drawing Flies DVD is now scheduled for a third quarter 2001 release! This is the first time we’ve seen anything official about the release date on this film. We’ll keep you posted.
• “Lee World”, a Jason Lee fan site , have added multimedia featuring Lee movies and sounds, a new section called LeeXperiance in which fans can post stories on meetings with the guy, a poll, news, and more. Surf over to check it out.
• Speaking of Lee, here’s some info from an Excite story on Lee’s “Stealing Stanford”:

• Kevin and Clerks get their fair share of coverage at this story at the My Video Store website – A Sundance retrospective.
• “Almost Famous”‘s theatrical release in the UK has been pushed back a week to February 2nd.

• Psycomic writer Gabe Soria just mentioned in his latest Psycomic column that the site is going under. He and all the other writers for the site were just “given their walking papers”:

We’re not sure of the future of the “Developing The Monkey” column that Kevin has been writing for the site, but we assume there’s a couple possibilities: (1) Another site may pick up the column and continue it, employing Kevin and paying him for his work, (2) Kevin may continue the column at the View Askew site or here at News Askew, (3) Kevin will not write official columns, but instead just use the View Askew WWWBoard to keep us informed on the flick. As soon as we know, you’ll know.