Kevin Smith Is Teaming Up With Dark Horse Comics to Create His Own Graphic Novels
Kevin Smith is the filmmaker we know and love from his films Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, and many more, and now he has a new venture on his plate. Way back before Smith became a writer, director, and actor, his first love was comic books. He had an extensive collection that he ended up selling so that he could finance his first film, Clerks. After the success of the film, Smith purchased a comic book store in Red Bank, New Jersey, and called it Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Upon the store’s 25th anniversary, Smith made the following announcement about his newest project:
"2022 marks the 25th anniversary of my comic book store, Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash. And after a quarter century of selling comics, the Secret Stash is going to MAKE our own comics! Following the recipe written by [Dark Horse Comics President and Founder] Mike Richardson eons ago when he turned his comic shop into a legendary comic book publisher, the Secret Stash is ready to take the next step in its evolution. I'm ecstatic for Secret Stash Press to become a part of the Dark Horse multimedia empire and I hope our books will bring new customers into comic shops and delight regular readers from all around the world."
Following this announcement, Smith revealed some additional details in an Instagram post about Quick Stops, an ongoing anthology series featuring characters from his cult classic films. Issue one will star Holden McNeil, Ben Affleck's character from Chasing Amy, as he shares the story of how he met Jay and Silent Bob during his days as a clerk at arguably the world's most famous convenience store. The third issue catches up with Trevor Fehrman's Elias from Clerks II in a story titled "Pious Elias and the Crypto Kid." And as for future issues, he names Bluntman & Chronic, Ranger Danger, Mooby, MooseJaws, and more as upcoming characters in the series.
He will also be publishing a comic called Masquerade, which will be an eight-issue masked avenger tale about a budding vigilante with art by Andy McElfresh.
Both titles will launch later this year. Are you looking forward to checking them out?
via: /Film