• This political cartoon, “Where’s Osama?”, has been going around at the WWWBoard so we thought you might want to take a look at it here. The question is, though, “Where’s Jay & Silent Bob?”.
• DC’s website ran a conceptual pic and this description on this way cool Green Arrow statue coming to stores early next year:

GREEN ARROW Statue

Green Arrow is back, both in his new hugely popular monthly series…and now as a new hand-painted, cold-cast porcelain statue! The GREEN ARROW Statue, designed by Matt Wagner and sculpted by Tim Bruckner, features the Emerald Archer, bow in hand, arrow nocked, and ready to take on any evildoer. Set on an urban rooftop, the statue stands approximately 11.25” tall x 7” wide x 5.63” deep. Packaged in a 4-color box. Final product may differ from image shown.

Sculpted by Tim Bruckner; based on designs by Matt Wagner.

$195.00 – In stores January 9, 2002.

• The Advocate’s year-end issue listed JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK on their “10 Best Films of the Year” list at #8 — “Kevin Smith’s straight buffoons make for great gay comedy. Offended? Oh, relax.”
• Hey female fans! Check out the “What Kevin Smith FEMALE Are You?” quiz located HERE. Answer some questions and find out which female from the Askewniverse best matches your personality. There’s also a male test coming soon. Have fun!
• A big Kevin Smith fan (who named his son Brodie) has opened a comic shop all his own. The name? “Brodie’s Comics and Cards”. Reportedly he did consider calling it “Brodie’s Secret Stash”, but feared getting sued. You can check out the place on the web HERE.

• And finally, speaking of big fans, this one created his own custom Christmas cards featuring the Buddy Christ. Check them out above. Happy Holidays!

• Merry Christmas, everyone! Hopefully Santa brought you all something that you wanted, and that you’re having a great day. Happy Holidays to you and yours from everyone here at News Askew and View Askew.

Things have been very busy personally over the past few days, though news has also been slow due to the holidays, hence the silence around here these past few days. We do have the big 8 million hits landmark on the rise, and a lot of plans for 2002, so things aren’t going to be dull around here for much longer. With Vulgarthon, some new DVD releases, and the new flick starting to film this Spring, 2002 is sure to be another landmark year at View Askew. But more on that later, go open some presents and eat some turkey! We’ll see ya back here later on and catch up on some small nwesbites from the past couple of days.

Take care, Merry Christmas, and we’ll see you back here soon.

• Jeff Anderson himself checked in with a clarification of a few reports we’ve been receiving about his upcoming flick, “Now You Know”, and that rumored appearance on the Tonight Show. This should answer all your questions, for now. We’ll give Jeff the floor here:

• According to their website ,The Mid-Ohio-Con, which takes place on November 30th and December 1st, 2002, Kevin will be in attendance. So, if you’re in that area, you might want to mark up that shiny new 2002 calendar of yours.
• On the Reelbuff.com site, CLERKS has been declared the 45th best American film of the 90s.
• Good Will Hunting airs in the UK tonight on BBC2: Sat 22 Dec, 21:25 – 23:25 120 mins.
• Wolfpac mentions Jason Mewes in a song called “Pink in the middle.” There are only 300 copies of the free CD out right now, so it’s tough to come by – The exact line is “Talkin shit and bang your bitch like my name was Jason Mewes, [clip from ‘Clerks’] I’ll fuck anything that moves!”
• An article on the charisma of comic book creators mentions Kevin:

Read the whole thing HERE.

• Finally, here’s an interesting twist – “A District Court judge has ordered a Connecticut teen facing misdemeanor alcohol and drug charges to listen to and write a report on the song “Because I Get High” by rapper Afroman.” Check out the full story HERE.

• The December Details magazine (with Ben Stiller’s mug on the cover) contains a one page article/interview with Jason Lee on Vanilla Sky and stuff, which mentions Kevin and calls his films “indie McNuggets”. Check out the scans above.
• Here’s a small bit on Kevin’s “Moment of Silence” work in the “Heroes” comic:

The story comes to us from comicon.com.

• Here’s a blurb on Joey Lauren Adams’ latest:

• That interview we missed on XLFM.net did happen the other day, and it will soon be archived online at XLFM.com, with Walt, Bryan, and a special appearance by Kevin himself. We’ll keep you posted.
• It’s about time! A Scott Mosier fansite has appeared on the web, called “That’s Beautiful, Man”. Check out the page right HERE.

• Finally today, this hand-made Silent Bob statue picture sent in by a fan is pretty cool. He’s made with clay and acrylic paint. Nice job.

• Congrats to the View Askew DVDs…All 4 of them have made the list of the Top 100 DVDs of all time according to a member of the widely read Home Theater Forums.

Well deserved!

• Filmforce.com have a poll today, asking what is the best “stoner” movie of all time is. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is currently battling with “Half Baked” for the top spot. Vote HERE!
• According to the flick’s official website, “Now You Know”’s Jeff Anderson will appear on the Tonight Show sometime this month.
• J&SBSB is trailered on the video of Scary Movie 2. They changed the music and it’s reportedly worse than the music in the updated Dogma trailer (if you can believe that).
• In the Netherlands, J&SBSB’s release has been pushed back to January 17th. Posters are being spotted around theaters, though, so it looks like it’s having a rather visible release.
• And last, but not least, but a Northern Ireland student radio station is interviewing (or interviewed) Bryan Johnson & Walt Flanagan. The interview was to take place at 5 PM GMT (whatever that converts to), but you can check out their station, XLFM, online via this web feed. Hopefully, if you missed it, they’ll archive it. Later!

• Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back has the honor of being “Movie of the Day” at the web’s largest movie database, the IMDB:

• You might be interested to see where the Tonight Show got its info for Kevin’s tour of offbeat tourist attractions, the Roadside America website! Click the links for their data on the World’s Smallest Church, Howe Caverns vs. Secret Caverns, , and the Herkimer Diamond Mine. You can find more details (and maybe pick what they’ll visit next!) and the Roadside America website.

Oh, and click HERE one final stop, especially for News Askew readers, click HERE.

• Angst Technology (the strip that ran some J&SB references over Halloween) quoted “Dogma” on Saturday. Check the strip out HERE.
• Trooper Clerks fans, listen up: The guys over at TrooperClerks.Com are making a comic book and need to know what the interest levels are so they know how many shirts, books, etc. to make. Stop over if you’re interested. Also, www.themexp.org currently has a Windows XP logon screen based on Trooper Clerks. Remember though, messing with the files on your XP box to change your logon screen can be hazardous to your computer’s health. Use caution.

• Here’s a way cool item that’s a must-have for any View Askew fan/comic lover. DC has just annouced the release of a hardcover version of Quiver, Kev’s Green Arrow arc. It will consist of issues 1-10 and cost $24.95, an excellent price for a hardcover book. Here’s the full details, courtesy of Comics Continuum:

• This comes to us courtesy of the Comingsoon.net website: