• SModcast, the free online almost-weekly podcast from Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, hit its first big milestone with their 10th episode this week. As always, the episode is available for immediate download and free of charge, exclusively at Quick Stop Entertainment. So what’s the story for this week? Read on:

We continue to find the show more compelling week after week – The guys do an awesome unedited chat, and score it well with tons of great tunes and sound effects. This is one of the best podcasts out there, folks — We’re just lucky enough to already be covering news from these guys. But we’d be listening regardless. Tune in, and catch up on old episodes at the big QSE as well. Enjoy. Thanks again to Kevin and Scott for what’s possibly the funniest hour yet. Actually, a super-sized 1:10 this week. Boo-yah.

• We just got word that Kevin’s scheduled to appear at the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, doing a panel on May 3rd about comic books and superheros. Joe Quesada of Marvel Comics will be with him as well as Thomas Hayden Church from Spidey 3. From the fest website:

Full details and ticket orders are NOW AVAILABLE. The fun happens Thursday, May 3rd at 4 PM. $25 gets you in, and it’s a bargain price — With this being a big east coast NYC event, we’re expecting a QUICK sell-out, especially now that we’ve leaked it here. Buy now.

• Slashfilm reports on an e-mail they received from Kevin, clarifying his involvement with the film “Fanboys”:

We’re looking forward to the film, and are sure that Kevin’s Mosier-directed bit will be a highlight. We’ll keep our eyes on this one for ya.

• HarperEntertainment, an imprint of Harper Collins, is releasing a book on Tuesday, April 24th, called Everybody Hurts: An Essential Guide to Emo Culture. An honest and humorous look at a culture that is long overdue for satire, the book analyzes all sorts of pop culture, including films. The book’s got a nice little mention of Mallrats in the Ultimate Emo DVD Guide section. Here’s the blurb:

• ComicBookMovie.com reports that Matt Damon is rumored to be considering the role of Green Arrow for that David Goyer flick which will unmask the archer and toss him into prison (”Supermax”).

• Entertaiment Weekly’s Summer Movie Preview double issue hit stands over the weekend, and features an interesting sidebar on page 81. The piece was attached to the preview for the Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, and John Krasinski comedy “License to Wed” and discussed the past actors/actresses to appear as “Wacky Movie Clerics.” Dogma’s own Cardinal Glick broke into the top 5, making good company with MASH’s Father Mulcahy, Mel Brooks in History of the World:Part 1, Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act, and Ringo Starr playing the Pope in Lisztomania. Check the scan right here. More news later! Thanks for dropping by, as always.

• You can now catch the trailer for David Arquette’s indie horror comedy flick “The Tripper” in big, bad Quicktime over at the Apple site. The film of course stars our own Jason Mewes who gets quite a bit of exposure (and a couple really good lines) in the video. “The Tripper” looks to be a good, fun little horror flick — How can you not like a movie where the killer runs around in a Ron Reagan mask? Judging from the clip we ran a few days back, too, it’s gonna be a bloody one, too. The flick hit theaters in a very limited release this weekend.

Of other interest, when Arquette was on Jimmy Kimmel’s show late this week promoting the film, Mewes’ name among the cast list got the most cheers from the audience.

• Kevin’s quoted in the highly prestigious and widely read TIME Magazine, this time in an article on the fanboy, titled “Boys Who Like Toys”. Here’s the good stuff:

You can read Time’s entire article at their website.

• Three nice shout-outs to Kevin in appear in the latest issue of UK movie mag “Total Film”. The article was addressing “30 Homages and Ripoffs”. Clerks, Clerks II, and J&SBSB all made the list for their awesome tributes to Star Wars and LOTR. Total Film loves us, so we’re sure they meant HOMAGE for all these. Check the scans above to see what they said.
• Sci-Fi wire reveals that the “Fanboys” release has actually been delayed to allow the addition of Kevin’s cameo. Here’s more:

• An independent filmmaker – Gavin Booth, of Windsor Ontario Canada, has set out to meet his twelve idols. Bet you can guess who made the list — That’s right, Kevin! Visit his site for the details. Gavin’s goal is to meet each of the people on his list and personally thank them, as well as try to obtain some career advice.
• We’d like to toss some pluggage in the direction of a couple of new projects from the great JM Kenny, who you know from his outstanding work on several of Kevin’s best DVDs. JM’s got a couple free web-based shows that he’s working on, and if you know the quality of his work, you know these will both be worth your time — The first show is called “Hooked”. It appears on www.toyotafishing.com. It’s a 15 episode reality show following 5 of BASS fishing’s top anglers. The second show is entitled “Waiting2BDiscovered”. It’s a 15 episode show following a young Hip Hop artist who is trying to get signed. His name is Jonah. This show airs on www.livevideo.com and can also be accessed through www.waiting2Bdiscovered.com. Show JM some love and check out these free new programs — The guy’s been doing great work for View Askew for years.
• And finally today, in the weird news department — The Prince Charles Cinema in London evidently now has a toliet stall named in “honor” (or is that “honour”?) of Kevin. This comes in response to a joking complaint Kevin made during an appearance there where he said, “I don’t know, Quentin Tarantino has never turned up here and they name the bar after him, it’s my second visit and they haven’t even named a toilet after me”.

• Let’s kick off the ‘bites today with some multimedia — Check out some clippage of Jason Mewes at the AFI Dallas premiere of his new flick, “Netherbeast Incorporated”. The interview runs for a decent length, about 8 full minutes — Jay even plugs the View Askew website in the end. Learn more about this quirky vampire tale at the official site.
• This article dates back a bit, but is a report from Cinematical from Kevin’s NYC Comicon appearance that we never ran — It’s a good read and has quite a debate in the comments section in the end — possibly even some responses from Kevin himself.
• You can get the first season of the Henry Rollins show, one of which features Kevin, even cheaper than Target at his own website now — He is asking $16.50 for the 3-DVD set.

• How about some cool fan artwork to cap off the Newsbites today? Here’s a fan’s concept of Kevin as he’d appear as a ganster in a Grand Theft Auto game. See ya next time…

• Get those credit cards and mouse clicking fingers ready, folks — VIEW ASKEW PROM TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!

Remember you MUST be a View Askew Web Board member to buy tickets. Check The Board post for further discussion.

Got questions or got tix and want to gloat? Visit the prom forum.

• Important info from Kevin today regarding purchasing tix for the big prom tomorrow – You can buy tix 2 at a time, and can buy another pair afterwards assuming they are still available. However, every single attendee MUST have a board ID. If you or your guest(s) don’t have View Askew Web Board ID’s GET THEM NOW. Here’s Kevin :

We’ll be back tomorrow to let you know when tix are on sale, but we suggest watching the View Askew Board and Kevin’s thread for instant notification. We’re betting this sells out FAST FAST FAST.

• Kevin’s 37th birthday is coming up, so the fans thought it might be a neat idea to celebrate in a special way — The end result? A View Askew PROM is gonna happen! Here was Kevin’s original response to the idea:

After much speculation, yep, it’s gonna HAPPEN!!!! Kevin announces:

Looks like multiple reasons to come back to beautiful Red Bank, New Jersey — We’re guessing the prom alone will sell out in record time with only 160 seats (couples who opt to go together will be obviously taking 2 chairs apiece). We advise you to watch View Askew’s site and this site for the sale announcement. With the beautiful August summer weather, the prom, the Q&A, and possibly a little poker, it sure sounds like a must-visit for fans from all over the globe. Watch this space for more information in a couple days.