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Kevin Smith? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/comicbooks@lemmy.world
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So I was just watching a video on youtube where a guy looks at various designs of Batman's costume, and explaining why certain versions of the suit make sense for the project it appears in.

And as part of his B-Roll, he pans over a shot of comic books. One of them has Batman in a very Batman generic pose. On a rooftop, just looking into the distance. That pose.

But the thing that caught my eye, is it also said "Writer - Kevin Smith".

Whaaa? Holupaminute. Is this a case of just two people unrelated having the same name? Or are you telling me that the guy who directed Clerks is now a writer for legit DC Batman comic books????

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[–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

he's written a ton of comics. his love for comics isn't really hidden. I mean he sold his entire comic book collection in order to make Clerks. Mallrats main character is a comic book nerd. Chasing Amy is about a couple comic book writers falling in love and an "inker". He had a show on AMC called "Comic Book Men" about his friends running his Comic book store "Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash" in west bank New Jersey. he has a podcast about comics and movies. Dude is neck deep still to this day into comics.

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    • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    If you haven’t seen Chasing Amy, it’s a Kevin Smith movie where his involvement in comics comes across. The main characters write comics. Stan Lee even cameos.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    you're thinking Mallrats, Stan Lee has a cameo in Mallrats when he talks to Brodie about love and Brodie just wants to talk about super hero dicks.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Oops you’re right; I conflated. Been a few years, time to watch them again.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    if you can I would HIGHLY suggest watching Mallrats with the original DVD commentary. Kevin Smith, Jason Lee, a hungover sounding Ben Affleck, and a high Jason Mewes. It's awesome and hilarious. It's pretty much just all of them, especially affleck, just ripping the film. it's hilarious.

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    • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    Yes, it is the same.
    He also did a bunch more. He also wrote for Marvel some Daredevil and Spider-Man for example. Wikipedia lists it in his article under 'Bibliography'.

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Yeah, I recall hearing Kevin Smith wrote a Batman comic...yeah, here.

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Bibliography here:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comics_by_Kevin_Smith

    The Green Arrow run was excellent!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiver_(comics)

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