Jeremy Simser

An anthology of short stories set in Kevin Smith's View Askewniverse written by the man himself. There's nothing essential here, but it's a nice chance to visit with familiar characters and get some chuckles from Smith's trademark dirty jokes.

• Holden Back the Years

A sort of deleted scene from the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot movie has Chasing Amy's Holden McNeil and Alyssa Jones taking audience questions as they record a podcast at a panel at the Chronic-Con Jay and Silent Bob are about to show more crash.


• Waking Walter

Set before the first Clerks movie, this story has cousins Randal Graves and Brodie Bruce (of Mallrats) attending the wake of another cousin, Walter Graves, whose unseemly cause of death was discussed in the film.

• Pious Elias and the Crypto Kid

In Clerks II, Mooby's employee Elias discusses some mistaken notions he has about trolls and sex. The flashback in this story tells about the summer at Bible camp where he came by the bad information while a flash forward gives him a chance to finally put it behind him.

• Sticks Nix Hicks Pix!

Another story set before Clerks has Randal tagging along with Dante Hicks and Veronica Loughran to a Hicks family reunion -- see the Hicks cousins all gathered in one place! -- while Jay and Silent Bob mind the Quick Stop for them.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: Holden Back the Years [Issue #1] / Jeremy Simser, illustrator -- Waking Walter [Issue #2] / Phil Hester and Ande Parks, illustrators -- Pious Elias and the Crypto Kid [Issue #3] / Tango, illustrator -- Sticks Nix Hicks Pix! [Issue #4] / Ahmed Rafaat, illustrator -- Covers / John Sprengelmeyer, Phil Hester and Ande Parks, Mark Gonyea, Ahmed Rafaat, Jeremy Simser, Andrew Thomas, Michael Allred, Chogrin, Jeff Quigley, Erik Pflueger, Walt Flanagan, David Van Dyke, and Raya Golden, illustrators show less