Editing View Askew Productions (section)

==History==
Smith and Mosier founded the company in 1994 to produce their first film, ''[[Clerks (film)|Clerks]]'', which was the first film in what is now known as the [[View Askewniverse]].  After the film became a success View Askew obtained a larger budget and produced ''[[Mallrats]]'' in 1995, which underperformed critically and commercially but found success after being released on home video. It was followed by 1997's ''[[Chasing Amy]]'' and 1999's ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]''.

In 2000, View Askew briefly produced ''[[Clerks: The Animated Series]]'', a short-lived animated series based on ''Clerks'', which only aired six episodes. They released ''[[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back]]'', which starred Smith and [[Jason Mewes]] as their characters [[Jay and Silent Bob]]. It was followed by the first non-Askewniverse film, ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'', which featured many of Smith's frequent cast members.

Two years after ''Jersey Girl'', View Askew released ''[[Clerks II]]'', the first true sequel to a previous Smith film, which features the main characters of the film ''Clerks'' continuing ten years later.  This film was followed by the second non-Askewniverse film, ''[[Zack and Miri Make a Porno]]''.

The company has released several of Smith's non-fiction works, such as his four question and answer DVDs, ''[[An Evening With Kevin Smith]]'' in 2002, ''[[An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder]]'' in 2006, ''[[Sold Out: A Threevening with Kevin Smith]]'' in 2008 and ''[[Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40]]'' in 2011. It has produced ''[[Sucks Less with Kevin Smith]]'', a show which features (at least) three UCLA students who are enrolled in a class about cinematography in which Smith is their teacher.
 
In addition to the various Smith-directed films, the company has produced movies for other directors including [[Malcolm Ingram]]'s ''[[Drawing Flies]]'' and ''[[Small Town Gay Bar]]'', [[Bryan Johnson (filmmaker)|Bryan Johnson]]'s ''[[Vulgar (film)|Vulgar]]'', [[Vincent Pereira]]'s ''[[A Better Place]]'', and [[Brian Lynch (writer)|Brian Lynch]]'s ''[[Big Helium Dog]]''.

The company's logo was originally a smiling clown with a 5 o' clock shadow dressed in women's lingerie and platform pumps, named "Vulgar" which gained controversy due to its content and was later changed to a cartoon Jay and Silent Bob with film equipment. In 2022, with the release of ''[[Clerks III]]'', the logo changed again, this time to Vulgar's face.