- Realizing we’d fallen a bit behind on summarizing Kev’s tweets lately, we’ve scoured through the sea of the last week or so to split up some of the more significant tweets from Mr. Smith, by topic. Read on for details on upcoming live SModcasts, planned release dates for new comics, an airdate for the 40th birthday Q&A, deets on “Hit Somebody” and “Red State” status, and more:
On Flicks..
Sweet BDay gift from @RyanJReynolds (not GreenLantern RR): #CopOut banner with 1500 opening night tix: http://tinyurl.com/ryanspresenttokev
Via @artvander “Saw #CopOut. SWS has never been funnier.” Made me want to cast him in HIT SOMEBODY. But now he’s circling GOON. *sigh*
Via @Film_2_140 “has SWS read HIT SOMEBODY script yet? Is it Near done” No – been a busy month, so still on pg101. Hence he’s circling GOON.
Via @Film_2_140 “surprised he’s looking at Goon?” Nah: they’re ready to roll. HIT’s not ’til AFTER RedState – so mid-2011 the earliest.
Via @boomertl “goon and HS are very similar” Not from what I’ve been told. At all. Besides: the more hockey flicks, the better. #SellTheGame
Via @thaskizz “will you be acting in Red State or Hit Somebody?” Nah. Those days are over. Rather be in front of a microphone than a camera.
Speaking of #CopOut – SIGNED BD/DVDs! http://www.jayandsilentbob.com/copoutbldvds.html OR http://www.jayandsilentbob.com/copoutdvdsib.html
Via @YourRealDad76 “Am I ever gonna get to play a Jay and Silent Bob video game?” If any VG company had serious interest, I’d be into it…
On Live Appearances…
Via @CJDavis0605 “What’s the good word? Boston show going to be rescheduled?” I’m hearing December 12th. Will confirm that soon…
Via @dselig119 “when will your bday DVD be out?” Not a DVD; an @EpixHD 2 hour special! Peep it here on October 23rd: http://www.epixhd.com/
Via @insidehw “EPIX exclusive comedy special – KevinSmith:TooFatFor40 http://epx.ms/aeRK1i ” For press release/air date, click READ IT.
Via @MikeDuyn “didnt u tell the story of why last movie felt like work at bday Q&A?” Iceberg’s tip, sir. One day. Too soon.
Via @ValShelby “can you do another day where you answer ? 24hrs” Yes: Labor Day – to raise $$$ for http://viewaskew.com/thewaynefoundation
Via @Ptrst “How will that raise money?” I’ll Tweet the donation link all day, keeping a running tally, shaming into giving. #Tweetathon2010
On SModcast and SModcastle…
Via @Qatami “starting a podcast, could you take a pic of your personal recording set-up as example” http://tinyurl.com/WhatSModGearLooksLike
Via @deadpool60169 “Is Malcolm’s Gay Clown Show going to be posted online?” Like most @SModcastle shows, if show sells out, show get posted.
The @SModcastle exists because of @CamelToad. Thank him by supporting his pair of Friday Night shows: http://smodcastle.com/tickets.html
Via @Coreyranes “You should have NHL 10 tournament again” Coming soon to @SModcastle, via Lit101 guy: http://www.smodcastle.com/tickets.html
Via @JayMewes “Coming home next week. recording HIGHLANDS: http://www.smodcastle.com/tickets.html ” Mewes is PERMANENT Highlands 3D cohost!
@shawnwrites “what cartoons can we expect on Saturday? Old? New? Both?” This week, it’s all @Starktoons action! But in the future, we wanna open it up to submissions: if you’re an animator who wants to see their stuff on screen, contact @SModcastle or @CamelToad.
On Comics…
Via @JackBauer2417 “ever consider becoming full-time Batman writer?” Been asked, but I can’t keep to a schedule. I’m content w/ CACO & GYRE.
Via @RChazzChute “Just read Gyre #6. Delicious! Thanks! When’s volume 2?” Starts in Jan. GYRE Hardcover is just in time for Christmas: 12/8.
Via @Dedlok “by christmas meaning december-ish?” Yes – right around time of CACOPHONY soft cover. GYRE hardcover will have extras…
Via @JakeGalliher “went to Comic shop to pick up GYRE 1-6 couldn’t find 2,3” I’m your pusher: http://www.jayandsilentbob.com/comicbooks.html
All the tweets you can handle for free by following @ThatKevinSmith.
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“Widening Gyre” #6 Drops Huge Reveal!
