• Kevin. Alice. TOMORROW. San Fran residents: Check into Alice’s morning radio show tomorrow, as Kevin will be calling in to promote the Katrina Auction…And we’re sure drop a few other jokes, promos, and tidbits in there as well. “Sarah & No Name” kicks off at 6 AM PST on Alice 97.3.
• Cast Askew is a new experiment, the first web-based Askew “podcast” which is a MP3-based radio program of sorts, summarizing the recent events in Askew news in audio format. Your hosts are Rob and Rachel, a happily-married pair of View Askew fans. So far, 2 episodes are available, and can be found, naturally, at http://www.castaskew.com. Rob also tells us that in the next couple of days, the podcast will be available for subscription through iTunes, which should notify you when a new episode is out, automatically. Check it out.
• Comic Book Resources reports that a NEW comic to bridge Clerks and Clerks 2, much like “Chasing Dogma” did for the Amy/Dogma connection. Jim Mahfood, who worked on the original Clerks book, is set to draw. Here’s the report on how you’ll be able to get a copy:

Thanks for stopping in today — It’s been exciting stuff lately, no? See you again real soon. And good luck in that contest!

• You’ve heard the rumors, we’ve all speculated, some knew, some HOPED…And now, yes, it’s official. The Westwood Stash will hold what’s possibly it’s biggest and best event yet on Saturday, September 24th – The Mallrats 10th Anniversary DVD Release/Signing Party! More specfics are to come. For now, we can tell you the official start time is 2:00 PM, it’s the Saturday after the disc arrives, the newly printed Mallrats book will also be on hand, and there’s gonna be some BIG BIG guests there.

The following folks are CONFIRMED to be in attendance, waiting to meet you and sign your freshly purchased Mallrats 10th DVD:

Keep it with News Askew for more details on this exciting event, as well as details on a special EVENING event to coincide with this one.

What better way than this to mark the 1 year anniversary of Stash West, eh? Prepare to line up really early, folks — This one’s gonna be BIG.

• News Askew and Universal Studios Home Entertainment have teamed up to provide our readers with with TEN (1) brand new, shiny copies of the forthcoming Mallrats 10th Anniverasry DVD, coming to Region 1 DVD on September 20th…Yep, just 12 shorts days away. Please note this contest is ONLY open to US readers/residents. You must reside and have a shipping address in the US to receive a copy.

Winning is simple, really. Well maybe not AS simple as we could have made it, but hey, you gotta work for your supper a LITTLE bit, right? So, here’s what you gotta do. Using our ARCHIVE SEARCH box, answer the following THREE (3) questions from Mallrats history. Be creative and use search terms that make sense, or simply visit our archives and attempt to track down the day that way, month by month. The answers are the DATES (Month, Day, and Year) when the following three events took place:

Send your answers, in order, in an email, with the subject line “MALLRATS CONTEST”, to scoops@newsaskew.com. Include your name, first and last, and a valid e-mail address where we can get in touch with you. CONTEST ENDS MIDNIGHT, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2005, EST. You have from now until the end of next Friday to get your entries to us.

Please note: Winners DVDs will be shipped on September 20th, provided we have your contact info by then. They will NOT ship early.

Remember, ALL these answers can be found in the News Askew archives — But you might have to dig a little or use some brains to figure them all out. We’ll be selecting 10 entries, at random, from entrants who get all 3 dates correct. If no one does, or less than 10 do, we’ll go to 2 correct entires, and so on. ONE ENTRY PER PERSON IS ALLOWED. OPEN TO US RESIDENTS ONLY. Multiple entries will get you thrown out of the contest. No, if you have 2 different e-mail addresses, you can’t enter from each one. Let’s keep it fair.

So good luck, and thanks again to Universal Studios Home Entertainment for supplying us with the goodies! Good luck, brave readers! And for those of you who don’t win, you can own your very own copy of the incredible Mallrats 10th Anniversary DVD starting September 20th. For more details on why you wanna win or buy one, check out our full review!