Editing Kevin Smith (section)

===Comics and magazines===
Smith has been a regular contributor to ''[[Arena (magazine)|Arena]]'' magazine. In 2005, [[Miramax Books]] released Smith's first book, ''[[Silent Bob Speaks]]'', a collection of previously published essays (most from ''Arena'') dissecting pop culture, the film business, and Smith's personal life. His second book, ''My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith'', published by [[Titan Books]], was another collection of previously published essays (this time blogs from Smith's website silentbobspeaks.com) and reached No. 32 on ''[[The New York Times]]'' Best Sellers List.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viewaskew.com/news/oct07/1.html |title=Kevin finishes writing "Red State" |work=The New York Times|access-date=November 9, 2008}}</ref> Titan released Smith's third book, ''Shootin' the Sh*t with Kevin Smith: The Best of the SModcast'', on September 29, 2009.<ref>{{cite book|title=Shootin' the Sh*t with Kevin Smith: The Best of the SModcast (9781845764159): Kevin Smith: Books |isbn=978-1-84576-415-9 |last1=Smith |first1=Kevin |year=2009 |publisher=Titan Books (US, CA) }}</ref>

[[File:KevinSmithCC08.jpg|thumb|Smith at the 2008 [[Comic-Con International|Comic-Con]] convention]]
A lifelong comic book fan, Smith's early forays into comic books dealt with previously established View Askew characters, and were published by [[Oni Press]]. He wrote a short [[Jay and Silent Bob]] story about Walt Flanagan's dog in ''Oni Double Feature'' No. 1, and followed it with a [[Bluntman and Chronic]] story in ''Oni Double Feature'' #12. He followed these with a series of [[Clerks (comic)|''Clerks'' comics]]. The first was ''Clerks: The Comic Book'', which told of Randal's attempts to corner the market on ''Star Wars'' toys. The second was ''Clerks: Holiday Special'', where Dante and Randal discover that Santa Claus lives in an apartment between the Quick Stop and RST Video. Third was ''Clerks: The Lost Scene'', showing what happened inside Poston's Funeral Parlor. This story was later animated in the TV series style and included as an extra on the 10th Anniversary ''[[Clerks (1994 film)|Clerks]]'' DVD.

Smith wrote the miniseries ''[[Chasing Dogma]]'', which tells the story of Jay and Silent Bob between the films ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' and ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''. He has written the [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] ''[[Bluntman and Chronic]]'', published by [[Image Comics|Image]], which purports to be a collection of the three issues of the series done by Holden McNeil and Banky Edwards (of ''Chasing Amy''). It includes a color reprinting of the story from ''Oni Double Feature'' No. 12, purported to be an early appearance by McNeil and Edwards. These stories have been collected in ''Tales From the Clerks'' (Graphitti Designs, {{ISBN|0-936211-78-4}}), which includes a new ''Clerks'' story tying into the ''Clerks 2'' material, and the story from ''Oni Double Feature'' #1. They were previously collected by Image Comics in three separate volumes, one each for ''Clerks'', ''Chasing Dogma'' and ''Bluntman and Chronic''. In 1999, Smith won a [[Harvey Award]], for Best New Talent in comic books.<ref>[http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey99.php "1999 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220012716/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/harvey99.php |date=February 20, 2012 }}, Comic Book Awards Almanac, accessed March 7, 2011.</ref>

In 1999, Smith wrote "[[Daredevil: Guardian Devil|Guardian Devil]]", an eight-issue story arc of ''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics series)|Daredevil]]'' for [[Marvel Comics]] illustrated by [[Joe Quesada]]. He produced a 15-issue tenure on ''[[Green Arrow]]'' for [[DC Comics]] that saw the return of [[Oliver Queen]] from the dead and the introduction of [[Mia Dearden]], a teenage girl who would become Speedy after Smith's run had ended.

Smith returned to Marvel for two miniseries, ''[[Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do]]'' and ''[[Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target]]'', both of which debuted in 2002. The former was six issues long, but problems arose when the third issue was published two months after the initially scheduled release date. As a result, the final issues were delayed for at least three years, prompting Marvel to release an "in case you missed it" reprinting of the first three issues as one book before the remaining issues were released. The delay in part was due to Smith's work on ''Jersey Girl'' and ''Clerks II'', causing him to shelve completion of the miniseries until the films were completed. He was announced as the writer of an ongoing ''[[Black Cat (Marvel Comics)|Black Cat]]'' series<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Doran |url=http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000180.html |title=KEVIN SMITH TRIES HIS LUCK WITH BLACK CAT |publisher=COMICON.com |date=July 21, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010806092414/http://www.comicon.com/ubb/Forum13/HTML/000180.html |archive-date=August 6, 2001 }}</ref> and ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]''<ref name=excl>{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Doran |url=http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=001042 |title=MARVEL LOCKS UP JMS/KEVIN SMITH |publisher=COMICON.com |date=April 21, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020601183702/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=13&t=001042 |archive-date=June 1, 2002 }}</ref> in 2002, but because of the delays on ''Evil That Men Do'' and ''The Target'', the plan was changed so that Smith would start a third Spider-Man title,<ref>Couper, Jonathan. [http://www.comicboards.com/smb/view.php?rpl=030106020056 ''Re: Kevin Smith Question – Reasons...''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929125239/http://www.comicboards.com/smb/view.php?rpl=030106020056 |date=September 29, 2007 }} Accessdate: March 28, 2007.</ref> launched in 2004 by [[Mark Millar]] instead. ''Spider-Man/Black Cat'' was completed in 2005, but ''Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target'' remains unfinished, with one issue published.

