• Here’s some more info on that Clerks/Dogma screening at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta on Monday the 18th: Doors open at 8pm. Clerks is going to start at 9pm and Dogma is going to start at 11pm. There’s going to be $1 PBR’s that night and admittance is free.
• Starting tomorrow Comedy World’s Celebrity Smoothie game will feature thelikeness of your favorite writer/director/actor and mine… KEVIN SMITH!
• It seems Esquire aren’t big Damon & Affleck fans. From their “list of 365 reasons to kill yourself” column:

Sheesh, someone’s a bit upset at those guys, wouldn’t ya say?

• As part of this week’s “You’ll All Be Sorry” column on Comic Book Resources, Gail Simone pokes fun at Kevin’s proclivity for holding grudges against folks like Peter David and Reese Witherspoon. Here’s the link. Jay also gets lampooned a bit.
• CLERKS was ranked #6 on IFILM.com’s Top Twelve Pot Smoking Movies of All Time. In addition, the #12 film, DAZED AND CONFUSED co-stars View Askew’s Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams.

• There’s a TON of news to report today, but we WILL have coverage of the Oni/Image news as well as the stuff about the filming on the Skywalker Ranch a little later on – It’s the middle of the work day and it’s tough to get a full update written now, so check back in the early evening for all that stuff. See ya then!

• Hey folks, be sure and read those newsbites today, especially if you’re in Australia or have friends there, as you may have a chance to catch those unaired Clerks cartoons before we get our hands on the new DVDs stateside in February! Definitely big news there.

Also, got a TON of mail on the Dark Horizons story on Jay & Silent Bob today, but it’s nothing really new, as we already did know that there were some effects people out there working on stuff (as the reporter actually mentioned in that scoop). So thanks for all who wrote in on it.

We’ll have a few more words on the Aussie airings, some articles (including the Indiewire piece on Kev’s Academy appearance) and lots more. See ya then!

• There’s a new article from Cinemanow.com about the production of DOGMA and it offers a fair bit of insight into stuff like casting and so forth. Check it out HERE.
• DOGMA will make it’s German DVD debut on January 23. We don’t know if this is the full-fledge special edition we’re going to see in the States, but our source tells us that 30 minutes of interviews with Kevin Smith, Linda Fiorentino and Salma Hayek will be included.
• Kevin makes a short appearance in THIS STAR WARS FILM currently playing on AtomFilms.com.
• Australian fans can catch all 6 episodes of Clerks: The Cartoon starting every morning starting December 14th at 5 am on Network Seven!

• You folks really are amazing…We’ve got around 100 or so entries for the logo contest, and there really have been some slick, creative, brilliant designs. It’s going to be a TOUGH decision, that’s for sure. We’re still accepting entries for those of you working on them, and probably will for at least another week or so. Also, if you have revisions to your designs, or want to enter again, feel free. Thanks again to all of you who took the time to make a submission so far. We never expected this big of a turnout and it’s truly amazing. Keep ‘em coming!

• The Psycomic column continues to break new grounds and take us inside the stuff you never get to hear about in Hollywood. This week, Kev details events leading up to a meet and greet with David Duchovny, as well as details on what happened with Kate Hudson.

Read more at Psycomic, as always!

• Many of you were kind enough to send in your detailed reviews of Kevin’s appearance at the Academy on Thursday. There’s also an extensive report over at Aint It Cool News. Kevin was forced to do a pretty short session due to their time constraints, but still stuck around for autographs and photos afterwards, as always! One of the coolest items from the event is that Joey Lauren Adams was seen in attendance. Could this mean she’s got a future with VA5? Let’s hope so. Many folks sent it reports, so here’s a summary:

• Scott Mosier, Monica Hampton, John Pierson, and Joey Lauren Adams were in attendance.
• Kevin started with Harley on stage and also introduced his wife Jennifer.
• The Q&A was set for 8-10, went to 10:30, when Kevin then signed autographs for fans.
• They will be in Los Angeles for 8 months making Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.
• Casting for extras will be announced in a month or so.
• Most of the usual stories were told, including the famous Superman Lives anecdote.
• Fletch Won is on the back of the slate now as J&SBSB is taking precedence. They may use Chevy Chase for a voiceover but haven’t given the flick much more thought than that. Jason Lee is still the favorite to play Fletch.

That’s about it, really, nothing new but all in attendance said that it was another fantastic appearance and that a fine time was had by all. We’ll likely have some shots from the event soon.

• This post from Vincent Pereira at Mobius’s Home Video Forum sheds light on an interesting edit we might see on the Dogma Special Edition DVD commentary and documentary:

Sounds like they did what they had to for legal reasons, but in a funny way, and we’ll still get the effect of what they were trying to explain. Should be fun.

• Many of you wrote in after catching the new page at the excellent Upcoming Movies website regarding Kevin’s next project (following “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back”). As those of you recall, when Vulgarthon took place in October, Kev DID mention in one of the Q&A sessions that an animated Clerks cartoon would be the next View Askew project to hit theaters after this one, NOT the Fletch movie as we’d expected before. Now, keep in mind nothing’s been inked on this yet, and we’ll be watching it closely. All we DO know is that Miramax was excited at the idea and that the plan was to release an R-rated, animated film featuring Dante and Randal making a black & white movie about their Quick Stop/RST lives (so, in effect, making “Clerks”). It’s an interesting prospect, but one just in the planning phases so far. If you’d like to see what Upcoming Movies has up, check them out HERE. So, in short, we DID mention this in our Vulgarthon coverage, but some of you may have missed it.

• Wizard World has posted confirmation that Kev and Jay will indeed appear at Wizard World in Chicago – August 17-19, 2001. We’ve added this information to the countdowns now.
• Here’s an excerpt from an article that appeared at EW.com. In it, Kevin discussed the comic book elements of “Unbreakable”:

• Live in Atlanta? Wanna see Clerks and Dogma on the big screen, for free? They’ll be playing at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta on Monday, December 18th, at 8 PM. We’re not positive on the free thing, but our scooper speculates that there won’t be a charge…So get in line early!
• The Clerks animated series is getting an airing in Australia on the Seven Network at 5:10am (yikes, set the VCR!)Airings start on the 13th of December. We have no idea if they have the rights to air all 6 or just the 2 that aired stateside.
• Aint-It-Cool-News has posted a positive review of BREAKERS, the new flick with JASON LEE, Gene Hackman, and Jennifer Love Hewitt. Read it HERE.
• Loaded, a national and widely-read “lads” magazine here in England ranked none other than Rats’ Claire Forlani at number 31 in their “Hot 100” – the list of attractive women to watch in the coming year. She beat out luminaries along the lines of Charisma Carpenter (Buffy, Angel), Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) and Anna Kournikova (Uh…Tennis) to get there.