• Great news just came in from Vincent. His “A Better Place” DVDs will street on August 21st (Yes, it’s OFFICIAL!) and copies ordered signed from the Stash are set to ship on Friday, August 17th or Monday, August 20th at the latest. Yep, that’s right, just a couple weeks until you can own your very own copy of this OUTSTANDING disc, or, for many of you, watch it for the very first time. Sit tight, it won’t be long now!

• Great reviews continue to come in, and our Forums contest has the J&SBSB review database growing by leaps and bounds. If you want to check out a review, including the big new Upcomingmovies.com four star review (WATCH FOR SPOILERS THOUGH), you can find them all over there!
• That Philly Inquirer story we mentioned yesterday is now online! You can read the entire text HERE. The article is a compilation of stuff but features Kevin quite a bit. Check yesterday’s news for the full story as well.
• The NPR appearance will happen tomorrow! Kevin will be on their air tomorrow at 1 PM, scheduled for Public Interest with Kojo Nnamdi. The writeup:

• Here’s an interesting Total Film “Letter of the Month” from July that we got a scan of. The View Askew board sure does make the rounds, doesn’t it?
• Ali Larter was on Craig Kilborn late last week and did plug J&SBSB along with her other projects, and about what she had coming up. It wasn’t a full-blown appearance JUST for Jay & Bob though, look for more stuff along those lines soon, though.

• This small snippet from FHM magazine was sent to us as a scan, and it’s already too late to be transcribing, so check out the scan for the text. Notice the comment under the heading ‘FHM says:’ “Kevin Smith is still the best kept secret in the movies. Get in on the gag before it becomes old hat”. Good stuff.
• We received a report today from an Akron/Canton Comicon attendee, where Phil Hester, Ande Parks, Matt Wagner, and others were in attendance. The guys signed Green Arrow books and more, hope some of you made it in! Also, a pre-prepared drawing of Oliver Queen that Wagner did for a fan went for $200. Green Arrow is definitely back in a big way. Finally, the guys confirmed that at Wizard World in Chicago, they will be having a Green Arrow Panel on Saturday with Kevin. Don’t miss that one if you’re attending. First prints of Green Arrow #1 are already going from $10 to $15 bucks at the show, they’re likely to rocket up even higher. Wow, that might be one I’ll hafta have Kevin and the gang sign sometime.
• In an article on Cinescape Online last week, Kevin’s reaction to Mike Allred and Peter Milligan’s “X-Force” (Marvel) was quoted:

Sounds like one you should check out! Your local comic shop should have some copies or be able to order ya up some.

• Theres a vote for a program called “100 greastest movies” at the UK TV channels website. There isn’t a Kevin Smith Film on the list, but there’s a sugestion box at the bottom…Why not throw Clerks or something in there? You can put your suggestions in HERE.
• Speaking of UK stuff, Mallrats will air on BBC2 in the UK next Saturday night at 1am, showing in widescreen no less.
• If for some reason you haven’t bought Amy yet, we received a report that the DVD of Chocolat has a $5.00 off coupon Chasing Amy’s disc.

• Finally today, got a couple more fan-submitted J&SBSB-based wallpapers for your desktop. Give them a try, you can find the full collection and tons more in our SCOOPING THE MONKEY downloads section.

• Here’s some interesting news…A new article about Joe Quesada broke the story that he’ll be illustrating a 10 page “love story” for the New York Times, written by Kevin, at the end of this month. Here’s that small blurb:

You can read the full piece on Quesada and Marvel’s “Ultimates” HERE.

• Tomorrow’s Sunday edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer will feature a HUGE story about comic books and movies in their Arts and Entertainment section. Kevin is featured prominently, with many quotes from him, Quesada, Frank Miller, etc. We don’t have the text of it yet, but this LINK should get you there when they finally post it tonight or tomorrow morning. It uses Kevin as the epitome of comic book fan, movie fan, and cool director. It even mentions Harley Quinn, references Mallrats, and more. We’ll work on adding a scan and some text on this as soon as it becomes available.

• The official site from Universal Music on the Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back soundtrack is now online and can be found right HERE: http://www.jayandsilentbobmusic.com/. You can download clips of all the songs, watch the videos, and more. Check it out, and buy your own copy of the soundtrack this Tuesday.

• Here are the scans from that huge interview and J&SBSB promotional piece that ran in Sam Goody’s “Request” magazine. You can click the thumbnails above for a better look. On most machines, they should be readable. That’s the best we’ve got right now. Enjoy.

• Tickets have gone on sale today for “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX. Tickets are available by calling Star Tickets at 512-469-7469 or by going to their website HERE. Tickets are $15-$30, as this event benefits the Austin Film Society as well. The screening will again take place on August 13th at 8 PM in Austin.
• The Rotten Tomatoes website, which tracks reviews for films, has set up their reviews page for Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back HERE. Remember, any of those reviews there or anywhere else that you find are fair game in our ongoing contest for the most reviews posted in our own News Askew Forums “J&SBSB Reviews” topic. Remember, the user to post the most original reviews before September 5th gets two videotapes, containing the original uncut Afroman & Stroke 9 videos.

• Here’s another View Askew reference from Battle Pope comics, issue #2. You can pick up the books, it’s available in all comic book stores upon request.
• There will be a special “hit bound preview” look at Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back on the UK television show “Box Office America” next Friday, August 10th, in the early hours of the morning (2-3 AM). It looks like they will be showing the theatrical trailer and maybe a bit more. This is one of, if not THE first mention of the film on UK TV.
• Starz Cinema is running a new 2-3 minute J&SBSB spot featuring clips and a pseudo-interview with Kev, basically telling the story of the genesis of Jay and Bob in the movies, and recounting the Rickman/Mewes Memorization tale on the set of Dogma. Apparently this Starz channel is spotlighting Kevin during August as their “Hollywood Hyphenate” and playing Chasing Amy and Dogma thoughout the month.
• Rumor has it that Kevin might appear on NPR (National Public Radio) sometime next week. If anyone hears more, let us know.
• Speaking of radio, Tracy Morgan continued his promotion circuit and was heard on 92.3 (KSJO – A San Francisco bay area radio station), where he gave out some info on his J&SBSB role. (SMALL SPOILERS AHEAD) He says his character’s name is Pumpkin Escobar and that he’s a drug dealer in the Union. He said he wished he had a bigger part and was able to hang longer on the set.
• A blurb in CitySearch mentions J&SBSB and gives their prognosis for the film’s release later this month:

• FX will rerun the Making of Planet of the Apes special where Kevin and Harley briefly appear on Sunday night at 10 PM EST.
• In the new YM (with the American Pie 2 cast on the cover) there’s a top 10 list and J&SBSB is number six on the list of 10 anticipated Summer movies (not in any particular order). There’s also a pic from the film with the text “The stoners, who inspired the comic book Bluntman and Cronic, set out to ruin the movie adaptation when they dont get any money from it.”