Get Better Soon Silent Bob

Last night Kevin Smith was scheduled to do two shows in LA for his “Kevin Smith Live” special but after the first show he suffered a massive heart attack. Not realizing he had a heart attack he decided to cancel the second show and go to the hospital. He tweeted about it this morning from his hospital bed (below) and seems to be in good spirits. I am stunned but relieved he is doing better.

Felicia Day... Oh And Some Other Cards

This is one of my “Rainy Day” posts that I wrote awhile back for the days I have writer’s block.

 

Last year in Allen & Ginters there were a couple of entertainers that made it on to both the autograph and relic checklisgts. Two of them; Kevin Smith and Snoop Lion (he has since returned to using Snoop Dogg) are pretty well known while Felicia Day is a geek goddess.

 

I picked up the Smith and Snoop Dogg relics for $9.14 total shipped for both cards. Both cards are multi-colored with the Smith having a nice white/blue split while the Snoop Dogg actually has three colors. The majority is black with the white spot in the bottom left corner and along the bottom there is a yellow-green color that is difficult to see. The seller threw in a Snoop Dogg base card in the sale. I was hoping to pick up an orange/blue Kevin Smith multi-colored relic but they tend to run a bit more so for the deal I got with the card I got I am happy. I would love to add their official autographs but they are currently well outside of my price range so I went with an IP Kevin Smith autograph for $10 shipped. There are actually similar Kevin Smith autograph cards available for $9.99 that are being sold by Jay And Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, the comic book shop in New Jersey owned by Kevin Smith.

 

Felicia Day is an intelligent, hilarious, beautiful amazing person. She is an actress, producer, director, and writer and above all she is a redhead (I love redheads). Many would consider her an “indie” personality because she is probably most well known for her internet web-shows Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Show (Hilarious!), The Guild and Dragon Age: Redemption as well as video games and cartoon voice work but she has also appeared in major shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eureka and Supernatural and I have to admit I have a huge crush on her.

Day has relics and autographs in both Buffy and The Guild releases but prices of those cards are insanely expensive so when Topps included her on the checklist I figured I had a better chance of adding her cards to my collection. I picked up her relic for a whopping $1.50, it is a single colored dress relic but I am looking to add a multi-colored relic card eventually. The autograph ended up running me $20.26, which is about the price range for her A&G autograph cards. Just this month I was able to add her The Guild relic for under $20 shipped.

 

What better way to close out this post than to end on a beautiful shot of Felicia Day

I'm Not Even Supposed To Be Here Today!

Upper Deck sure knows how to make an announcement for an upcoming release based on the well-loved indie film Clerks. Tomorrow at the SDCC Upper Deck will have Brian O’Halloran, Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith signing at their booth in conjunction with the announcement that next year they will be releasing a Clerks based card set through the Skybox line just in time for the release of Clerks III.

If you think about it, when Clerks was released in 1994 it was the beginning of what would become the Great Fat Man Empire.  Kevin Smith has brought amazing joy to this world through his creations like Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Zack and Miri Make A Porno, various Jay and Silent Bob incarnations and Comic Book Men.

Clerks may not stand up in comparison to today’s blockbuster movies but it is still one of my favorite '90s movies. Most people do not realize that there was actually an alternate ending where Dante is shot and killed during a robbery at the end of the film though once Clerks II was released in 2006 it kind of made that ending void so it is no longer shown.

 

I am huge Kevin Smith fan and quite excited about the card release and I hope that Upper Deck does it right. Currently they only have the promo card that will be given out at their booth available so we will have to wait to see what the set looks like.