• Today’s installment of web comic “The Devil’s Panties” contains a very obvious “Jay & Silent Bob
  Strike Back” reference.
• On Sunday, September 5th, there will be a midnight screening of Mallrats at the Paramount theatre on 261 Bernard Ave., Kelowna, B.C.
  Canada. All seats are 5 bucks. Don’t miss this rare chance to catch a View Askew classic up on the big screen if you’re in the area!
• We’re receiving reports of JERSEY GIRL playing on some international flights (one from Air Jamaica, at least). So, if you can’t wait
  another month to see the flick again, fly somewhere. Maybe you’ll catch it (plane-friendly edited, of course!).

• Here’s a good article that appeared in the last issue of Cinescape Magazine featuring Dogma’s makeup effects artist Vincent Guastini. It sure sounds like Singer’s version of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA would have been a ton cooler than that other remake.
• CLERKS will be airing on IFC this Thursday (8/12) at 11:30 pm EST. Sure, we know ya already got the DVD – But watch it anyway one last time before Clerks X next month!
• More on Kevin’s involvement in Richard Kelly’s upcoming SOUTHLAND TALES can be found HERE on romanticmovies.com.
• Looks like VA’s own Raquel Castro is hard at work on her next film, “Little Fugitive”. She plays a supporting character named Destiny. Look for the film later this year. We hear she just wrapped shooting her role this week.
• The next Project Greenlight has begun and here’s an article about what you can expect on Bravo next February. There’s spoilers there for those of you not wanting to know the script chosen, but it’s safe to say that this year they’re going for a larger audience over an artful pic. Sounds like a cool change. We just wish Bravo would air the series uncensored like HBO did.
• Here’s a couple interesting excerpts from Matt Damon’s recent PLAYBOY interview:

• We’ll all be watching Kevin’s famous short again next month on DVD, but who wants to know what’s up with flying cars these days? Curious.
• And FINALLY today…….All we have for you is a link and a promise you should STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT MORE! Muhahahah…

• Kevin dropped by his webboard again today with some more news concering some upcoming events out on the West Coast. Check out what he had to say right here:

Kevin is also taking suggestions on what flicks he should show during the WC Vulgarton. Just drop by THIS THREAD and add your suggestions. We’ll be back on Wednesday with a full update.

• Yes folks, as we all know, September 7th is the biggest release date in View Askew history, with the largest DVD set ever to come out
  of Jersey, Clerks X, hitting the stands along with the first release of our newest flick, Jersey Girl. Both discs are worth your valuable time, money,
  and shelf space. Here’s a full list of all the features…And don’t forget, preordering from the Stash is the ONLY way to go — Why? Because both of
  them come personally signed by Kevin Smith himself, of course!

Do take note of all that’s on that Jersey Girl DVD after all — For a non-special edition, we’d still call that pretty darn special! There’s gonna be a lot
of couch time to put in starting September 7th, folks — Prepare your friends and family for a week or so without them seeing you. And place those orders
today!

• View Askew Composer James L. Venable’s debut Dance/Electronica CD “Holding Space” is in stores now. Go to screamingfan.com to check
  out samples and find out where to get it. For you curious cartoon fans there are 3 bonus tracks: The 2 demos he did to get the Powerpuff Girls gig in the
  first place, as well as the score from the Original 2 minute Samurai Jack Screen Test. Track 8 is a remix of the Samurai music – and it is slammin’!

Ask your favorite CD store of visit James’ site to get copies and more cool swag (the t-shirts are very fun and unique). Thanks
to Jim and Soph for setting us up with early copies of the CD to listen to!

• A radio spot with Kevin urging listeners to vote was heard on Kansas City’s 96.5 over the weekend. We imagine this syndicated spot is
  part of the “Declare Yourself” campaign and should be heard nationwide. If we get audio we’ll post it for you here as well.
• Comingsoon.net and The Movie Box have now posted
  the full teaser trailer to the Ben Affleck comedy “Surviving Christmas”.
• “Rate That Commentary”, currently has the Mallrats DVD commentart ranked at number three for best, behind Brazil and
  Aliens.
• Kevin gets a quick name drop in this article about ‘Garden
  State’ and how Jersey’s reputation is rising in the world as of late.
• IMDb’s daily poll is asking what your favorite Matt Damon movie is, and ‘Dogma’ is currently running a failry close second to ‘Good Will
  Hunting’.
• Strata, a new alt-rock band, drops the BC a mention in their self-titled debut cd liner notes:

• Alright, we think we’ve located a TRUE fan here. Check out this excerpt found on this site
  about baby names:

• How about those West Coast Stash photos, huh people? This place sure is gonna give our fun little east coast store a run for the money
  as the best comic shop in the world! If you missed the weekend story, be sure and surf just below this or into the archives, as Kevin’s also dropping hints
  on a ton of upcoming dates for West Coast events! Stay tuned for more…
• And finally today, so maybe Dante was wrong about what Randall could do hurtful for an
  encore? In part, anyway…See ya next time!

• Kevin stopped by the board yesterday and dropped a few interesting nuggets of information and some great photos from inside the new West Coast Stash. Read on…

It’s coming along nicely. We’re on track for an end of August Stash Bash West (just settled on the theater for the post-Bash screening/Q&A). Heads up: we’re only gonna have 850 slots, and tickets are looking like thirty of forty bucks.

The events we’re lining up…

– Tentatively (very tentatively), Stash Bash West is gonna be held on Saturday and Sunday, August 28th and 29th.

– Tuesday, September 7th, we’re gonna be holding a “Clerks X” and “Jersey Girl” DVD signing (for you L.A. area folks, this will be akin to the two Dave’s Laser signings I did for “Dogma” and “Strike Back”).

– We’re gonna start the bi-monthly comic book pro signings in October (and wait’ll you hear the names we’ve got in store for ya’).

– If this theater works out for us, we may have finally figured out where to hold our first West Coast Vulgarthon, closer to Christmas.

You are the ones who are the Stash-Bashers!

In other, unrelated news, I finished the script to the small project. More on that as it unfolds…

• AP picked this one up so we thought we’d share it with you as well. Readers of the site saw Kevin announce that he got married…again…To Jen over this
  past weekend in Vegas to celebrate his birthday. Here’s the big story!

• We’ve finally got a line with our pals at Buena Vista who hooked us up with sweet menu sceens from Clerks X! They’re very slick and we dig the way that
  they spiff things up, yet still keep the nature and tone of the film intact. A fine, fine job. We’ll have a LOT more on this exciting set in the coming
  weeks, including your first look at a TON of what else is inside this puppy. If you’re as stoked as we are to check this one out, we know you’ll be back
  here waiting for more. And we’ll give ya a hint…Next week!

• Just some slight modifications to Kevin’s schedule for next weekend in WizardWorld Chicago. As always, get there when the doors open, and make a beeline for their ticket lines, you’ll need a special ticket for all of these events (the signing as well, if they stick to tradition):

• Our man on the ARENA UK scene is back with scans from this month’s issue. Two pages with Kevin and a HUGE new piece with Damon due to
  Bourne’s release. Click the scans above, of course. They’d be pretty dang hard to read the way they look right now.