• More US exclusive scannage for you today, by way of the UK publication “Giant” magazine. In this clipping, Kevin discusses “Evening Harder” and the horror flick he’s penning. Click the thumbnail and say “super size-me”!
• Our pal Albert Ortega informs us that his gallery from the big DVD signing event at the Stash last week is now up for wireImage subscribers. We’ll have some free full resolution shots from that gallery available exclusively here at News Askew for you soon!

• Movieweb has set up their “Catch and Release” page, which includes a nice high resolution photo of the cast in a scene from the film. Left to Right are Timothy Olyphant, Jennifer Garner, Sam Jaeger, Juliette Lewis and, of course, Kevin Smith.
• There’s a lot of these around, and this sounds familiar — But in case it’s new, check it out — This 10 question quiz/survey will help answer “What Kevin Smith Movie Am I?”.
• You can catch “Jersey Girl’s” Raquel Castro in this video for the Ludacris song “Runaway Love”. The video comes to us courtesy of AOL.
• Much like the other UK counterpart we ran last update, the Empire Awards are now taking online ballots for their 2007 Film Awards as well. You may wanna stop by and put some love in for Clerks II in the film and comedy categories, and throw Kevin in the Best Director slot!

• Be sure and pay a visit to Kevin’s Myspace blog for the latest two brief entries! First up, Kevin links to a fun YouTube video taken in Iraq , of all places, which reminds one of the pivotal sequence in Clerks II.

In the second post, Kevin announces his cool, newly pimped-out Myspace layout page! We’ll keep you posted on Kevin’s latest blogging here, but as always you can find various tidbits from him at Myspace, the original Boring-Ass blog, and the View Askew WWWBoards.

• We’re getting a smattering of emails from folks reporting in Easter Eggs from the new “Evening Harder” disc. We did run a full listing of all these eggs earlier in November, but in case you missed it, here’s a refresher:

• One scooper reports seeing the Kevin-filled “Catch and Release” trailer before a sneak preview of “The Holiday”. Release date is getting closer, folks! Those of us at Vulgarthon can attest to Kevin’s rule over this film, the rest of you will love it when you see it early next year. Plan to take your girlfriend or boyfriend (or spouse) along!
• We’re hearing that G4 again featured View Askew on their “Attack of the Show” program, this time on Friday with a segment from Stash Westwood on the signing event. If anyone has a capture for us, we’d love to add it to the archives, so drop us a line.
• Hey UK fans — Did you really like Clerks II? The BBC film 2006 website is running its “Film of the Year” awards, and asking for fans to vote in their choices. Have your say via their simple online ballot.
• And on a final pleasant note today, the folks running the Hero event on Saturday tell us Kevin brought down the house, and that it was a great success. They’ve received dozens of calls and emails with raves about the program, with not a complaint to be heard. Congrats to Kevin, the Hero Initiative, and to all of you who attended the show. If anyone reading our site was there, we’d love to hear about your experience.

• In an interview with the IESB, director Mark Steven Johnson reveals that he’s hoping Kevin will come on board to direct an episode of his upcoming HBO series based on the “Preacher” comic book. He promises the show will be 100% faithful to the comics. At one point in the development process of Preacher, View Askew was attached to produce a feature film adaptation.
• As we mentioned last update, Chris Gore gave huge props to ALL THREE View Askew releases on DVD last Tuesday during G4’s “Attack of the Show” this week. Gore names Clerks II as one of his favorite comedies of the year. Big props for the Well documentary, too. The segment is now available in full video format at YouTube. Enjoy!

• Movidude74 hooks us up with some shots from the DVD signing earlier this week. Folks lined the street in Westwood to get autographed copies of their new View Askew DVDs from Kevin and special guests Jeff Anderson and Trevor Fehrman.
• Dogma comes in at number four in Progressive U’s countdown of their 10 favorite controversial flicks:

• Catch a reference to Chasing Amy’s male lead characters in a recent edition of web comic “Anywhere But Here”.
• Looks like Brian Lynch has inked a deal with the CW to write a new show, “Dodge”. Here’s his announcement from his blog. The official tag:

You can also peep out this thread from angrynakedpat.com for more info. We’re happy for Brian and hope for big success on this one — It certainly sounds like a show we’d watch, and a great companion piece to the network’s Smallville or Supernatural, especially if one of the two doesn’t come back next year.

• The director of the much loved short film “EARL’S YOUR UNCLE” from the finals of our Movies Askew contest has gone on to shoot a feature film titled RATTLE BASKET. The movie just got out of Post-Production and is currently hitting the festival circuit. Check out the trailer HERE and the flick’s MySpace page as well. It’s great to see folks moving on from the exposure and experience of the contest. Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and we’ll catch you later!