Smith wrote the limited series ''[[Batman: Cacophony]]'', with art by friend [[Walt Flanagan]], which ran from November 2008 to January 2009. The series featured the villains [[Onomatopoeia (comics)|Onomatopoeia]] (a character created by Smith during his run at Green Arrow), [[Joker (comics)|The Joker]], [[Maxie Zeus]], and [[Victor Zsasz]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/893/893741p1.html |title=SDCC 08: Kevin Smith Tackles New Batman Series |website=IGN |first=Richard |last=George |date=July 24, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107224758/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/07/25/sdcc-08-kevin-smith-tackles-new-batman-series |archive-date=November 7, 2013 }}</ref> The [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperback]] of ''Batman: Cacophony'' became a [[New York Times Bestseller|''New York Times'' Bestseller]] in their Hardcover Graphic Books section.<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/books/bestseller/bestgraphicbooks.html | work=The New York Times | title=Graphic Books | date=October 18, 2009|access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>

In 2010, Smith wrote a six-issue [[Batman]] miniseries, ''[[Batman: The Widening Gyre|The Widening Gyre]]'', for DC, drawn by Walt Flanagan. The series was initially planned as 12 issues, with a long break planned between issues six and seven.<ref name=gyre>{{cite web |first=Marc |last=Bernadin |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/05/13/kevin-smith-com/ |title=EW Exclusive: Kevin Smith takes on Batman and the Green Hornet |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516154248/http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/05/kevin-smith-com.html |archive-date=May 16, 2009|access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> After issue six was published, Smith and Flanagan's work on their reality show, ''[[Comic Book Men]]'', extended this planned break longer than expected. It was decided in the interim to release the remaining issues as a separate series, ''[[Batman: Bellicosity]]'', scheduled for 2016,<ref name="smodcast1">{{cite web |url=http://smodcast.com/episodes/the-comic-book-men-go-bat-shit-live/ |title=The Comic Book Men Go Bat-Shit LIVE! |publisher=SModcast |date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126005414/http://smodcast.com/episodes/the-comic-book-men-go-bat-shit-live/ |archive-date=November 26, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://batwatch.net/news/2013/6/18/kevin-smith-talks-new-project-batman-bellicosity |title=Kevin Smith Talks New Project, Batman Bellicosity |publisher=Batwatch.net |date=June 18, 2013 |access-date=November 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131104103044/http://batwatch.net/news/2013/6/18/kevin-smith-talks-new-project-batman-bellicosity |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> but it remains unreleased.

Also in 2010, Smith published a [[Green Hornet]] story for [[Dynamite Entertainment]] based on an unused script he wrote for a ''Green Hornet'' film that never came to fruition.<ref name=PopEWGH/><ref>Smith, Kevin. [http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=389 "Me and Comics Sitting in a Tree, F-U-C-K-I- and G! (See? now it's SFW)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023061744/http://silentbobspeaks.com/?p=389 |date=October 23, 2012 }}, Silent Bob Speaks, May 13, 2009</ref>

In August 2011, Dynamite Entertainment debuted Smith's ''[[The Bionic Man]]'', which was based on a 1998 script he wrote that Universal rejected for being "more like a comic book than a movie."<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Smith's "Bionic Man" Debuts at Dynamite |url=https://www.cbr.com/kevin-smiths-bionic-man-debuts-at-dynamite/ |website=CBR |access-date=February 18, 2022 |date=May 12, 2011}}</ref>

In 2014, Smith and [[Ralph Garman]] released a six-issue ''[[Batman '66]]'' crossover featuring Batman and Green Hornet, ''Batman '66 Meets the Green Hornet''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igRaLciDl1I| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/igRaLciDl1I| archive-date=2021-10-30|title=Kevin Smith & Ralph Garman Announce New Batman/Green Hornet Project – (DCAA 206)| date=March 11, 2014|publisher=YouTube|access-date=October 27, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On March 7, 2022, it was announced that Dark Horse and Smith would be teaming up to publish the books of [[Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash|Secret Stash Press]], a new publishing line by Smith. The first two books of the line include ''Maskerade'', written by Smith and Andy Mcelfresh and ''Quick Stops'', written by Smith and set within the [[View Askewniverse]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Smith and Secret Stash Press Roll Up with Dark Horse Comics |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3453/kevin-smith-and-secret-stash-press-roll-dark-horse |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=www.darkhorse.com |language=en |archive-date=September 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922052322/https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3453/kevin-smith-and-secret-stash-press-roll-dark-horse |url-status=dead }}</ref>