- “Batman: Widening Gyre” issue #6 hit shelves this week and is the absolute talk of the industry. A major twist occurs in the last 4 pages of the book which has readers counting the days until the series returns with the back 6 issues early next year. We highly recommend NOT spoiling the reveal, and instead checking out the entire series from the start. We’ll say no more here, other than congratulate Kevin and Walt for keeping their plan secret during the book’s run — This one is rewarding even more to long time fans of Kevin’s work in the comic industry. We love it. This sets things up for an incredible finish.
Kevin and Walt hosted a panel in San Diego last week about this fantastic series, which Comic Book Resources has a nice summary of. Here’s a sample:
…A fan asked when the start of the next miniseries was expected. “Volume two begins after the new year,” Smith said. Smith wanted to give himself enough time to write as he’d be shooting a film soon.
Another fan asked if the Joker will be featured more in the second volume. “I felt like since ‘Cacophony’ was such a Joker heavy book for us, I wanted to use him very sparingly in the first six issues. But he features a little more prominently in the next arc.”
“I still hear Mark Hamill when I write my Joker,” Smith added. “When I was reading comments online, people said that, ‘This Joker reads like the fucking ’90s Joker.’ I felt really complimented by it.” The writer added that while he likes Heath Ledger’s version from the film, his Joker remains the version from the cartoon series by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm.
Smith also said that he finds writing the Joker easy. “What’s the most fucked up thing I can write? Okay. Write that,” he said. “For me, I’m way more interested in writing Bruce Wayne and Batman than the Joker.”
The hardcover compilation of issues #1 – #6 isn’t due until Christmas…So we’d recommend seeking out issues 1-6 right now and catching up. An already cool series became legend with the issue 6 cliffhanger. Catch up now!
The Twitter Report…
- While we were trying to keep up with all the big news dropping due to the Con, Kevin’s been busy tweeting up a storm lately. Let’s take a look at some of the more noteworthy tweets from recent days. He’s back to record pace lately, like it was when he first hit Twitter, so we highly recommend you run a follow to @ThatKevinSmith to read them all – We’re just scratching the surface on the most newsworthy, but there’s so much more. Here’s a peek:
Via @thecolecash “How is “Red State” coming along?” Dave & I storyboarded for a few hours today. Found this amazing actress for Cheyenne…
Via @filmthreat “Where’s RedState being filmed?” California, sir. Up Whittier way. 80% of it shoots behind maximum security walls. #srsly
Via @sonic43 “Did you decide if RedState was shooting digital or film” Last I heard from @ThatDavidKlein, RED will be shot on a @RedCamera.
Via @Billy3152 “spot for hockey guys Leary or Sandler in Hit Somebody?” Massive cast, but I’m looking to surround Seann w/ CANADIAN actors.
Via @njosnavelin714 “You really believe HitSomebody’ll be the best film you ever make” 100 pages in, before we shoot a frame, it already is.
Via @StephanieClark_ “when do you start shooting for Hit Somebody?” Hopefully mid-2011. So let’s stop talking about it. Getting blue balls.
Via @SansomJam “Hit Somebody a comedy or something akin to The Wrestler?” It’s funny, but I don’t know if I’d call it a comedy. s’like GUMP.
Via @cmatthes1 “MCM mode of #CopOut gives me hope for the new BluRay extras” It’s pretty entertaining. Watched opening w/crowd & it crushed.
Via @bigstunz “Walt killed it in latest Smodcast” He CRUSHED PrimaNocta TELL’EM LIVE. Ask @BryAndWalt to put that 1 up on Friday. Pure gold.
Me & @SMosier sang FAMILY TIES & this dude mixed it into TIE’s opening credits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5LIs5W5JpM&feature=related
Via @MasterBruceSHH “Just read Gyre #6. Best ish so far. kudos for the last twist” Walt & I have been waiting a year for that splash page…
Via @denmark116 “How long do we wait for volume 2?” GYRE Vol. 2 starts up after the first of the year. And it’s a MUCH more familiar Bats…
Via @pcraig20 “how long the Green Hornet run is going to be” 10 issues. Then, I start begging @jimlee00 to do HORNET/BATMAN crossover mini.
