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The announcement that Kevin Smith was returning to DC Comics with a new series caused ripples around the comic community. Many still feel betrayed by Smith’s previous attempts at writing a complete arc that suffered from excessive delays, while others got their geek-gasm on over the return of Onomatopoeia - a character created by Smith during his run on Green Arrow.  One thing you can be sure of finding in Cacophony #1 is a lot of Kevin Smith.

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You’ve probably seen it before, but after my previous post about Superman: Flyby, I thought it would be a good idea to share this incarnation of Superman with everyone.

Here’s another rapid-fire roundup of items from the DC Nation Panel, that includes interesting information about Kevin Smith.

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Kevin Smith has announced his west coast comic shop will be closing its doors October 1st. The reason? It isn’t the big money earner in Smith’s empire, and there was a firm offer from an Internet Cafe that wants to take over the space.

And while Stash West was always a nice little earner, it’s never been anything close to the earner that the Red Bank Stash is. The east coast Stash sits in the cradle of the View Askewniverse - Monmouth County, New Jersey - so it’s always been the more popular of the two stores. You can visit it en route to see the Quick Stop, or Jack’s Music Shop (from “Chasing Amy”), or any of the other locations we’ve shot the flicks at back home. Westwood Stash never had that going for it. Sure, it had a shitload of props from the flicks on display (like Stash East); but at the Jersey store, you can really immerse yourself in View Askew by taking a five minute ride and buying Gatorade in the actual Quick Stop. If the store was earning twice what the Red Bank store earned, I’d start manning the counter myself. But while Stash West turns a nice profit (albeit a small one: the Westwood rent is double the Red Bank rent), it’s just not worth the effort if one of the key figures in our operation’s not gonna run it anymore.

The good news? If you get to the store on the 1st, you’ll still be able to get Smith to autograph a copy of My Boring-Ass Life, plus you’ll be able to get a bunch of stuff 50% off.

As big a fan as Smith is of comics, it is a shame that the store has to close. It was the one place I was hoping to visit the next time I get back to Hell-A, so now there is one less thing on my list of musts that I don’t have to worry about. And if Kevin Smith can’t keep a store open, is this a foreshadow for all the other mom and pop stores trying to push the product to the young-uns and the middle aged?

via Silent Bob Speaks

Laugh out loud, roll on the floor funny. This is why Kevin Smith rocks - even if his comics are late.

By the way - foul language ahead.

In an interview with Coming Soon, director/actor/writer Kevin Smith said he wasn’t up to direct an episode of Mark Steven Johnson’s upcoming HBO Preacher series.

“Yeah, he asked me if I wanted to direct an episode of ‘Preacher’; which I thought was pretty kind of him; but, I don’t know if I’m up to that. I love that book so much, and being able to translate one of those books to the screen, I don’t think that’s me. ‘Cause you don’t want to be the guy who f**ks it up, and so I was like, ‘Well, I don’t know, we’ll see.’ But I’m certainly not committed to do it, only as much of I don’t want to drop the ball ’cause I like it so much. But if it was some show I didn’t like; I mean, I’ve never really directed TV anyway, so it’s kind of difficult getting my head around it, but since it’s an hour-long drama, presumably, I’d be more keen to directing a movie rather than TV – I don’t know, maybe, maybe. The thing that would keep me from doing that would be I’d be afraid of ruining what I like so much about ‘Preacher’ – so we’ll see if that happens.”

Is HBO really considered TV? There certainly aren’t the restraints on say CBS and without commercial breaks, I see shows like Deadwood, Entourage, and Weeds as mini-movies instead of “TV”. Regardless, I would really be interested in seeing what Smith could do with a television series, Preacher, and HBO.

With the vast area to play with, Preacher could be the best show on HBO or “television”, period.

via Coming Soon (link)