• Entertainment website JoBlo has placed their “Golden Schmoes” ballot online , which more accurately seem to represent the more popular flicks with self-proclaimed film geeks and such. Jay & Bob (as well as Dogma) are currently in the running for a few of these, so you’ll certainly want to stop by and cast your vote. Here’s their categories: Best Comedy (Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back), Coolest Character (Jay & Silent Bob), and Best DVD of the Year: Dogma SE. Voting is only until February the 18th, so get those ballots in soon!
• Speaking of voting, in IMDB.com‘s Best of 2001 Poll section, they have a wrap-up poll. Up for nominations is George Carlin as “Best Wise Old Advisor” for J&SBSB, and of course, Jay & Silent Bob for “Best on Screen Pair or Couple”. You need to be a registered user of the IMDB to vote, but it’s free and easy. Let’s make sure Kevin and his final View Askewniverse film get the recognition they deserve!
• We may have mentioned this years ago, or it might be known to some of you already, but just in case, we’re mentioning it now anyway and adding it to the summaries: The infamous and never seen (not even by us) ill-fated Clerks TV show pilot is summarized, screenshots and all, right HERE. Enjoy.
• After almost 3 complete weeks at the Australian Box Office, J&SBSB has grossed #1,788,489 (inc. GST).

• The next round of bidding has commenced for a new group of rare and unique View Askew merchandise — Now is your chance to own a true piece of Askewniverse history. Check out the list of way cool stuff that might be yours:

• ‘Vulgar’ cast & crew shirt
• ‘Chasing Amy’ Vogue poster signed by Kevin, Scott, Mewes and Jason Lee
• Cheesehead prop from ‘Dogma’
• Joey’s SXSW Pass
• Mallrats poster signed by Kevin and Ben Affleck
• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back premiere pass

All way cool stuff, to say the least. Happy bidding to you all, and good luck! Surf over to eJay for more information on all of these items, as well as to place your bids, of course.

• Here’s the official flyer from Dave’s Video announcing Kevin’s appearance early next month. Keep in mind this is a DVD signing for Jay & Bob, and you usually need to buy a copy at Dave’s to stand in line and get it signed. No idea what the policy is on other items, though likely Kev will sign the DVD and one other item only to keep the line moving. If you’re going, we suggest only bringing one extra item (which might not even get signed) for respect of everyone else waiting in the line.

• Billboard magazine ran this story on the upcoming Jay & Bob DVD release, which summarizes the film itself and delves a bit into the disc’s extra material. Sorry the scan’s tough to read, it’s the best we’ve got at the moment.
• Just discovered on the Blueyonder (UK Broadband) site are three heavily trimmed scenes from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: Jay & Bob in the Secret Stash with Brodie, the Carrie Fisher cameo (heavily cut including the sign that Carlin holds up totally rewritten) and Chris Rock and Jamie Kennedy in the booger scene (with swearing removed). The clips are located in their Entertainment section, under “More Features”. Watch for a TON of cut footage on the Jay & Bob DVD later this month, we’ve been going through a test pressing of the second disc of the DVD and it’s PACKED yet again.
• The Ultimate Picture Palace on Jeune Street in Oxford will screen all of Kevin’s films for the next couple of months, all in chronological order, except Mallrats, sadly. The shows are a mixture of late night and evening showings. Contact the theater for more information.

• Here’s the latest list of appearances, including some that you haven’t heard about before!

There’s a few more in the works, as well, so stay tuned here, we might be adding to this list soon! Also take note of that Dave’s Video signing, and be sure you get there EARLY, you don’t want to miss out. Watch our site and the countdowns calendar in your upper left for the latest events.

• Ande Parks is selling a very hot item on ebay right now – 3 original pages from Green Arrow, a complete scene featuring the archer and Aquaman (Pages 6, 7, and 8 of Green Arrow number 4, to be exact). This is an excellent collector’s item to be sure, and not for the faint of heart, as the price is currently at $465 and climbing! Good luck and happy bidding, folks. Check out the auction and pics of the pages HERE.
• The WiggyWorld website has recently added DVD reviews of Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma, as well as a poll on your favorite Kevin Smith film.
• Green Arrow #11 is now on shelves everywhere, in case you don’t already have one. This review, while not the most flattering, appears on Pop Culture Shock. While the author still dug the book, it certainly isn’t his fave of the series (then again, maybe he just has a bone to pick with Phil Hester!)
• In case anyone’s interested, a Bibliography of Kevin’s printed work was found online HERE. Not sure if this is complete or not, and it’ll of course be outdated soon, but it’s a nice summary and a testament to the mountain of stuff he’s worked on recently.
• Clerks: The Animated Series is on this poll in which you can pick your favorite summertime series! Check it out.

• Our advance copies of the Drawing Flies DVD arrived today, along with a test pressing of Jay & Bob Disc 2, so we’re starting to compile our reviews of these discs for your viewing pleasure. Watch this site next week for your first look at menus, screenshots, and lots more from these 2 highly anticipated releases! From a quick look, both discs look to be packed with material, so you’ll have plenty of stuff to check out in a couple of weeks at home. Stay tuned for more, and if you haven’t, be sure and get those preorders in now!

• HIGH TIMES Announced their 3rd-Annual “Stony” Nominations today, where Jay & Bob tied for the lead with 4. Of the 11 categories, here’s the 4 that Jay & Bob are up for, along with their comeptition:

Surf to Yahoo for the full story and all the nominees. The Stonies take place in New York on March 3rd at B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill.

• With the Jay & Bob DVD on the way this month, Entertainment Weekly has taken another look at the film, writing a new review and comparing it to the last. While a lot of flicks do worse the second time around, they still love Jay & Bob as much as they did theatrically, and give the flick another glowing review (and huge props to Mewes as well). Click the scan above to read it. You can find this article in the latest Entertainment Weekly (w/ Jodie Foster on the cover), hitting stands and mailboxes today.
• IGN.com has named the J&SBSB DVD as thier pick of Top DVD for February. Check the full list out HERE. The one error we believe is that this article claims the MTV spots are on there, and we don’t believe that they are.
• In case you’re got a ton of extra cash, one of the Santa suits that Affleck wore in Reindeer Games is up for sale at Ebay.
• Ming posted Jason Lee’s “Evil is an Abstract” speech/clip from Dogma’s deleted material up at View Askew, now available with full production audio for the first time. Check it out HERE.
• The Mr. Cranky website has now reviewed all 5 of Kevin’s flicks. This site makes a point of totally hating and skewering every flick it reviews, purposefully. Read them at the following links : Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

• Here’s a small blurb from Wizard World on the Green Arrow writer change:

• Kerrang (Life Is Loud) Magazine had published the results of the “Karrang Awards – readers poll 2001”. Here are the results of the Best Film category, with Jay & Bob coming in at third and beating some big flicks!

• At the end of critic Jeffrey Wells’ best/worst list, in the pile called “Decent, Respectable, Worth A Sit” he gives Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back a positive nod. Check the article out HERE.
• We recently mentioned Empire magazine’s picking Mallrats for a top spot in their online poll – The flick came in at number 24 of the top 100 movies of Australian’s favorites. Star Wars was number one.

• We’re now happy to make available the scans of Kevin’s new Arena article! In this edition, Kevin breaks some new ground again, by taking the third installment of his very young column to print two messages from readers, one positive, one negative, and to respond (the mails themselves comprise of almost 75% of the column and are obviously unedited). It’s another great read and, yet again, Kev tells it like it is. Let’s hope this column carries on for a while. Click the two scans above to read the latest! Thanks again to Martin for providing us the scans to us, straight from the UK.