• SCHEDULE CHANGE: Kevin’s appearance at the University of Kentucky has been slightly rescheduled. The date has been moved from April 13th to April 15, at 7:00 PM, in the University of Kentucky Memorial Coliseum. For more info, visit our APPEARANCES PAGE.
• The second day of AICN’s Vulgarthon report is available online now right HERE. This one’s much shorter than the last, and does feature a transcript of Affleck’s phone message to the folks in attendance, as well as a new Q&A with Jeff Anderson about “Now You Know”.

• Check these things out! A fan has created some very cool Jay & Silent Bob plush dolls. Could this big the next big item picked up by the Stash? Ya gotta admit, they’re pretty nifty. Click the thumbnails above for a closer look.
• Mallrats/J&SBSB alum Shannen Doherty (who Kevin told a very interesting story about at Vulgarthon regarding he and her getting along again) has remarried.
• The “Heroes of Black Comedy: Chris Rock” special with the clip of Kevin & Dogma will rerun Saturday morning on Comedy Central at 8:00 AM EST and PST.

• Good news, everyone! You can now get in line for the DVD release of Drawing Flies, and get your own copy direct from Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, the ONLY place you can get it personally autographed by director Malcolm Ingram! The disc is running right on schedule and will be released on February 26, 2002. Best of all, the price is a mere $19.98 for your SIGNED DVD! A fantastic deal.

The Drawing Flies DVD features a new director’s commentary track, deleted scenes, outtakes, and MUCH MUCH MORE.

What are you waiting for? Surf over to Jay & Silent Bob’s Secret Stash website and PREORDER your signed Drawing Flies DVD NOW for just $19.98!

• Dark Horizons has announced “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” as their DVD pick of the month for February.
• The infamous Mallrats TV edit will air on the FX cable network tomorrow (Wednesday). Check your local listings for the time (It’s airing at noon pacific time, so check early). If you’ve never seen the butchery on this flick, and would also like to see some of the deleted bits re-incorporated, don’t miss it.
• “Heroes of Black Comedy: Chris Rock,” which aired yesterday on Comedy Central, included a brief interview with Kevin Smith accompanied by a clip from Dogma. Sorry for the late notice on that one.
• According to the Rutgers Daily paper, The Targum, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back will be showing at the Busch Campus Center and the Rutgers Student Center tonight (2/5) at 8 PM, with free giveaways, calendars, and general film info.

• We’re back after a Superbowl weekend break — Today’s update should catch up everything that’s been happening, though it’s been a generally slow period. There will be a lot more to talk about later in the month with the Jay & Bob and Drawing Flies DVD releases, the appearance of the new Green Arrow supervillian, and more as Kevin creeps ever closer to pre-production of Jersey Girl. We’ll be here to cover it all from start to finish. Until then, let’s catch up on what’s been going on over the weekend and today. Here ya go:

• Vulgar is now set for an NY/LA/SF release on April 26th. The rest of the release schedule will likely be set after they see how it performs in those markets.
• In an interview available HERE, Brad Meltzer discusses what he’ll be doing when he takes over from Kevin as Green Arrow writer.
• DVD News: The Region 2 UK Chasing Amy DVD is now out, as an HMV exclusive. It costs £17.99. In other news, it appears that Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy have been repackaged in Canada under a single Jersey Trilogy set. It doesn’t look like you get a special case for all 3, and the versions of the films are the exact same DVDs out currently, but this could be a way to save some bread if you need the whole set. Check out their listing at the Future Shop website HERE.
• Australians love Mallrats! The next issue of the Australian “Empire” magazine sent out an ad for the next issue, available in Wednesday. On it, it promotes the top 100 films of all time, of which Mallrats gets quite a mention: They picked the flick as their FAVORITE COMEDY OF ALL TIME! Wow. Good stuff there and quite an honor.
• Jay Mewes appears in photos and a small quote from this men’s fashion magazine article about the comeback of Pony athletic gear. Photos are above, and here’s the short quote:

“Jason Mewes, the actor from Jay and Silent Bob fame, says he wears Pony because he likes “the old-school style. It’s comfy and looks cool.”

