Editing Kevin Smith (section)

==Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash==
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[[File:7.9.12SecretStashByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey]]

Smith owns and operates [[Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash]] in [[Red Bank, New Jersey|Red Bank]], New Jersey, a comic book store largely dedicated to merchandise related to his films and comics. He purchased the original store in January 1997 for $30,000, using the money he earned from ''Clerks''.<ref name=Playboy/> The current location is its third. The original store was moved to a defunct ice cream parlor at 35 Broad St. after Smith sold the Monmouth Street property. The New Jersey location was managed by Smith's long-time friend [[Walt Flanagan]], who appears frequently in Smith's films. On November 25, 2020, Smith announced on his Twitter account that he was closing the Red Bank store at 35 Broad Street on December 28, and moving the store down the block to a long-vacant corner location at 65 Broad Street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://redbankpulse.com/2020/11/25/jay-silent-bobs-secret-stash-closing-reopening-news/|title=Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash on 35 Broad Street set to close, moving to new location|publisher=Red Bank Pulse|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125222333/https://redbankpulse.com/2020/11/25/jay-silent-bobs-secret-stash-closing-reopening-news/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/1331706952313782272|author=[[Smith, Kevin]]|title=(Untitled)|publisher=Kevin Smith on [[Twitter]]|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=November 29, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125211546/https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith/status/1331706952313782272}}</ref>  The new location opened on February 22, 2021.

A second Secret Stash in the Westwood section of Los Angeles was opened in September 2004 and was managed by long-time friend and associate Bryan Johnson, who has appeared in Smith's films as Steve-Dave.<ref name="stash">Smith, Kevin (September 12, 2007). [http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=353 "Some pity-oral, who is and isn't 'Zack', and the shuttering of a comic book emporium"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314164117/http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=353 |date=March 14, 2014 }}. My Boring Ass Life.</ref> Smith had announced that he would close after his lease expired and Johnson wanted to resign, but eventually relocated to Laser Blazer, a now-defunct laserdisc and DVD store in Los Angeles.<ref>Lin, Jennifer (November 19, 2007). [http://dailybruin.com/2007/11/18/smith-relocates-his-secret-stash/ "Smith relocates his Secret Stash"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114414/http://dailybruin.com/2007/11/18/smith-relocates-his-secret-stash/ |date=August 26, 2014 }}. ''[[Daily Bruin]]''. [[UCLA]].</ref> In January 2009, the Los Angeles store closed, leaving the Red Bank store as Smith's only operating store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-smiths-los-angeles-comic-book-store-to-close/|title=Kevin Smith's Los Angeles Comic Book Store to Close|work=/Film|date=January 5, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2014}}</ref>