Archive for February 25th, 2002

Tidbits From The Megacon…

February 25th @ 6:41 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Frank Lattuca

  • Here’s some stuff that might be of interest to ya that’s coming from the Orlando Megacon, courtesy of Comicon.com:
  • Editor Bob Schreck said that while Brave and the Bold is coming, the new, ongoing series written by Kevin Smith won’t be coming as quickly as planned, resulting in artists Phil Hester, Ande Park, and cover artist Matt Wager staying on Green Arrow through new writer Brad Meltzer’s run.
  • Smith said that he hopes to get back to View Askew comic book projects this year.
  • Conner Hawke will be a prominent character in Smith’s final Green Arrow storyline.
  • Smith’s Spider-Man/Black Cat miniseries does lead into an ongoing Black Cat series, according to Smith.
  • Schreck said that he expects Green Arrow to begin showing up around the DC Universe now that Smith has returned him to life – and soul. His first appearance will be within the first six issues of Hawkman.
  • Smith said that he is “mulling over” an offer from Diana Schutz at Dark Horse to write a Star Wars comic. If he did do it, Smith said it would be a more serious story, rather than how many casualties there were when the Death Stars exploded, or other topics the characters in his movies pondered.
  • Smith said that he would not be addressing the “Arrowette controversy” in the pages of his final issues of Green Arrow, nor does he have any opinion on it one way or another.

View Askew NewsBites™

February 25th @ 6:40 pm | No Comments » | Scooped by Matt Rasmussen, Stephen Huckaby, Drek & Don MacPherson

  • The Sunday edition of the Asbury Park Press featured a full page full of various articles relating to Kevin, the new DVD, and other various Askew-Related things. There’s some great stuff here, including pieces on Jay & Bob, Jennifer, Carlin, O’Halloran, Anderson, and more. The APP went all out this time, and got some great material yet again. Check out all the articles in one neat page right HERE.

Comcast’s got Jay & Bob as their “Video Pick of the Week” right now – By the way, the Clerks, Clerks TAS and Chasing Amy DVDs are all re-issued this week at around a 14.99 retail price point. If you missed them before for some reason, it’s a great time to build the collection up.

  • J&SBSB’s title appears in Mad Magazine this month as part of a silly movie puzzle game.
  • The Fourth Rail’s in with their Green Arrow #12 reviews, right on schedule! The book is very highly recommended this time by their two critics, with a 9/10 and an 8/10 review. Check them out HERE and HERE, and pick up the book this week!

Jersey Girl To Film In Vancouver?

February 25th @ 10:33 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • The Dark Horizons website reports in today with some interesting news from the Orlando Megacon. A few tidbits that we already knew about the next films, but some interesting info regarding Jersey Girl’s lead and a possible filming location change due to budget:
Jersey Girl: ‘SuperStank’ has a report on Kevin Smith’s upcoming project: “At the Orlando Megacon comic book convention this past weekend, Kevin Smith made a few announcements during his Q-n-A. First, he will more than likely cast an unknown as the lead in Jersey Girl. Second, Fletch Won will be his next project after Jersey Girl. Third, after almost two years of talking about it, he is finally writing the script for the Clerks animated movie. The basic premise is that Dante and Randall make a low-budget black and white film at the convenience store and consequently become famous. Then it all comes crashing down. Lastly, there was some joking about changing the name of Jersey Girl to Vancouver Girl because of the production possibly being moved out of New Jersey for budgetary reasons”.

A very interesting change, indeed. We’ll keep you posted on this development, and have more news later.