• It’s an exciting time for us here at News Askew — We’re nearing our 10 year anniversary of the site (coming this May, we celebreate a whopping TEN YEARS bringing you the latest news from the world of Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse), and we’re also amazingly close to another huge milestone – Our 20 millionth hit to the website. That means that, on average, we’ve had 2 million visits per year here at News Askew. Not too shabby for a website that started with just a few silly drinking games back in 1997, when the View Askew canon consisted of only 3 films. My, how time flies and how things change.

So, what could we do to celebrate 20 million? Well, a couple of things, really. But more on that later. First up, what can we do for YOU? Tell ya what — How about a prize? Yep, that’s right, the hitter who e-mails us at 20 million or closest to that number AFTER the 20 million turns will get a prize from Mr. Kevin Smith himself — A signed pair of his worn Vans shoes! Will this be a pair that’s been seen on the red carpet? The Tonight Show? Perhaps even during one of the famous “Evening With” segments? You never know. But what we do know is that Kevin generously offered to donate a pair once he heard of the big milestone. And we’re looking forward to giving them to one of our lucky readers.

The contest is simple — Just capture us a screenshot of your hit and email it to us. Use your PRINT SCREEN key and then cut and paste it into a photo program, word, anything you can do to get it to us. The screen will display a special message if you’re the winner, so there will be no faking this one (or we’ll know if you did) so don’t bother trying using any Photoshop jobs to pull one over on us.

So good luck, thanks for visiting, and we’ll be back with more exciting anniversary news soon. For now, let’s hit that 20 million and work on the next milestone. Thanks to all of you who continue to make News Askew a success. We wouldn’t be here without you.