• Kevin checks in via the MySpace blog with his thoughts on the big show on Saturday that we’ve been promoting here. Need we again tell you what a cool way to spend a Saturday night this is gonna be? You always get your money’s worth when you see Kevin live, and with two comic icons onstage for the show, it’s a rare opportunity that you just should not miss. Tix still available at an amazingly cheap $20, and all benefitting the Hero Initiative as well. A good show, a good cause. Here’s Kevin:

• As promised, JoBlo finishes up their “10 Reasons We Love Kevin Smith” segment, with items such as his interaction with the fans, his great storytelling ability, and the Askewniverse itself hitting the chart. Click on over to check out the full story.
• Our audio capture wizard Will Wilkins comes in again with Kevin’s 18 minute call to Opie & Anthony earlier this week, in promotion of DVD Tuesday. The clip is MP3 ready, and even has artwork embedded so it’s ipod friendly. Thanks to WW for the hook-up! Enjoy the call.
• A few more DVD tidbits for the interested: The bonus disc that’s available through FYE and Suncoast, does contain 5 Train Wrecks (as well as the uncensored VH-1 special and music video contest winner). We do hear that 2 of the Wrecks are repeats from the main disc: “Day One” and “Cannes 2006” are included on the top 10 on Clerks II. ALSO – We hear there are indeed widescreen copies of Clerks II at Circuit City with the comic book inside. Just dig around the shelves and look for a square green and purple sticker on the shrink-wrap, indicating the bonus book is inside.
• Kevin’s recently revealed ultimate iPod playlist is reviewed on AOL’s online music show, “The DL”. Check around the 1:20 mark for HIGH praise for Kevin’s playlist from the show’s host.

• We ran some hints on Easter Eggs located on the new Clerks II DVD in our review earlier this month. But in case you were too lazy to track them down yourself, here’s a list of what’s been discovered so far. Of course, if you’ve got more to add, let us know:

• Dynamic Forces recently announced that Kevin is on the guest slate for the New York Comic Con on February 23, 2007:

No further scheduling info at this time — If the date sticks, we expect Kevin to do the usual Friday signing, and Saturday Q&A. We’ll keep you posted.

• We just got word that there’s amazingly still tix available left for that amazing opportunity to catch Kevin Smith, Stan Lee, and Joe Quesada for a LIVE Q&A panel in Los Angeles (UCLA) THIS SATURDAY, December 2nd at 7:00 PM. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to catch three of the biggest stars EVER in the comics industry in one room, one night only. Tickets are a total steal at just $20 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster. This is set to be a landmark event, and the only time we can EVER remember Kevin, Joe, and Stan being in the smae room, let alone on one single stage for one event. A HUGE opportunity for fans of Kevin or of the comic industry in general. Don’t miss this one. What a fantastic way to spend a Saturday in December.

Hear more from the guests of honor, Stan Lee and Joe Quesada, in this article promoting the event as well. I heard Howard Stern promote this today on his program as well, which should have tickets flying out the door — If you wanna go, and you should not miss this…BUY NOW.

• Subscribers to Kevin’s blogs or boards read this stuff over the weekend, but we still wanted to log this up at News Askew — It’s just been a busy few days here with the DVD releases and all, and we wanted to ensure we had full coverage on that. ANYWAY…Kevin brought to our attention, via his blog, a post from Orlando Sentinel film critic Roger Moore, which essentially stereotyped View Askew fans as a bunch of Gex-X losers. The quote:

Kevin’s reply to this attack, complete with tons of eveidence to back it up, is in the blog.

The saga then continued on when Moore replied, and Kevin did likewise, via THIS blog entry.

We urge to to read it all — We know that if you’re here you must be a fan, so we know whose side you’re on, but that’s not even the point — The internet has given journalists of all shapes and sizes a voice to be heard, and, while they certainly have their right to like or dislike anything that they want, making broad generalizations about a fanbase is just plain stupid. I can speak for ourselves, and for the droves of fans that we have met over the close to ten years of running this website — We’re not only an intelligent and successful bunch, but a resourceful, peaceful, loyal, kind fanbase…The likes of which I’ve really never seen for any author auteur out there. And I think a lot of that comes from the way Kevin treats his fans, as well as in the way his work shows intelligence and insight that some critics will just never understand. It’s a shame that some folks resort to attacks like that without having anything to back up their point. It’s one thing to have an opinion, it’s another to just mudsling at random with no factual basis.

So, that’s what we’ve got to say about the whole thing. We remain happy that guys like Kevin exist to keep the press in check from time to time. It’s nice to know these folks can’t always get away with it, in an age where it’s so simple to have your voice heard.