Archive for May 4th, 2010

Photos From LIVE SModcast Week!

May 4th, 2010 @ 11:49 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Laura Bosch

  • Much thanks to our scoopers who had a blast during last week’s run of live SModcast shows across the country. Above, you’ll find photos from Fargo-Moorhead (courtesy Laura).

Powerhouse Animation: A Walk Down Memory Lane!

May 4th, 2010 @ 11:46 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Brad & Chris

  • The talented folks at Powerhouse Animation have compiled a spectacular blog post which chronicles their entire history of involvement with Kevin Smith and View Askew Productions. When you view it all at once, it’s quite a resume. These guys have done animations on everything from the “Dogma” Hosties commerical, to the Lost Scene from “Clerks” (on the “Clerks X” DVD), to those Stash-exclusive “Jen Saves Ben” and “Secret Stash” video game consoles.

    It’s a fascinating read, which not only includes links to all of the work, but some inside details and memories from the projects that we’d never heard before. Here’s a sample:

      …Mr. Smith had seen this and asked if we could make a version for Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez as a wrap party present for the film Jersey Girl. We wrote a proposal, which Kevin then took and added a bunch of gags and inside jokes and developed the script. We also sent ideas for a Dogma game and a game based off of the Clerks animated series. We had 8 weeks till the wrap of the film, where Kevin wanted to give the arcade machine to them.

      We worked most of the hours of those 8 weeks. We were still programming the game when we drove it straight from Austin to New York City in a U-haul attached to Brad’s jeep. We took turns working, sleeping, and driving in shifts. We presented the arcade machine on the last night of shooting, with paparazzi everywhere ruining multiple takes of the final scene. We installed the machine in the couples’ apartment. That part is pretty hazy, I personally only remember that the refrigerator was 100% full of diet-caffeine-free cokes, and showing a bodyguard how to play Frogger on the machine.

View Askew NewsBites™

May 4th, 2010 @ 11:46 am | No Comments » | Scooped by Tony Cottam

  • Kevin reports that Batman: Widening Gyre issue #6 is a double-sized issue (44 pages), thus, they’re taking a month off to allow Walt to keep up with the art. Issue #6 will hit shelves in JUNE.
  • Here’s one from the “cool girlfriend” category – A scooper’s gal bought him a new wallet and used a sharpie marker to custom draw some Mahfood-style art from the Clerks comics on it. Check out these shots. Now that is one bad ass wallet. Nice.