• Wow! Strange and unexected things are certainly happening today regarding the events that were planned! We’re here to set the record straight on what went down with that stuff. Look no further, all the answers are here. Also, we’ve got your usual chunk of news in addition to all that, so settle on in and check that out. A few more stories straggled in on the Wizard World festivities, which you can read on our summary page. There’s some new pics there, as well.

• Howdy-ho folks. Since the “Fight Club” trailer is playing in theaters (with the film opening up mid-October), we HOPE that, once Dogma announces the official Dogma distributor (we STILL assume Lion’s Gate), we’d expect a trailer in theaters VERY soon! With how slick the rough trailer looks, as many of you have seen, there’s no doubt in our minds that the interest in the film will grow a TON with the general moviegoing public, as well as those of you die-hard fans who’ve yet to see the trailer. Hope you VA and Lion’s Gate folks are listening…Get that trailer out there ASAP!

Now that we’ve got THAT settled, we’ve got some clarification for the events surrounding Kevin’s big day tomorrow, with the Howard Stern appearance AND the Mallrats DVD signing, as well as some nifty NewsBites, and a few more words (both good AND bad) on the Chicago Con.

• As if you didn’t already know (been sleeping under a rock or something?), Kevin will be tearing up the Big Apple tomorrow with an appearance on the Howard Stern Radio Show (of which we’re big fans, so we always enjoy it when Kev brings his charm to the show and plays off the guy), as well as a Mallrats DVD signing appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square.

No official time has been given for the Stern show appearance at this pont – Even if it were, things work a bit erratically around there, anyway, and even if there WERE a time chances are it would change a bit. We’ve seen guests come in as early as 7:00 AM, but we’re betting Kev will be in the studio somewhere between 8:00 and 9:00 AM. Tuning in from 7-9 wouldn’t be a bad idea, though. We hear Kev might even share his Chevy Chase horror stories with Howard and the crew, which fans of the show know that he’ll just LOVE.

The Virgin Megastore is a whole new confusion that we’re hoping to clear up. Some outlets reported the signing would be at TIMES SQUARE, but all sources we have say UNION SQUARE. So, make sure you’re at the right place! The event’s scheduled to start at noon and run until 3 PM. We have no idea if a cap will be placed on the line, but it can happen, so arrive early, and don’t forget you’ll need a copy of Mallrats on DVD or VHS (and up to 1 other VA item) to get the signature!

Many of you have asked, but we’re sorry, we just can’t get out of our day jobs to make it into the city for the event tomorrow. We know for a fact that Kevin will be there along with DVD producers JM Kenny and Vincent Periera — No idea who, if anyone else, will be tagging along (Jay or Scott, for example).

Have a great time, and we’ll of course be back with full coverage of all this stuff tomorrow here at NA.

• We’ve added a couple more summaries from the Wizard World convention held this past weekend. Apparently, Kev’s popularity did not slow for a moment at the show, with countless folks standing in line just for a chance to shake the guy’s hand or get something signed. Kev signed as long as he was allowed until being dragged to his next gig at the joint, but some folks were still turned away due to the demand. Check out our continuing summaries page with stories from the event, some exclusive pics, and more. We’ve added a TON today — Guess most of you were waiting until the end of the event to share your thoughts. You’ll definitely learn some new things — One of which being that they were selling the actual Catholicism Wow buttons used in Dogma! Cool! Anyone got extras? That’d be a neat collector’s item to own!

• Another praise-filled review of the Mallrats DVD appears at the Lightviews site. Is it possible for ANYONE to dislike this DVD? It’s perfect!
• Aren’t these cool!??!! Replace that boring old Windows recycle bin with a pack of Nails Cigarettes! The pack’s full of cigs when you got files in there, and out of smokes after you empty it. Nifty concept. Grab them here or visit the Files Askew archives.
• AnotherUniverse.Com checks in with another interesting story (with some great quotes) concerning Kev and DareDevil:

• And, to wrap things up today, a scooper checks in from the George Carlin front:

• More reports and pics are coming in from Wizard World, where Kevin is the Guest of Honor and apparently being just SWAMPED! Sounds like both he and the guests are having a fantastic time in Chicago this weekend, though. Surf on over to our Wizard World Wrapup for all the latest…

Just a couple links/tidbits today to wrap things up: The webmaster of this Jason Mewes site says he’s back with an update after a long hiatus, so you may wanna check it out. Also, a new Jay & Silent Bob Website has opened up, which includes an IRC-Like chat room using Java, as well as free web based e-mail, YourName@Jay-and-SilentBob.com.

Off to see “Eyes Wide Shut”! We’ll talk to ya later.

• Alright, it’s a little late, and we’re running outta steam, but here we are! We’re sure all of you are excited to hear about what’s been happening at Wizard World thus far, and we’ve got the info right here. Also, a few bits and pieces of info for you to add to the calendar, among other things. We hope to be making an announcement on Sunday about our next big event here at the site (there’s actually a few in the works, believe it or not), AND the move to the new server WILL begin this weekend. We HOPE to make it totally transparent to you, basically meaning you won’t even be able to tell when the move takes place. Fear not, we plan NO downtime from this at all. All the work will be on our end, and done behind the scenes.

Caught “Lake Placid” tonight, figuring it’d be fun – It was almost, well…too placid. Hopefully “Eyes Wide Shut” will be more of a jaw dropper when we catch it on Sunday.

Alright, let’s hit it.

• A few scoopers have already checked in with their reports from the first day at Wizard World. We’ve even got some pics from BEFORE the thing opened to the public! Cool, huh? Anyway, most of what Kev’s been saying is stuff we’ve reported here before…The Mallrats sequel comic, the Bartelby and Loki one-shot, and the usual stories that he shares at apperances (because usually the same questions just seem to keep coming up whereever the man goes!)…But he DID reveal that Dogma does indeed HAVE a distributor, and an announcement is forthcoming. Read all about it, and more, at our new Wizard World Wrapup Extravaganza (which will be updated continually as the con progresses!).

• Jim Mahfood (Clerks comics/TV show artist extraordinaire) will be signing at the Vancouver Comicon this Sunday, July the 18th, from 11-5. It’s at the Heritage hall at 3102 Main Street.
• “Clerks” will be showing in Dallas, at the Landmark Inwood theatre, this Friday and Saturday night. Get out of that blistering Texas heat and watch a classic flick!
• The very cool Cinescape Online posted an advanced review of Jason Lee’s new flick, “Mumford”. The guy REALLY dug it, too, giving the flick an A- overall. The review is spoiler free, so do surf over if you’d like to check it out.

• Got some important and interesting stuff going on today, some major, some minor, but all News Askew!

Also, we just wanted to take a minute and give major kudos to the gang that puts together South Park at Comedy Central. After a pretty lame showing last week, they came back strong with last night’s all new episode — Not only did it break the traditional South Park formula for the first time (by airing an all-Cartman episode), the show also featured a Wild Wild West bit whose opening 10 seconds were more entertaining than the entire WWW film, a recurring “Aliens” gag, and even a moderately obscure Pink Floyd reference! It didn’t seem like the show would EVER be as funny after the movie took things to the next level, but as long as Matt & Trey have stuff like last night’s show left in them, we’ll be tuning in.