Posted by Marty in St.Louis at cisco41.umsl.edu on March 21, 1998 at 17:56:24:
Kevin,
First off let me commend you on the Clerks comic, it had me laughing out loud. I especially liked the subtle details added in the backround (Jimhat condoms for example), very cool. I know you wrote the story, but how much input did you have in that stuff (was that Banky I spotted?) At any rate, that comic was sold out within hours here in St.Louis... luckily I was able to score one. Mahfood used to frequent the comic book store I buy from and needless to say...the book went so fast it didn't even hit the shelves, there. A few questions that may have been covered before, but I couldn't find the answers anywhere.
1.) In the comic, Dante looks very much like his real life counterpart (Brian O' Halloran)...at times it's almost eerie (sp?) but I noticed that Randall never actually resembles Jeff Anderson...is this a coincidence?
My wicked-ass Batman guess is this: Not unlike the "Real Ghostbusters" cartoon, you didn't want to have to deal with ever paying likeness rights to Jeff in case he ever felt the need to sue... so you opted to use an ambiguous depiction of the character instead. We all remember what happened to Holden, right? This may a very obvious point, but hey...I fuckin have a hard time with long division, this stuffs like orthometallic chemistry to me.
If I am correct, does this mean you think Jeff would ever do that?
By the way, I'm sorry this post even mentions the now elusive Mr.Anderson, I realize he is the stuff of "the summaries"...but I digress.
2.) You may find this hard to believe, but I SWEAR to you it's true. For about a year a friend of mind and I have been using the word "fuck-tard"
in reference to people we can't stand. I thought we were the creators of that word, but I've recently seen you use it twice (once on a post, once in the COMIC!)When exactly did you think it up...is it in something else that subconsciously I don't remember?? Point is, I've been writing a story since Christmas, and in the said story, that word is the topic of a conversation. Now 6 bucks & my right nut says that MY story will never be seen by the likes of anyone other than friends, but do you plan on using "fucktard" in Dogma? (I refuse to read the scrpit...the whole "knowin what your presents are before X-mas thing") See, I know whats gonna happen...
you're gonna use that in one of your kick ass movies, and everyones gonna start sayin it ( i.e. "nootch") and then when people I know read MY story there going to thing I'm a fucking copying it. Ahh, the great cruel joke that is my life.
At any rate, congrats on the way things are coming with Dogma...
I think Hannibal Smith from the A-TEAM said it best, " I love it when a plan comes together."
Marty