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Kevin Smith is a filmmaker, writer, podcast mogul and professional babbler. Ive been a fan of Smith pretty much his whole career. I missed the boat when Clerks came out, but went crazy for the comic book-reference-heavy Mallrats, and loved Chasing Amy, which featured Ben Affleck and Jason Lee playing a comic book artist and inker. It was like OMG, a comic geek is making Hollywood films! One of us has made it to the big time!

I was also in peak comic book-collecting form when Smith exploded onto the comics scene, writing the Marvel Knights Daredevil series. At the time, no big shot Hollywood filmmaker had stooped so low as to want to work in comics, and for fanboys like me, Smith deciding to write comics felt like Michael Jordan deciding to play in the local pick-up game. (Smith later admitted he had no idea what the hell he was doing and needed artist Joe Quesada to slowly train him how to write comics. Fake it till you make it, baby).

Smith was 24 when Clerks was released, which he funded himself for $27,000, using many of his friends as actors and filming it at the convenience store he worked at. The film was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, won the Filmmakers Trophy and was bought by Miramax. It launched Smiths career and influenced the indie film boom of the 1990s. Although Smith focuses more on podcasting these days, hes still in the arena, making movies. His latest film Tusk, about a podcaster who gets kidnapped by a crazy dude who then proceeds to grotesquely transform his captive into a walrus, was released last month.

The main thing I enjoy about Smiths podcasts and gabfests is his encouragement to aspiring artists and creatives. He insists that if a fat, lazy nerd like him can make it, then anyone can. Smith draws his fair share of haters and critics, but his attitude is Hey, if you dont like what I do, then by all means, go make something better yourself. Smith has taken the recent poor performance of Tusk in stride and hopes people dont take it as an excuse not to try weird shit:

Dont be afraid to do weird stuff, so long as you do it cheaply and cover everyones bets. Be bold. Be stupid, if you have to: so long as you dont hurt anybody, whats it matter how dopey your dream is? If I hadnt made TUSK? If Id let it die as a podcast? I wouldnt have three other movies Im now making within the span of a year. Some folks will try to shame you for trying something outside the norm; the only shame is in not trying to accomplish your dreams.

The quote used in the comic is taken from Smiths memoir/self-help book Tough Shit: Life Advice from a Fat, Lazy Slob Who Did Good. Its from a chapter where Smith writes about his 2011 movie Red State, a 100% independent film he released and distributed. Sick of dealing with movie studios where the marketing budget for the film would have cost more than the actual film to make, Smith produced and screened the movie himself, touring America with the film and screening it to sold-out theatres across the country. At the end of the chapter, Smith thanks the small group of people who helped make the film possible, who he calls Why Not? people:

There are plenty of Why? people in the world. Whenever you hit them with an idea, they start in with their bullshit. Why bother? Why try that? Why do you think youre better than everyone else? Why? To counteract this, simply surround yourself with folks who ask only Why not? As in Wanna make a movie? Sure. Why not? Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever. Ive spent the better part of my career getting up after movies and encouraging potential artists in the audience to give it a shot, pointing to myself as proof that anybody can make their dreams come true. I dont do this altruistically: Im selfishly insuring that I have cool shit to watch one day by encouraging anybody to follow passions like film or storytelling.

- Follow Kevin Smith on Twitter. If youre a comic book lover, then I highly recommend Smiths Fatman on Batman podcast. Smiths interviewed many comic book legends such as Grant Morrison, Jim Lee, Greg Capullo, Joe Quesada, Jeph Loeb, Neal Adams and Denny ONeil. Although theyre Batman-centric, the in-depth interviews cover the creators whole careers and how they got into the business. Plus Im pretty sure Smith is stoned during most of the interviews, so theyre hilarious (Warning: major potty language). This comic is a a follow-up to last weeks Full Body Education strip. I wanted to show that besides the education system, parents of course play a major role in realising a childs potential. Last but not least, earlier this week I announced that I was giving away some of my original art to help promote my upcoming book. Heres how you can win it.

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Published October 29, 2014

FILE -- In this file photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano on Oct. 28, 2014, Pope Francis speaks to participants of the Global Meeting of Popular Movements, at the Vatican. Pope Francis has made some of the most important policy speeches of his pontificate in recent days, catching up for lost time following months of attention to bureaucratic reform and the convulsive meeting of bishops on family issues that just ended. Often speaking in his native Spanish, Francis has focused on issues close to his heart, pontificating at length about the plight of the poor and unemployed, the environment and even evolution, seemingly emboldened to speak his mind on topics that must make even some of his closest collaborators squirm. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)(The Associated Press)

FILE -- In this file photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano on Oct. 27, 2014, Pope Francis is flanked by Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Mons. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, during the unveiling of a bronze bust of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the Vatican. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI spent his entire pontificate elaborating on the compatibility of faith and scientific reason, insisting that the cosmos isn't a system of random chaos but rather an organized system where the hand of the Creator is obvious. St. John Paul II and Pope Pius XII voiced similar conclusions before him. Pope Francis put the churchs thinking in his own words: "The Big Bang, which today is considered the origin of the world, doesn't contradict the intervention of a divine creator but requires it," he said. "Evolution in nature doesn't contradict the notion of creation because evolution presupposes the creation of beings who evolve." (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)(The Associated Press)

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has made some of the most important policy speeches of his pontificate in recent days, catching up for lost time following months of attention to bureaucratic reform and the turbulent meeting of bishops on family issues that just ended.

