Kevin Smith has been a longtime fan of Archie, and within the new comedian, he’ll convey Riverdale into the View Askewniverse.
THR reviews that Kevin Smith is bringing the View Askewniverse to Archie Comics. The Clerks author/director is writing a double-sized crossover comedian titled Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob.
The comedian might be set after the occasions of Clerks III, which ended with a major dying, however Smith says, “Archie plays a role in the healing” when the enduring character will get a summer season job on the Quick Shop and befriends Randal Graves. “Not only is this my stab at a classic American franchise that existed long before me that I read as a kid … It’s a midlife crisis project about death and learning to deal,” Smith defined.
Smith has lengthy been a fan of Archie comics, and he wrote the primary draft for the comedian simply someday after Archie artistic govt Jesse Goldwater pitched him the thought. “Kevin has always been one of my creative heroes, and seeing him bring his unique voice and vision to the page with all of these iconic characters truly feels like a once in a lifetime moment,” Goldwater stated. “Kevin’s work has all the time been hilarious and irreverent in the very best method, but additionally all the time full of such pleasure, coronary heart, and all the time targeted on the significance of affection and friendship, identical to Archie Comics.“
Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob options art work from Fernando Ruiz and Rich Koskowski, colors by Matt Herms, letters by Jack Morelli, and a canopy by Ruiz, Koslowski and Rosario “Tito” Peña. It might be launched on July ninth.
As for the film facet of the View Askewniverse, Smith revealed final yr that he’s been engaged on a sequel to Dogma after lastly regaining management of the movie again from the Weinsteins. “Some people will be like, ‘Don’t f—ing touch it. You’ll ruin it,” Smith stated. “And I’m here to tell you: I will. I’m f—ing tickled. I found a way in.” Smith additionally teased that Ben Affleck and Matt Damon might return, joking that they nonetheless owe him for by no means acknowledging him throughout their acceptance speeches for Good Will Hunting. “I have been able to hold that over both their heads for 25 f—ing years, which is why they keep showing up in all the movies,” he stated. “Expect a cameo from them — greater than a f—ing cameo. The solely method we get a Dogma sequel made is that if they’re there. So depend on these guys being there.“