• This one slipped by us somehow, but we thought you’d want to know anyway, that Kevin recently (2 days ago) completed work on the first draft of “Jersey Girl”! It won’t be long now before Affleck, Carlin, and the rest of the yet undetermined cast will be in front of the cameras. Here’s Kevin with the official announcement:

Kevin estimates we’ll likely see something up on the screen a year or so from now, but don’t quote anyone on that.

• Here’s a cool contest for some of you aspiring artist View Askew fanboys out there. Wizard Edge is asking YOU to write, pencil, and ink your own View Askew story starring Jay, Silent Bob, and another View Askewniverse character of your choice. The winning comic will get published by Kevin Smith, himself! How cool is that?

Entries are supposed to be done on standard 11×17 comic board and be in to them by April 15th. The only clarifier is that you have to have bought the magazine (to get the entry form) to enter the contest. It’s in the recent issue that has a cartoon version of Kevin along with Bone.

• Kevin’s University of Rhode Island (URI) appearance that we announced previously has been moved from February 12th to March 26th. Be sure and check out the show, as it’s a rare chance to see Kev do his Q&A thing live! Tickets for the show will be available to the public thru Ticketmaster in early March. We’ll let you know when you can get your grubby paws on ‘em.
• There’s a flyer going around, stating that Jason Mewes will come to the store “Things From Another World” at the Universal Citywalk in California to sign Jay & Bob on March 2, 2002 at 7:00 PM. Not sure if this appearance is still on or not, though. If we learn more we’ll let ya know.
• For those of you who have been watching Project Greenlight on HBO (or even if not), you might be interested in this new piece from the Calendar Live website on the show. Greenlight has made its players overnight celebs, and has proven fascinating television in the way that they seem to document all the ups and downs on the set so honestly (and that “Chris Moore Challenge” that the website is currently running is a true classic, it’s really tempting to send in an entry).
• Speaking of Affleck, Jennifer Garner of the TV show Alias (A damn fine show, by the way, you should be watching) has been confirmed as the femme fatale Elektra in “Daredevil”. Michael Clarke Duncan of “The Green Mile” is Kingpin and Colin Farrell is Bullseye. Nice cast shaping up there.
• The Feb. 7th Will & Grace show featuring guest star Matt Damon will run four extra minutes.
• We’re hearing rumors that the Australian print of Jay & Bob is different than the US print – Can anyone in the know confirm or deny this?

• On “The Screen Savers” on TechTV today, one of the hosts was enthusiastically announcing that J&SBSB is being released on February 26th. We’ve got the mention here in MP3 format (and a screenshot above where you’ll see the Secret Stash web page up on their PC).

• Just a quick post to state that Jay & Silent Bob Secret Stash website will be closed as of 12:01 AM today (Wednesday) for an inventory count. The site will reopen as soon as possible.

Check back later for more news, including the return of an auction site that some of you know and love. See you then.