• On his official site today, Moby mentioned the fact that a mistype of his name (an extra “o”) takes you to the official Dogma site, due to the Mooby reference from the film. He’s got some nice things to say about Kevin and his films:

• Brian O’Halloran is featured in an article in today’s Asbury Park Press regarding a recent appearance he made. Here’s a snippet:

You can read the entire article and see a nice new photo of Brian at the event at the APP’s site.

• The historic Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia will be showing Mallrats on the big screen at midnight this coming Saturday, February 8. Surf HERE for details.
• ESPN.COM ran a fictional humor piece that creates a mock conversation between Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez on Superbowl Sunday. Hopefully they’ve both got a good sense of humor.
• We got a lot of mail regarding the HMV deal on Jay & Bob we ran last update. Anyway, we’re not really up on what UK prices should be on DVDs, so we’re sorry if that wasn’t a good deal after all. We actually got it wrong, though, the deal was for Jay & Bob and another DVD for that price. So around £10 for Jay & Bob, the same place the rest of the online vendors sell it for. Thanks for all the concern.
• Affleck takes his first superhero turn as Daredevil just one week from today in theaters. Advanced buzz on the film has been HIGHLY positive, which will hopefully translate to some big box office. Word has it that Affleck puts in quite a convincing, reserved performance as the dude in red. Good stuff. Check out a new DD featurette and 4 new DD commercials at the Apple website.

• Great news for the Smith/Hester/Parks Green Arrow story arc “Quiver”: The American Library Association has named the GREEN ARROW: QUIVER Hardcover (STAR15337) as one of its Best Books for Young Adults in 2003! We’re looking for more detail on this, but that’s an award to be proud of, for sure. We’ll elaborate as we get the chance to track more info down.
• A couple of Stan Lee tidbits today — First off, TechTV’s “Screensavers” had Lee on to talk about Daredevil today. Leo, the host, told Lee that he recently rewatched Mallrats and loved his cameo. Stan said that he felt like a bad luck charm because it was Kevin Smith’s only flick that flopped at the box office.

Stan was also at a comic convention in Pasadena, California on Saturday. During one of his Q&A panels, someone asked if he liked being in Mallrats, and he said he loved it, but his only problem was that Kevin hadn’t asked him to be in any of his other films! He then asked anyone who had nothing to do to bug Kevin to put him in more of his projects.

• Here’s a bargain for you UK’ers — Jay & Bob on DVD, in region 2, for £20! HMV‘s got the deal going on right now, both online and in their stores.
• Affleck the politician? This Boston Herald article reports that he tells Vanity Fair he “entertains the thought of someday running for Congress.”
• Once a month, the ‘York (PA) Daily Record’ does what they call the “Teen Takeover.” Basically, they get high schoolers to write articles, reviews, etc., and then it gets published in the ‘Living’ section of the newspaper. Today’s edition featured an out-of-the-blue video review and recommendation for “Mallrats.”

Read the story HERE as well!

• And, finally today, a detailed thought process on, yes, that “bear who drive car”.

• Auctions Askew‘s got some new stuff on the block…Oh yeah…And some nifty new stuff at that. How’d you like some one of a kind polaroid photos taken on the set of Vulgar? How about some signed posters? Or best of all, another of those highly-coveted Dogma cast and crew hooded sweatshirts (our personal favorite). Yes, we’re getting in with these early this week, so prices are still LOW! Get a bid in there, have some fun!!!

• Kevin’s appearance at the Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen has been changed to Saturday, March 1. The particulars are still the same, looks like a Q&A session/discussion panel. As we get more info, we’ll pass it on. We just wanted to make sure that you had this info ASAP in case you were scheduling plans out there around that appearance. There may be more chances to catch Kevin and crew out there during the entire festival as well, so stay tuned for more info.

• Wow, chalk us up for the first tickets if this one gets made: Apparently if DD fares well at the box office, they’re already playing with sequel ideas. One of ‘em? Turning Kevin’s awesome original “Guardian Devil” story arc into the second film. And letting Kev write the script! Empire and Total Film magazines had a few quotes from director Mark Steven Johnson regarding Kevin’s involvement in the current flick and the future:

• We received a lot of mail on this today — Apparently Comedy Central has started to air the Clerks cartoon episodes regularly now, after that Christmastime marathon. Check your local listings for mini-marthons of the show all week long.
• Comicscontinuum.com presented an edited transcript from Ben Affleck’s press conference for Daredevil. In the interview, Kevin was brought up:

• Want more Affleck? Okay, you ASKED for it! Arena magazine published a HUGE interview with Affleck this month…Conducted by none other than Kevin Smith. This baby’s HUGE, so we couldn’t transcribe, but clicking the scans above should give you large, readable copies of each page. Just go on through them in order. Enjoy.
• Finally today, the very memorable line “Nothing Can Kill The Grimace” makes it into this strangely compelling Flash movie. Catch ya next time.