• Here’s a couple of looks at the covers to Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan’s “Karney” – coming in April from IDW Comics. Covers are by
  Ben Templesmith. Thanks to Moviepoopshoot for the images.

• MTV confirms that the US version of the Donnie Darko’s director’s cut DVD (an excellent version of the film, we gotta say), hits the streets on February
  15th. Kevin appears in the new feature length commentary with director Richard Kelly through the entire film with comments and questions from View Askew
  fans, just like you!
• Wanna catch up with Stroke 9, the band who did the single from the J&SBSB soundtrack (”Kick Some Ass”)? The Des Moines Register has
  info on a gig coming up this Friday (tomorrow).
• The Blog at BoingBoing posted a creation at
  Beancounters that is a
  parody script posing the question “What if Clerks had been written by the staff at BoingBoing?”.
• And, winding up the day, Kevin’s the subject of this edition of online comic FanBoyRadio.
  Obviously, a big fan there. Wouldn’t it be a shock if Kev called the dude’s show sometime now? Anyway, fun stuff. See ya later.

• Sorry for the extremely late notice on this, but Brian let us know that this was just finalized today — Brian is, RIGHT NOW, at presstime, on the air on the local Deleware radio station, WSTW 93.7, with “A-Game” Rob Accampora from 7pm – 12am. You can listen to it online HERE right now.

Tomorrow morning, Brian will be on “Your Morning on CN8” on the Comcast Cable Network. It’ll be sometime between 9:30 am and 11 am. These appearances are all to promote his Wednesday night appearance at the University of Delaware — As a reminder, the gig is FREE! Don’t miss it.

• VH-1’s “I LOVE THE 90′S : Part Deux” premieres next Monday, January 17th and continues all week until Friday th 21st. And yes, you guessed it, two of
  your favorite stoners will be back again for some of the fun. Starting Monday, two new episodes/years will premiere every night at 9 and 10. Monday at
  9pm will be I LOVE 1990, followed by I LOVE 1991 at 10pm. Then Tuesday at 9pm I LOVE 1992 will air followed at 10pm by I LOVE 1993. And so on.

This time around, each year will have Jay and Silent Bob regaling us with “Guys We’d Go Gay For”. Just like last time, the J&SB segment will air either
just before or just after a commercial break, usually around the middle of the hour. Also, there’s of course a CLERKS segment in “I LOVE 1994”, and
a MALLRATS piece in “I LOVE 1995”. Tune in or set your Tivos, and enjoy! And by the way, if you’re not watching Fox’s “24” this year, you’re missing
out, as the initial two hours rocked the house last night, with two more hours on the way. Nice to see some of the best on TV returning (but what did they
DO to you, poor Alias?).

We’ll likely give you a reminder and chat a bit about this stuff after it airs. Thanks to VH-1 for the inside info!

• Ah yes, it’s a wonderful way to start off 2005 with news from Kevin on the airdates of his first major television guest appearance as himself — The multi-episode arc on Degrassi. This post features the first hints of what to expect in each of the three episodes, the first we’ve seen this info anywhere. Of course, this is only GOOD news to those of you in Canada, or nearby enough to pick up CTV, but here ya go, from Kevin, via the board:

We imagine the episodes will show up Stateside on Noggin in a few months, or maybe not even until this summer. The schedule for that is yet to be learned. However, once we know, you’ll know. Until then, we’re sure some of the more skillful downloaders of you might be able to figure out a way to see the shows as they air on CTV. And we’re hoping to have some images and coverage here as well. Stick around. We got ya covered.

• On his message board, Brian Michael Bendis has annoucned
  a joint panel featuring himself alongside Kevin at Wondercon this year. It’ll happen on Sunday, February 20th from Noon to 1:30, in room 134/135 (it’s a
  combined room) at Moscone Center in San Francisco. WonderCon memberships are available online at www.wondercon.com.
• Clerks X has been named the #15 DVD OF ALL TIME (yes, ALL TIME!!!) by UGO:

See it, and the rest of the list, at UGO.

• The Love channel is part of the Encore/Starz package, thus Chasing Amy will indeed air there tomorrow night, uncut and commercial free.
  As if there’s any other way to watch that classic!

