Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash Archives

 Bottom line: there are few people on earth who have done more for comic book culture than Smith, Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, Mike Zapcic and Ming Chen so it is with a little drool on the keyboard that I admit I was pretty stoked to meet them. Now if you watch the show, it should come[...]

Across from their own outpost for Starbucks (if you like that kind of thing), the storied Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash comic shop, created by local comic writer/filmmaker/podcaster and all around pop culture godfather Kevin Smith, was basking in their own corner of weekend sun. I missed their initial FCBD rush due to shore traffic,[...]

Before they were AMC's Comic Book Men, Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, Mike Zapcic, and Ming Chen were stalwarts of Kevin Smith's comic shop in Red Bank, New Jersey, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, comic creators, and diehard podcasters Flanagan has managed the shop since 1997, Zapcic has worked there since 2000, and for Flanagan[...]