I didn't hear about her death, that is pretty sad.
As for Clerks 3, last I heard it isn't happening. One of the stars doesn't want to do it, from what is rumored its Jeff Anderson who is a bit of a homebody, but I don't blame him. From that though Kevin mentioned the idea of a Jay and Silent Bob sequel/whatever.
As for Smith, I still like him, but I haven't seen a lot of his most recent movies. I do watch Comic Book Men when I can though. I think the last movie I watched (not in the View Askewniverse) was Red State, which I thought was beyond horrible, but hey, they can't all be winners. I hope this card set is a success though as I'd like to see more, maybe just an overview of all his movies, not just focusing on one.
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In the process of updating my collection so don't trust any of my lists right now.