Via @jace1013 “looks like #CopOut did well: http://bit.ly/9R3DyO #1 on every list” Congrats to the Movie Formerly Known As A Couple of Dicks
Via @lunchboxfett “When can we hear SModcastle opening night?” Not for awhile. Lots of banked shows to get up first: Philly, Billings, SF…
Via @dimmke “Can you stop making movies & just do #SModcast every day” Working on it, sir. Once we’re done with HIT SOMEBODY, s’possible…
@omfgitzjay “Will WYSMC be on SModcast Network?” No: to be a part of SModcast.com you’ve gotta know me REALLY well. Wanna know why? SModcast.com isn’t just weekly podcasts by me & my friends; it’s actually a more ambitious, ongoing project: SMod’s my autobiography.
This is my 10,000th Tweet. I’m using it to thank all y’all for following. You’ve given me enough juice to jump start the Act 2. Many thanks.
Our particular favorite Twitter highlight from the last week is a run that Kevin did on historical photos and posts back on July 20 and 21. If you didn’t see it, go back and seek out this stream. Tons of great photos and links in there.
Widening Gyre Panel: Watch it NOW!
- Thanks to the great folks at Newsarama, you can now watch the entire panel from today’s SDCC event for his comic “Widening Gyre”:
While Dick Grayson may be the Batman in the current DCU, Kevin Smith continues an untold story of Bruce Wayne as Batman. Now at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Thursday, his creative cohorts gather along with a special guest or two to chat about what is going on in Wayne’s life at this time.
12:30-1:30 Batman: The Widening Gyre– As Bat-fans know, Batman: The Widening Gyre revealed a previously untold period in Batman’s life. DC group editor Michael Marts, series artist Walt Flanagan, and inker Art Thibert reveal secrets behind the highly anticipated conclusion. Room 4
Green Hornet #6 Arrives TODAY!
- Dynamite Entertainment presents Kevin Smith’s “Green Hornet”, issue #6, in stores today. They say:
We’re in the home stretch of the biggest superhero launch of the year as Dynamite continues to proudly present Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet! The dark forces that took the life of the original Green Hornet now set their sights on young Britt Reid Jr as he takes up his father’s war on crime. With the help of the Kato family Britt begins to grow into his role as hero. But a larger, more sinister game is afoot, one that could cost our new Green Hornet not only his life, but the lives of everyone in Century City.From the unproduced screenplay by fan-favorite Kevin Smith, featuring the careful had of Phil Hester and artist Jonathan Lau! And check out that strong of all-star covers!
The Stash will have signed copies for ya, or of course, you can always pick up a reader copy at your local shop/retailer, then do like we do — Get a spare signed copy for safe keeping.
While the book represents Kevin’s vision for the Hornet on the big screen, you can now also see how Columbia Pictures decided to go with their version — The first two official promo images were released yesterday, quickly followed by the film’s official trailer today. We love Rogen, but we’re also stoked to see how Christoph Waltz takes on the role of the baddie.
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- Malcolm Ingram’s “Bear Nation” premiered at the SXSW 2010 film festival, and Malcolm Ingram had a few words to say about it on the scene. Check out the trailer HERE. Plug In Music also has a nice piece on the band “The Order of Good Cheer”, whose track “Be My Cub” serves as a theme for the film.
- FilmSnobbery Live recently interviewed producer Bob Hawk, who is often credited as the reason “Clerks” got seen by the Weinstein’s and thus the world. Check out the full length video via blip.tv. Bob had a ton to say, and chatted for a full hour and 4 minutes – Lots about Clerks and Kevin, and just overall interesting info. In August, they’ll sit down with director Malcolm Ingram — We’ll let you know when you can catch that, as well.
- Finally today, due to Banky’s classic “Archie” comics rant in “Chasing Amy”, we found this panel particularly amusing. See ya next time…
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- Kevin reveals that both a live SModcast as well as the first ever live “Tell ‘Em, Steve Dave” will take place as part of the big Brantford hockey tournament next month. It all takes place from June 4th through June 6th. There’s still tons of time to register a team and get there. Registration ends on May 26th. Don’t miss this major charitable event!
- The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Kevin will be honored with the Edge Award at the Princetown Film Festival in Rhode Island, which is running from June 16th through the 20th. Details to come.
- Jason Mewes makes a cameo in the recently released “Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy” DVD, poking fun at a stoner character named Freeburg in “Freddy vs. Jason” that appears to have been inspired by the Jay character. (Another actor in the documentary goes so far as to call the FvJ character a blatant rip-off of Jay.) Mewes begins by saying that being asked to appear in FvJ was a lifelong dream, then stops mid-sentence, realizes he wasn’t in the movie, and walks off. Mewes’ appearance aside, the 4-hour documentary is essential viewing if you’re an “Elm St.” fan. Highly recommended.
