• Hey folks, just wanted to pop in and say hello. Thanks for stopping by the site today. As you might have noticed, it’s been slightly slow-paced lately. Usually, we’d use this time to clean up or add some new stuff to the site. However, with the busy holiday season upon us, and the site running fairly smoothly, there’s not too much to do these days. In the coming weeks, though, we’re going to be adding some Vulgarthon specific features, including a new area in our Forums, and hopefully some other surprises as well. In the meantime, we’ll keep up with everything that’s going on, rest assured that there’s a lot on the horizon, even with it slightly quiet around here. Stay tuned, lots of coolness to come. Here’s what we’ve got for ya today:

• The president of Syracure’s University Union has gotten in touch with us regarding all the official information on Kevin’s upcoming Q&A appearance. Most of you are going to want to know one major thing, so we’ll get right to it – Sadly, the appearance is ONLY open to Syracuse students. The show starts at 7:30, tickets are $3, available in the Schine Student Center Box Office. If you know a student, maybe you can bribe them to buy you tickets (or maybe just show up on campus and look sad and ask strangers to hook you up).

The following Friday after Kevin’s visit, as part of a whole View Askew week of programming, the school will be bringing Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back to the big screen there, with a showing open to the public, along with 6 Clerks cartoon episodes (also on the big screen) after that at midnight. Here’s that schedule:

All events take place at Gifford Auditorium, Syracuse University. For directions or more information, email university_union@yahoo.com”.

• Coming this March from About Comics is a book collecting comic book scripts written by some of the biggest names in the comics field. Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers presents nine very different scripts, showing future comics writers, artists, and those just interested in the art form how it is done.The book will include Kevin’s first ever comic script, the famous “Walt Flanagan’s Dog” story. You can check out the full story HERE.
• Variety posted this review of this special, airing tonight and late December on PBS (check your local PBS stations for airings)…They don’t seem to like it too much, but it does feature clips from Kevin Smith and Ben Affleck, so you may wanna check it out. Here’s a list of those appearing:

“The Inside Reel: Digital Filmmaking” is currently airing on PBS stations around the country.

• A reader pointed out that the website www.37.com offers free email addresses, thus if you’re looking for a creative second address with an Askew flair, you might wanna check it out.