• It’s been incredibly busy around here lately, believe it or not, with the combination of the new DVDs, new swag, the Flying Cars short, and the comics. Thank goodness Kev’s not filming Jersey Girl already, or we’d be quitting our day jobs. At any rate, if you didn’t check out our extensive DVD review of Jay & Bob Strike Back, be sure check out our new and revamped DVD Section. Speaking of that, we are currently working on a Drawing Flies review as well, which will be a lot more extensive as to what’s been on the web so far. Don’t let all those reviews sway ya from the disc, though, as so far reviews have been harsh. We’ll give the disc a more fair spin and have that review for you soon.

• You can now check out Kevin’s first three Arena columns in one simple place here at News Askew, which includes scans of the articles as well as simple text translations for those of you with troubled eyesight, small monitors, or slow net connections. We’ll keep the area up to date with the latest columns, as well as announce them here on the front page news. Enjoy!

• A fun new “10 Questions” piece with Kevin Smith appears on IGN today. Learn fun stuff like Kev’s favorite TV series, favorite films, thoughts on Hollywood, and more. It’s a quick read, definitely click over and check it out.
• Comics Newsarama reports that Marvel head honcho Joe Quesada confirms that Kevin’s Black Cat run will be solicited in June, with Terry Dodson as artist. It will be a six-issue miniseries entitled: Spider-Man: The Evil That Men Do. We can’t wait.

• More comics news: The first four pages of next week’s Green Arrow #12 have appeared online, thanks again to the excellent Comics Continuum website. You can view them above. Mile High Comics also has some pages, though they’ve only posted the first three .
• A brief interview that Kevin conducted with Seann William Scott appears in the latest INTERVIEW magazine. If anyone’s got a scan or just the text, send it on.
• If you want to see the View Askew God play live, and free, here’s your chance:

There ya go, folks — Watch your new View Askew DVDs AND see an Alanis concert. Get those passes while ya still can.

• And speaking of live music, west-coasters can catch V3 house band, Merrick, performing live, at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset in LA this Saturday. Here’s the details from Virgin.com:

• Here’s a scan from the latest Star Wars Insider regarding Kevin Smith’s narration of the Star Woids documentary, now available from IndieDVD.
• Another note on that French “American Cuisine” (Region 2) DVD: The DVD only has a French audio track and no english subtitles. Because Lee and the other actors recorded scenes in both English and French, The Romance Classics version is mostly in English with some French. The DVD is the opposite. So, unless you’re fluent in French, you probably want to skip the DVD.
• A new interview with Joey Lauren Adams appears in the Winter 2002 issue of the Oxford American (issue #42). In it, she discusses the film she is currently developing, titled “Lovin’ Up A Storm”. She has written the script and plans to star and direct in it. Billy Bob Thornton has agreed to appear and executive produce it as well. She’s hoping that his name will help her get the backing she needs to make it. If anyone’s got a scan, feel free to send it on.