• Dogma alum Alan Rickman will join the cast of the feature film adaptation of “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, based on the popular
  series of novels by Douglas Adams. He’ll appear in voice only, as the character of Marvin, the paranoid android. Those of you from our generation may
  remember playing the Infocom, Commodore 64 game of the same name. Great stuff, and the film is something we’re looking forward to seeing. Details
  HERE.
• Chasing Amy airs on satellite and digital cable’s “Love Stories” channel this Tuesday night, the 11th, at 10 PM. We believe this
  channel airs stuff uncut, so perhaps you’ll spin by it when you’re channel surfing and stay put. One of the best.
• Catch Mallrats movie poster artist Drew Struzan at the LA Comic Book and Sci Fi convention on February 13, 2005. Details and a full guest list are up at
  the event’s official site as we speak. Bring your Mallrats SE DVDs and posters with ya!

• And finally today, because who can’t get enough of cute little kids in Snoogans hats, another fan’s daughter in similar garb. All us
  View Askew fans are starting to get growns up with families now! Catch ya next time…

• We’re very pleased to announce ticket and contact information for Kevin’s Q&A at the University of Connecticut, which will take place
  in Storrs, CT on February 9th at 8:00 PM:

More details as they come in! This is an incredibly affordable price, and we highly recommend you picking up some tix if you have the means…And are in
the vicinity, of course. Tix this cheap are bound to sell out, so watch our countdowns and set a reminder for yourself, pick them up right away if you
want a seat. As always, Kevin’s looking forward to seeing a ton of you cyber-fans in attendance.

• We’re pleased to also announce another must-attend appearance for you Northeasters out there. Brian O’Halloran will be on hand to present and Q&A the classic of all View Askew classics, Clerks, at the University of Delaware, 1 week from today! And yes, best of all, this is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Alright? So no excuses. Don’t even let the nonexistant wintery weather stop ya. Here’s details as they’re printed:

The True INDIE Film Series

clerks.

from writer/director kevin smith (chasing amy, dogma, jay and silent bob strike back, mallrats)

stick around afterwards for a q & a session with brian o’halloran (dante)

wednesday, january 12th, 2005
7:30 pm trabant university center theater
university of delaware
free and open to the public – seating is limited

giveaways:
peter biskind’s “down and dirty pictures: miramax, sundance, and the rise of independent film
&
john pierson’s “spike mike reloaded”

Visit the school’s student center site www.udel.edu/student-centers/indie for more information. Brian’s always a real crowd pleaser and known to quite often take time for photos and autographs when the venue allows. In other words, be there!

• In case we haven’t sent you this way before, the
  Official Site for John Pierson’s “Reel Paradise”, which Kevin and Scott exec produced,
  is now up. The film, which chronicles the running of what’s considered the most remote movie theater on the planet, is
  slated to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month.

• In the December/January issue of Razor magazine, reviewer Richard Roeper writes about the “31 Films That Changed Cinema”. Clerks is given the
  disctinction of number 26. Click the scan for a look. Interestingly, Gigli took #10 on the insert list, “10 Movies That Didn’t Change Cinema”. The fact
  that the film is talked about so much still tells us that it HAS changed cinema articles, though. The entire piece is a great read, and well worth picking
  up the ish to check out.
• Aint It Cool gave us a nice plug for the new Evening 2 trailer. Nothing new that you didn’t already
  read through us, but it’s always a fun stop if you want to see where Kevin got all that J&SBSB ammo for web talkbackers from.
• And finally today, wanna see the list of all the flicks Kevin watched, and even more interestingly, the ones he DUG in 2004? The full scoop from the dude
  himself is up at his WWWBoard. Later!

• A new year always seems to be a good time for studios to break ground with announcements on new film projects. This first one is a Jason
  Lee film that we reported just a small blurb on last summer.

“I Love Your Work” starring Jason Lee and directed by Adam Goldberg. Goldberg is most notable for his roles in Dazed and Confused and Mellish in
Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan, among others. Also includes talented folk like Giovani Ribisi, Vince Vaughn, Franke Potente (The Bourne Supremacy, Run
Lola Run), Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Judy Green (who co-starred in “The Hebrew Hammer” with Goldberg), and Nicky Katt.

Hollywood Stock Exchange says:

Also, from the success of the end result of “The Polar Express”, it seems Robert Zemeckis may be doing a second screen capture film. Jason Lee is
attached as voice talent, as well as a few other notables:

Sounds intrguing. And finally, an interesting team-up that makes that little Jersey Girl cameo look like it might have turned into a true-to-life business meeting:

We’ll of course keep you informed on these projects as we hear more.