• We believe it’s for the first time, too, so we’re very pleased to bring fans in Hawaii their first chance to see Kevin Smith live and in person on these beautiful islands. Kevin will be attending the Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival in Honolulu and will be doing a Q&A at the beautifully restored Hawaii Theater on the 28th of October. The film festival is honoring him with their “Maverick Award” as well while he’s there at the festival.

But hey, you come to News Askew to SEE this stuff, not read about it, right? Wanna go? Get your tickets for a mere $15 at this very website. Showtime is at 7:30 HST on Saturday the 28th. And hey, don’t say we never did anything for you. Now hey, who’s got some beachfront property they want to put us up at for the weekend?

Don’t believe us? The Star Bulletin. Yeah!

• Subscribers to our News Askew YouTube feed already know — But we’re happy to inform the rest of you that we’ve now got full online clippage of Kevin’s “At The Movies” stint from this past weekend as part of our library now. Watch Kevin in his second appearance on the very popular, long running movie review program on televsion, kicking butt and looking comfortable as ever in the Roger Ebert chair as he takes on the role of reviewer (instead of reviewee) for fresh flicks this week.

What’s he think of “The Departed”, “Open Season” and more? We know. And you will know soon, as well, via our YouTube Channel. Enjoy!

• Here’s a cool one – An astue scooper (Thanks Riss!) found an old scan we were asking for, yet never received, of a Simpsons comic referencing Clerks back in 2003. Here now, for the first time on this site, is the scan of said panels. Enjoy!
• Another scan of the famous recent Buddy Christ incident can be found at the San Francisco Chronicle site, in color this time.
• MALLRATS’ Priscilla Barnes will be one of the guests at the bi-annual Chiller Theater con in NJ Halloween Weekend. Con details can be found at their website.No word if she’ll be doing any fortune-telling, though we’re guessing not.
• And finally on this fine day, not only did Salma get nods for her striptease, but Jason Lee as “Syndrome” in “The Incredibles” also gets nods as the number 5 man in a cape from movies.com. A memorable role, indeed. If you haven’t watched The Incredibles in a while, do it again. The flick really holds up, and might even play better today than when it first arrived. A true classic.