- Plans are starting to firm up for the opening of the west coast “Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash”. We imagine it’ll be the premier place to get your comics and toys, and of course feature a ton of one-of-a-kind props from View Askew history. Kevin’s recently stated the following: The aim is for the shop to open up in Westwood, around Fall of this year (2004). There would DEFINITELY be a Stash Bash held to celebrate the shop’s opening, perhaps even an early preview before they open to the public. We’ll keep you posted on this very exciting developing story!
Archive for January 11th, 2004
Greenlight Gets Green Light…
- We’re happy to report that Bravo has indeed picked up Project Greenlight for a third season. This year, they’ll again be awarding both a director and a screenwriter with the prize. Good stuff. While it’ll be a shame to watch a censored and Chris Moore-less show on Bravo, we’ll still be there for every minute, and hope that this year’s project proves a little more fruitful at the box office. Visit the Greenlight website for all the info, and get some entries in there! We’d love nothing more than to see a loyal News Askew reader in the contest. Good luck!
View Askew NewsBites™
- Matt Miller’s new book, “The Dueling Personas of Kevin Smith”, is the first book to be published directly by View Askew Books, and is now available at the Stash for just $9.95. This excellent book started out as a thesis paper by Matthew Miller written while pursuing a Master’s Degree in Film at Emory College. Today Matt teaches film at Oxford College and adds to his credits The Dueling Personas of Kevin Smith. Kev says, “This is an academic text. Pretty insightful, fascinating stuff. Not always flattering (or correct), but insanely original and well-thought-out. I recommend it. Big time.”
- You may have missed this unless you frequent the TalkBacks area, but Kevin posted a link to a newly updated preview of the Jay & Bob Strike Back documentary that’s going to appear on the Clerks anniversary DVD later this year. It looks like the doc, which will run around 3 hours in length, has a title as well: “Oh, What A Lovely Tea Party…” (which fans may remember was the capping line in the internet only trailer for the film from a couple years back). It’s a big file, so be patient, especially if you’re dialing in, and ENJOY! The file was edited by Mattt Potter, who’s currently putting the finishing touches on the product.
- They were on eBay in limited quantities a while back, but now you can get those wonderful Daredevil “Digital Comic Books” on DVD via a link on the creators’, Sock Puppet Studios, website. The disc features all 8 chapters of Kevin’s acclaimed “Guardian Devil” storyline for Marvel, character histories, and much more. It’s in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. A must for any fan, and a bargain at just $14.99.
- Shane West gives Mallrats a nod in a Cinecon article asking celebrities which super power they’d like most:
“I always feel like ‘Mallrats’ when I am asked that question. I would have to choose intangibility. I used to be a comic book fan and what I always remembered from that was that in a sense you were already a bit invisible but you could also go through things. You could go through walls and stuff like that. I don’t know if that’s some evil quality that I would [use to] try to rob banks or anything like that, but it would be kind of a cool power to have.”
- The first season of IFC’s Dinner For Five (including the Joey Lauren Adams episode) are out on DVD. You can only get these DVDs if you’re a member of the Netflix rental service, they’re not in stores.
- Jay & Silent Bob show up as “Magic: The Gathering” cards in these custom-made samples. You may recall that Walt & Steve-Dave play the game in the cut opening scene of Chasing Amy.
- Kevin gets a mention in Variety’s review of the new “Down and Dirty Pictures” book:
Funniest bits include Kevin Smith’s story of a woman accosting him after a Sundance screening of “Clerks,” telling him it was a “hateful little film” that confirmed her belief that reincarnated Nazis live in New Jersey — and then optimistically handing him her headshot.
- And finally today, sit tight, because Kevin’s BIG NEWS is coming in just under TWO WEEKS…
