• Many folks have come to expect an April Fool’s day joke from us, and with Sunday being a low traffic day, many of you may have missed it. Yesterday’s News Askew once again perplexed some, and just gave you seasoned veterans another chuckle. In past years, we’re turned the site into fan sites for other directors, promised amazing redesigns (and delivered the opposite), among other levels of puzzling frustration. This year, we flipped the site in a new way. Those of you with a hand mirror handy could have found it useful here yesterday. Thanks again for all who enjoy the jokes, and thanks to those unsuspecting new viewers that we love catching off guard every year. Here’s hoping we can come up with another good one for ya next time around.

It’s a great time to be a fan of so much in the media these days. If you’re a lover of the tube, this year, we’ve got an amazing new show in “Heroes”, which we can’t wait to see return at the end of this month. The amazing “Battlestar Galactica” just wrapped its third season with a real heckuva sendoff — Now is the perfect time to rent or buy previous seasons on DVD and get hooked, as that gem of a program isn’t returning until very late this year. HBO’s giving us the final 9 Sopranos starting next week, along with a new season of the addictive “Entourage” to accompany it. Showtime’s brilliant “Dexter” surprised us with a fantastic season of some of teh most different, compelling TV of all time, and the network’s now looking at bringing a show on board starring our own beloved Kevin Smith. Even “Lost” is showing signs of life again. TV may just be better than it ever was before.

Summer is just around the corner, and along with it, the promise of blockbusterdom for flicks based on toys and comics once again — Spider-Man 3 just can’t possibly suck, even if they tried, though that new Fantastic Four flick could go either way. The Transformers trailers have us unexpectedly stoked, could Michael Bay pull it off? But right now, it’s all about “Grindhouse”. This weekend, a flick that’s every genre lovers dream comes up, made for fans BY fans (Rodriguez and Tarantino obviously love watching this stuff as much as making it). Check out Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving” trailer over at IGN to see what we mean. We’re catching the first show here in Central PA this Friday and that’s saying something — It’s not often we’re this stoked about a movie. After a childhood of picking off subversive flicks off the video shelves in the early 80’s, this is a dream come true. And then, of course, we’ve now got Kevin throwing his hat into the horror ring late this year, so we couldn’t be more excited about having this gig right now. To see Kevin’s spin on a different tone of film should be a real treat.

Then, there’s the world of comics — While Kevin’s taking a short break from the scene to work on some television projects and prep his new films for later this year, we’re getting graphic novel versions of an 8th season of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and, perhaps coolest of all, one of the greatest comics ever is coming back to finish its run after almost 10 years. Scud: The Disposable Assassin is going to finish its run with a 21st issue! The book, written by the great Rob Schrab, was so admired by this webmaster that he even got mocked in the mailbag of one of the issues (due to a complaint about their charging higher shipping prices for the books than the cover price itself). What a hoot. Anyway, this series was one of the most creative ever in comics, and appeals to many View Askew and comic fans. In the thread we linked, you’ll see Kevin’s also a big fan and that Schrab cites View Askew fans as one of the reasons he’s doing issue #21. COOL COOL COOL.

And what about us? Well, now that we’re past that April 1 hump, we’re certainly noticing a BIG milestone on our horizon – 10 years as your daily source for Kevin Smith and View Askew news. That’s pretty amazing stuff. And we’re not going to let that event pass us by without making a bang. It’s a great time to be here, and we’re happy to be your continued news source — Thanks as always for sticking with us. We hope you enjoy what’s to come.