• Just in case you’re interested in seeing how they translate, this site has some Jay & Silent Bob comics in POLISH, which was done to promote the film in Polish cinemas. Interesting to see, anyway.
• The Joe Merrick Armada creates silly songs that incorporate samples from various Kevin Smith projects, such as deleted scenes and DVD commentaries. You can check out their site HERE. “Going to New Jersey”, for example, combines samples from Dogma with classic lines from the movie “Fletch”.
• eJay’s opened back up, and even eBay has some interesting items – This shirt was only given to Mallrats cast and crew! Check it out HERE.

• Here’s a few photos of the Affleck brothers & Matt Damon from Sundance 2002, who were there to promote Matt’s new movie “Gerry”, which he wrote with Casey Affleck and Gus Van Sant (who also directed).
• Just a few more appearances of Jay & Bob projected on the big screen before it hits video – Illinois State University in Normal, Il is showing J&SBSB today, February 1st at 10:00 PM and Saturday, February 2 at 7:00 PM at Capen Cinema. It’ll cost ya 2 bucks.

• As alluded to in a recent update, the View Askew auction site, eJay, has returned! That’s right, folks, now you get your chance to electronically bid on your favorite View Askew collector’s items, including hard to find stuff as well as ONE OF A KIND ORIGINAL FILM PROPS! Own a piece of View Askew history! Here’s Ming with more:

We’ve got props from ‘Dogma’, ‘Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back’ and if you’re good.. maybe we’ll even aucton off our last copy of the Mallrats Book!

eJay starts tomorrow afternoon. If you registered before and forgot your password or need to change your e-mail address – please e-mail me at ming@viewaskew.com.

And if you weren’t around for the last eJay – here’s how it works. We put a rare View Askew item up for bids – be it a screen used prop or rare item (can anyone say ‘Dogma’ cast and crew jacket?) and you bid on it. It’s sort of like that other e-place, but this one has Jay and hot models on it.

The fun starts tomorrow – Good luck, and happy bidding!

• The very slick new website for Jason Mewes’ new movie, “R.S.V.P.” is up with stories, pictures, and even a trailer. The site address is: www.rsvpthemovie.com. Check it out!
• More from Australia: Jay & Bob are officially #7 for the first full week in theatres. 101 screens, total take was $1,111,491 (including GST). The film is the same print as we have in the States (put all rumors aside).
• You can also get some discounted ($8.00) tickets for the film in Australia at the Hoyt’s website HERE. The coupon is valid to February 7th.
• Finally, here’s a very nice review of the film from down under (A newspaper called “The Age”):

• Pixposters.com have some of the French Dogma one-sheets for sale. They’re $25, and similar art to the US one-sheet, with the Buddy Christ above the cast.

• This one slipped by us somehow, but we thought you’d want to know anyway, that Kevin recently (2 days ago) completed work on the first draft of “Jersey Girl”! It won’t be long now before Affleck, Carlin, and the rest of the yet undetermined cast will be in front of the cameras. Here’s Kevin with the official announcement:

Kevin estimates we’ll likely see something up on the screen a year or so from now, but don’t quote anyone on that.

• Here’s a cool contest for some of you aspiring artist View Askew fanboys out there. Wizard Edge is asking YOU to write, pencil, and ink your own View Askew story starring Jay, Silent Bob, and another View Askewniverse character of your choice. The winning comic will get published by Kevin Smith, himself! How cool is that?

Entries are supposed to be done on standard 11×17 comic board and be in to them by April 15th. The only clarifier is that you have to have bought the magazine (to get the entry form) to enter the contest. It’s in the recent issue that has a cartoon version of Kevin along with Bone.