• Kevin was kind enough to drop us some images of what the currently closed, but coming soon, West Coast Stash will look like. Yep, it’s
  official, the building’s bought and now some familiar faces are lining the windows, enticing you with what’s to come and staking claim on the Los Angeles
  comic book industry. This will be THE place to get your books in the L.A. area, and of course, ALL of your favorite View Askew swag. Anyone lucky enough
  to have attended our stash here on the east coast can attest to the fact that a visit to the store is like a View Askew museum, full of amazing props and
  one-of-a-kind relics from the films you just can’t see anywhere else. Stash West has tons of that coolness in store for you. The new shop is located IN
  Westwood, ON Westwood, across from Chilis. No firm set opening date has yet been established, but you can bet we’ll let you know when that is, and we
  expect a BIIIG party’s gonna be held to celebrate it, too. We’ll keep ya posted, of course.

• View Askew’s popping up in news all over the country this week, with Jersey Girl still making the news, Liv with child, J-Lo hitched, and of course, the
  return of Jay & Bob in “I Love The 90’s. Let’s run down the mentions for ya:

• “I Love The 90’s” premieres on VH-1 tomorrow, and we promise, you’re gonna love this. VH-1’s series is full of fun and features Kevin and
  Jay throughout, and of course, the return of Jay & Silent Bob! These are NOT to be missed. You can read all about the show
  HERE. In the alphabetical rundown of reasons to watch, Kevin takes the
  “K” category:

  “K: Filmmaker Kevin Smith couldn’t have envisioned the mini-franchise he was about to create when he filmed 1994’s ultra low-budget, black-and-white
  slacker comedy “Clerks.” The film — which features language so profane it initially earned an NC-17 rating — featured bit characters Jay and Silent Bob
  (the latter played by Smith himself), which would be featured in all of the director’s ’90s work (”Mallrats,” “Chasing Amy” and “Dogma”) before finally
  receiving their own starring vehicle: 2001’s “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.”

• Affleck had a few kind words to say about Jen’s recent nuptuals.
• “Jersey Girl” gets a very brief mention in this Star-Ledger article
  on Jersey movies.

• Jay Mewes made his debut on IFC’s new “Ultimate Film Fanatic” show this weekend. It’s reairing throughout this week, so check your local
  listings (a couple are coming up tomorrow night). Of course, Mewes provided the best moments:

The wackiness continues all summer long on IFC!

• Mallrats is mentioned in Wizard Magazine during an article about “Comics’ Greatest Love Triangles.” Click the scan for a look. Kevin is also being
  promoted for next month’s Wizard X. He will be answering the fan letters for that issue. Should be fun! We’ll have it for ya.
• An interesting rumor has surfaced that Eliza Dushku, who read for the Mary Jane part in Spidey, might return in the third film as The
  Black Cat. Just a rumor, folks, but a neat one at that.
• Late last week, on Jeopardy, under the category “Independent Films”, Clerks was the question to the answer which was something to the effect of “Dante and
  Randall’s occupations are the namesake of this 1994 Kevin Smith Movie”. Braianiac record breaking champion Ken Jennings did not get the correct answer,
  but a very cool redhead at the far right did. Take THAT, Ken!
• Just a reminder: Kevin’s scheduled to receive the first ever “DVD Visionary” Award
  from VSDA this Wednesday, July 14th. We’ll have full coverage.