- Check out Retro Radio with Eric Danger Nyenhuis & Marilyn Ghigliotti, now streaming via a live podcast that you can catch up with at Podomatic. We understand there were some technical issues preventing the show from streaming live last week, but we’re told things should be back on track next week. Visit the official site to learn more. Retro Radio airs from 9 pm to 11 pm PST. You can listen live during this time perdod by putting this address in your iTunes podcast URL box: 75.24.235.254:8000/listen.m3u.
- The great Walt Flanagan plays a role in this article titled “Sex, Drugs and Superheroes: Are Comic Books Still For Kids?” . Here’s a snippet:
Walt Flanagan says his comic book store includes a small section of comic books geared toward the younger crowd.
Flanagan manages Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash in Red Bank, N.J., the comic book store owned by film director Kevin Smith (“Clerks,” “Mallrats”). Flanagan, a noted comic book artist who has drawn such characters as Batman, works there. He’s also appeared in most of Smith’s movies and is credited with turning the director onto comics.
At the Stash, young readers can find the age-appropriate adventures of Archie, Scooby-Doo, Spider-Man and Superman along with titles such as “Marvel Adventures: The Avengers” and “Johnny DC.”
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- 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.
Free Comic Book Day Is TODAY!!!
- Whether you’re in a comic book store all the time, have a mailbox set up for your latest issues, or have NEVER set foot inside one, today’s the perfect day to locate your local shop and show it some patronage. Why? There’s a free comic book in it for ya! Yep, totally free. Whether you buy something or not. Show up, ask for your free book, and walk out a big winner. Best of all, one of Kevin’s books is one of the 5 being offered totally free of charge this year — You can get a copy of Green Hornet, issue #1, for the low low price of 0. That’s right, free.
And if you like that first issue (and you will), do yourself a favor and seek out the next few which should also be close by on the shelves. And take a look at some of the other items of coolness as well. Comic book shops are great, and the medium has never been better, with a record number of feature films coming out based on comics. Get your butt to a comic book shop today, and tell ’em News Askew sent ya. Enjoy the free books!
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- Fans, the time is HERE! GREEN HORNET issue #3 is NOW ON SHELVES — Yes folks, this is the BIG issue with the highly-touted death of a major character. You can peep the first few pages here http://tinyurl.com/26o85ns
- In prep for the big debut of the new @Starktoons series @ www.smodcast.com , we re-present his first few IN glorious HD!
- Don’t forget, Kevin’s still doing his one-man live show as well, and it’s funnier than ever — The Washington Post drops some ink on the recent DC show. Here’s a snippet:
The bearded comics writer/filmmaker/author/pride-of-Jersey was utterly comfortable in his own skin (right down to his self-effacing fat jokes), if not his signature outfit: hoodie (navy), ankle-scraping denim shorts and backward ballcap. Smith — director of “Clerks” 1 and 2, “Mallrats” and “Chasing Amy” right up through this year’s “Cop Out” — had his fans in the palm of his perspiring hand from the get-go, and he seemed to feed off that energy. The room was the height of pure geeklove — from shared “insider” references to a hug for a female fan who giddily requested the embrace.
Smith recently attended a George Carlin tribute ceremony in New York, and Thursday night’s crowd reveled in his storytelling about the late comedian. Smith relayed stories about how sweet and sentimental Carlin could be in person. Once, after Carlin talked about his then-recently deceased first wife, the touched Smith said: “I wish you were my mom and dad.”
Smith also said that by example, Carlin — whom he called “an incredible craftsman” as an entertainer — “taught me a way to live. … to play it truthfully.” Added Smith: “I miss him every day and think about him every day.”
Scroll to the very bottom of the article for a bonus fan-shot Youtube clip from the event.
- Parts 2 & 3 of this that Movie Bit interview with Kevin are now available to download directly, free, from the great iTunes.
- Ranker.com lists the 20 Most Influential Stoners in film history. Jay & Silent Bob come in at 7th place:
Hey, it’s Jay and Silent Bob.
Drug dealers as lovable as Muppets.
These guys made it okay to be friends with your pot dealer. Up until Jay and Bob, drug dealers were portrayed as less than desirable elements in our culture. They made it possible for bromances like Pineapple Express to come later.
- The LA Times reports that Southwest Airlines was recently fined due to its policy of bumping passengers, and quipped that Kevin’s likely pleased with that news.
- And finally today, check out this story about the first openly gay character in Archie Comics history. No mention of View Askew anywhere, but interesting nonetheless, due to the Chasing Amy conversation.
