Bluntman and Chronic
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Bluntman and Chronic are two fictional comic book characters within the movies Chasing Amy and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, created by Kevin Smith. Inspired by the two stoners of the View Askew films, Jay and Silent Bob, the actions of the "Doobage Duo", as they are called, usually consist of crashing and smash property and catching criminals by accident. The characters' names derive from marijuana slang terms.
[edit] Comics
An actual comic, written by Kevin Smith, was published in trade-paperback form by Oni Press. These were the supposed issues written by Banky Edwards and Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy.
In the first issue, after encountering several comic book references, Jay and Silent Bob win the lottery and decided to become superheroes. After Bob handles most of the gadget work, the two don the names Bluntman and Chronic.
In the second issue, some of the nemeses of Bluntman and Chronic, such as Cock-Knocker and Dickhead, reveal their origins to fellow supervillain inmates and a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist turns out to be the Lipstick Lesbian, a newer supervillain, who helps the criminals escape. The five villains, consisting of the aforementioned three along with the Diddler and Newsgroup, form The League of Shitters.
In the third and final issue, Chronic nearly throws out his costume, feeling that he's "the sidekick". He changes his mind, however, when he realizes Bluntman "has all the weed". Meanwhile the League of Shitters discover that the Doobage Duo's Bluntcave lies beneath the RST Video/Quick Stop. The five arrive at the stores, only to have Cock-Knocker go into the Quick Stop and buy some snacks. The four others, however, are crushed to death after RST's front wall falls over, allowing Bluntman and Chronic to ride the Bluntmobile into the Bluntcave. Cock-Knocker then exits the Quick Stop, only to step in Dickhead's spleen. Cock-Knocker breaks into the Bluntcave, where he slices Chronic in half with a Bluntsaber. Bluntman slays Cock-Knocker and weeps over his dead friend.
The death of Chronic bears resemblance to the death of Jason Todd. The cover of issue three features Bluntman holding Chronic's corpse the same way Batman held Jason Todd's in A Death in the Family. Jason Todd was killed by The Joker, a character previously played by Mark Hamill in Batman: The Animated Series, the same actor who played Cock-Knocker in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
[edit] Other Comics
Two other Bluntman and Chronic comics were published. The first was in Oni Double Feature #12 and republished in the above mentioned comic book. The second was published in the Clerks/Chasing Amy Screenplay book. Both have design style that is very different from the comics published in the main comics, but are much more similar to the comics seen in Chasing Amy. The style is similar to the comics of the 40s.
[edit] Origin
In the film Chasing Amy, Banky Edwards (played by Jason Lee) and Holden McNeil (played by Ben Affleck) created the characters based off their infamous stoner friends, Jay and Silent Bob. The first issue sold out and the latter two flew off the shelves. At one point, MTV offered Banky and Holden McNeil the option to make an animated series. Banky was willing to do it, but Holden McNeil declined due to "artistic reasons". Soon after this, the comic was canceled and the Holden McNeil/Banky partnership disbanded.
Later on, in the film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Banky sold the rights to Miramax which then starts making a film adaptation of Bluntman and Chronic. It was directed by Chaka Luther King (played by Chris Rock) and starred Jason Biggs as Bluntman, (Referred to as the pie fucker throughout the film) James Van Der Beek as Chronic and Mark Hamill as Cock-Knocker. However, the film was interrupted by the comic's inspirations, Jay and Silent Bob, hoping to stop the film. Thought to be Biggs and Van Der Beek's stand-ins, the two filmed some of the scenes in the Bluntcave. Months later, when it was released to both critical and box office failure, many thought, as Hooper X says, it was "a 90 minute long gay joke. Like watching Batman & Robin all over again".
| Kevin Smith |
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| Films |
| The View Askewniverse: Clerks | Mallrats | Chasing Amy | Dogma | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Clerks II Other: Jersey Girl | An Evening with Kevin Smith | An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder Upcoming: Red State | Untitled non-Askewniverse comedy | Clerks: Sell Out Abandoned: The Green Hornet | Superman Lives | Fletch Won |
| Comics |
| Clerks | Walt Flanagan's Dog | Chasing Dogma | Bluntman and Chronic | Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do | Daredevil/Bullseye: The Target |
| Notable characters |
| Jay and Silent Bob | Dante | Randal | Banky | Alyssa | Leonardo | Bluntman and Chronic | Mooby | Buddy Christ | Brodie | Willam | Minor characters |
| Miscellaneous |
| View Askew Productions | View Askewniverse motifs | View Askew Media | The Flying Car | Clerks: The Animated Series | Clerks: The Lost Scene | Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash | Silent Bob Speaks | Sucks Less With Kevin Smith | My Name Is Earl |
