• Great news for the Smith/Hester/Parks Green Arrow story arc “Quiver”: The American Library Association has named the GREEN ARROW: QUIVER Hardcover (STAR15337) as one of its Best Books for Young Adults in 2003! We’re looking for more detail on this, but that’s an award to be proud of, for sure. We’ll elaborate as we get the chance to track more info down.
• A couple of Stan Lee tidbits today — First off, TechTV’s “Screensavers” had Lee on to talk about Daredevil today. Leo, the host, told Lee that he recently rewatched Mallrats and loved his cameo. Stan said that he felt like a bad luck charm because it was Kevin Smith’s only flick that flopped at the box office.

Stan was also at a comic convention in Pasadena, California on Saturday. During one of his Q&A panels, someone asked if he liked being in Mallrats, and he said he loved it, but his only problem was that Kevin hadn’t asked him to be in any of his other films! He then asked anyone who had nothing to do to bug Kevin to put him in more of his projects.

• Here’s a bargain for you UK’ers — Jay & Bob on DVD, in region 2, for £20! HMV‘s got the deal going on right now, both online and in their stores.
• Affleck the politician? This Boston Herald article reports that he tells Vanity Fair he “entertains the thought of someday running for Congress.”
• Once a month, the ‘York (PA) Daily Record’ does what they call the “Teen Takeover.” Basically, they get high schoolers to write articles, reviews, etc., and then it gets published in the ‘Living’ section of the newspaper. Today’s edition featured an out-of-the-blue video review and recommendation for “Mallrats.”

Read the story HERE as well!

• And, finally today, a detailed thought process on, yes, that “bear who drive car”.