• A University of Minnesota student tells us that the official location of Kevin’s Q&A will be the Coffman Memorial Union on March 25th. Tickets are available for STUDENTS ONLY and will be $10. You must have a valid student ID both when you buy the tickets AND when you enter the event. They will be on sale at Coffman’s Info Booth probably about a week before the even (Mar 18th or so). That’s all we’ve got for now.

• Graphitti Designs has announced that shipments will be a little bit later than planned on those Jay & Bob bookends — They’re now not going to hit until mid-April, but they’re worht the wait! The Clerks inaction figures, which are still very eagerly awaited here, will ship in the middle of this month. No info on the Mallrats set yet, but we’re sure that’ll come soon. Be sure to get those orders in for these items at the Stash and we’ll have them for you as soon they arrive.

• Here’s a small clip from a Hollywood Reporter piece on the happenings in Aspen. This is the stuff that dealt with Kevin:

• Moby again sends props to “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” in his website update today:

• And in other music news, this Weezer fansite has a bit of a Clerks flair for the graphic in their Monday update.
• And finally today, Karla’s taken some of the most interesting StashCam photos and placed galleries online. First, we’ve got The people who work the Stash, then there’s the People who shop there, and finally a Tour of the Stash. Catch ya next time, peeps.

• Kevin’s been spending quite a bit of time over at the View Askew WWWBoard lately, so now’s a GREAT time to get over there and ask a question or two if you’ve got anything on your mind. But hey, for you lazy bums and bumettes out there, we’ve taken the liberty of surfing through to pull up some interesting Q&A that we thought you might want to know:

• The US Arts Comedy Festival at Aspen had the following to say regarding Kevin’s scheudled 1-hour Q&A appearance that went down yesterday (along with a new pic of Kevin, just click the link above to check out their official listing):

• Program Run Time: 60 min

  In less than ten years, Kevin Smith has become one of the most discernable voices on the filmmaking landscape. Beginning with his debut film, Clerks, Smith’s reputation as a pop-culture provocateur has grown with each film. His storytelling style, marked by colorful characters spewing often vulgar, scabrous dialogue, has become his trademark and earned him a devoted, quasi-cult following. But it is Smith’s penchant for exploring controversial subject matter and his commitment to his unique artistic vision in the face of grave retribution that places him in the front lines of the ongoing struggle to support freedom of speech in the arts.

  Due to their raunchy dialogue, all of Smith’s films have received some level of criticism, largely from conservative groups. Furthermore, Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back were denounced by the homosexual community for allegedly glorifying anti-gay slurs and violence. However, it was Smith’s fourth film, Dogma, that created by far the largest controversy of his career. First, he endured a lengthy battle with Miramax and Disney, who refused to release the film. Eventually released by Lions Gate, the film ignited an intense backlash from the Catholic Church who, along with other religious groups, organized protests at theaters. Smith even received death threats following the film’s release.

  Thankfully undeterred, Smith has continued his prolific creative charge on all fronts. In addition to his films, Smith was one of the first filmmakers to venture into cyberspace, establishing the insanely popular View Askewniverse website. Smith’s next much anticipated film Jersey Girl, stars Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.

• Silent Bob, Kevin’s alter-ego, along with his slacker companion, Jay, have appeared in each of his five films.
• Smith has published his screenplays, written original comic books, and has become one of the most in demand public speakers at colleges and universities across America.
• Self-proclaimed Star Wars fanatic, Smith hosted the first-ever Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards on Sci-Fi Channel.

Alright, so how about a first-hand account of what went down? Sure! Our scooper’s got a full report of his thoughts on the proceedings:

• AICN ran two Jersey Girl photos in a piece featuring images from the Miramax “American Film Market” book for this year. There’s one of Ben & Jen we beleive we’ve seen before, but also what we believe is a new one of Ben & Gertie. Click above for the full-size versions! The book still lists November 7th as a release date for the film.
• Here’s some mockup art of a fan-based Mallrats poster.
• There will be two special showings of Clerks at the St. Charles 18 Cine in St. Charles, Missouri on Friday, March 7th and Saturday, March 8th at 11pm. Tickets will be $5.00 per show.
• And finally today, filmwise.com features a sexy little VA reference, this time in the form of user created invisibles quiz. Check it out HERE. Have a great one, folks! See ya next time. Thanks for stopping in.