Kevin Smith

If you asked director Kevin Smith himself what the tagline for “Mallrats” is, he would say it’s “Clerks” in a mall. What he fails to include with that idea is that this movie really bottles the ’90s and serves it up over the course of its two-hour runtime. 

Warren Ellis, the creator of The Authority and upcoming writer on The Batman’s Grave, recently shared a story on his blog about the immense kindness Kevin Smith showed towards a …