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That's where writer, director and producer Kevin Smith comes in. Smith is the owner of Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash - a comic book shop in Red Bank, N.J., and now the basis for the AMC unscripted series "Comic Book Men" . "They were looking for geek programming," Smith told the Herald from Manhattan.

He brought geekdom to the masses with his films "Clerks" and "Mallrats." Now Kevin Smith turns to TV with AMC's Comic Book Men , a reality show set at Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, the comics shop Smith owns in Red Bank, New Jersey.

At the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Kevin Smith created one of festival's biggest sensations for audiences and film buyers alike by announcing he was going to auction off his film Red State after its world premiere screening.

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With his new AMC reality series Comic Book Men , filmmaker Kevin Smith is bringing those conversations to your living room, showcasing a slice of nerd life not often seen on TV.

It's a big weekend for Kevin Smith and, no, that's not a joke about his weight. "Kevin Smith Burn in Hell" shows the filmmaker's quirky one-man show that consists of an out-of-control Q&A. Then it's "Comic Book Men" , a six-part series that goes behind the scenes of his comic-book shop in New Jersey.

Whether you love him or hate him, you simply have to admit that filmmaker Kevin Smith has a commanding presence.

Kevin Smith remembers growing up watching shows like "Dallas" filled with impossibly pretty people who looked nothing like him and his friends.

Few filmmakers are as associated with comic books and geek culture in general than Kevin Smith .

Everyone be quiet. Silent Bob is coming to town. The filmmaker/writer/actor/comic/fanboy/ airline warrior / Ben Affleck champion also known as Kevin Smith will visit Eagle Eye Book Shop next month in support of his newest book, Tough Sh*t: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good .

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Kevin Smith, independent film pioneer, is coming back to the big screen for a one night event on Thursday, February 2. Broadcast LIVE from the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, "Kevin Smith: Live From Behind" will be a unique opportunity for fans all over the country to interact with Kevin Smith.

Detectives arrested two men who they say were involved in a knifepoint robbery at a landmark convenience store last month.

At 37 years old, actor Jason Mewes, best known as the talkative half of the drug-dealing duo Jay and Silent Bob , admits he no longer has the stamina to rollerblade long distances or the metabolism to scarf down pizza without remorse like he could in his 20s.

On Thursday, February 2, movie theaters across the country will screen a one-time-only film: Kevin Smith: Live From Behind .

Beneath all that carnivorous "I will conquer online social media platforms and devour them, fans and all," showmanship and mega promotions of his blog, podcasts, comic book store , road trips , Kev is really a sweet guy who believes in God, prays and is faithful to his family.

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They started by hanging around as convenience store clerks, then they became Mallrats in Eden Prairie, Minn., and finally they struck back in Hollywood taking on bloggers and Internet slander along the way.

Fans of actor-writer-director-podcaster-humorist Kevin Smith take notice. The guy behind "Clerks," Dogma" and the recent "Red State" will have a one night only event broadcast live from the Scotiabank Theatre in Toronto into Regal Mayfaire cinema where the audience will sit in on a live interactive Q&A featuring Smith, Jason Mewes and others.

You're hanging out with your buddies and one of them throws out a sexual slang term that everyone else in the room seems to know the meaning of -- except you.