Often speaking in his native Spanish, Francis has focused on issues close to his heart, pontificating at length about the plight of the poor and unemployed, the environment and even evolution, seemingly emboldened to speak his mind on topics that must make even some of his closest collaborators squirm.

He hasn't changed church doctrine. But he has pushed the envelope on some issues, raised eyebrows with his blunt speaking style on others, and made clear where his progressive social priorities lie. Here are some highlights from a busy week at the Vatican, with issues that Francis might raise again when he makes a major policy speech to the European Parliament next month.

SILENT DEATH PENALTY

In his most explosive speech to a group of penal lawyers, Francis went well beyond the Vatican's previous opposition to capital punishment by denouncing life prison terms as a "hidden death penalty." Francis' outreach to prisoners is well-known: He famously washed the feet of juvenile delinquents Muslims and women among them at a Rome detention center during his first Holy Thursday as pope. In his speech last week, Francis denounced prison systems as "out of control" for depriving people of their dignity, citing recourse to the death penalty, detaining people without charge or conviction and holding inmates in isolation, which he called a form of "physical and psychological torture." Putting him squarely at odds with the United States, where he is going next year, Francis also denounced extraordinary renditions, which the CIA used after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to take terror suspects to third countries for interrogation.

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Vatican City Pope Francis has made some of the most important policy speeches of his pontificate in recent days, catching up for lost time following months of attention to bureaucratic reform and the turbulent meeting of bishops on family issues that just ended.

Often speaking in his native Spanish, Francis has focused on issues close to his heart the plight of the poor and unemployed, the environment and even evolution, seemingly emboldened to speak his mind on topics that must make even some of his closest collaborators squirm.

He hasnt changed church doctrine. But he has pushed the envelope on some issues, raised eyebrows with his blunt speaking style on others, and made clear where his progressive social priorities lie. Here are some highlights from a busy week at the Vatican, with issues that Francis might raise again when he makes a major policy speech to the European Parliament next month.

Silent Death Penalty

In his most explosive speech to a group of penal lawyers, Francis went well beyond the Vaticans previous opposition to capital punishment by denouncing life prison terms as a hidden death penalty. Francis outreach to prisoners is well-known: He famously washed the feet of juvenile delinquents Muslims and women among them at a Rome detention center during his first Holy Thursday as pope. In his speech last week, Francis denounced prison systems as out of control for depriving people of their dignity, citing recourse to the death penalty, detaining people without charge or conviction and holding inmates in isolation, which he called a form of physical and psychological torture. Putting him squarely at odds with the United States, where he is going next year, Francis also denounced extraordinary renditions, which the CIA used after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks to take terror suspects to third countries for interrogation.

Big Bang

Francis raised some eyebrows with his remarks on creation and evolution, saying the Big Bang theory doesnt contradict the Christian belief in creation. While his words were very Franciscan in their bluntness When we read the story of Creation in Genesis we risk imagining that God was a magician Francis was merely restating what the Catholic Church has long taught: that there is no contradiction between creation and evolution. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI spent his entire pontificate elaborating on the compatibility of faith and scientific reason, insisting that the cosmos isnt a system of random chaos but rather an organized system where the hand of the Creator is obvious. St. John Paul II and Pope Pius XII voiced similar conclusions before him. Francis put the churchs thinking in his own words: Evolution in nature doesnt contradict the notion of creation because evolution presupposes the creation of beings who evolve, he said.

Unemployment

Francis also grabbed headlines when he acknowledged that his concern for the poor, the unemployed and the environment would lead some to label him a communist. They dont understand that love for the poor is at the center of the Gospel, he said. The remarks were delivered to a meeting of representatives of popular movements at the Vatican. In the audience were farmers, miners, fishermen and Argentine cartoneros, who sift through garbage looking for recyclable goods.

Also on hand to hear one of the longest, most heartfelt speeches of Francis pontificate was Evo Morales, Bolivias first indigenous president known for his socialist rhetoric. In an off-the-cuff speech in Spanish, Francis denounced the injustices of the poor that the world wants to forget, the scandal of hunger and the lost generation of young people who are unemployed.

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