Quick Stops Volume 3

by Kevin Smith, Ryan Gajda (Illustrator), John Sprengelmeyer (Illustrator)

Kevin Smith returns to the Askewniverse with Quick Stops Volume 3, the third installment in his black-and-white anthology comics series featuring the beloved characters of Smith’s cult classic comedies Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Dogma, Clerks, and more!

In Quick Stops Volume 3, we finally get the chance to read the comic Holden McNeil created about loving and losing Alyssa Jones, as seen in the feature film Chasing Amy. Kevin Smith honors his friend and costar Shannen Doherty with two one about Shannen’s immaculate sense of humor, and the other a requiem for her character in Mallrats, Rene. We witness a touching reunion between Jay and Silent Bob and their old Dogma buddy, Metatron—Herald of the Almighty, Voice of the one true God, and dropper of divine nuggets of knowledge. And last, but not least, we keep up with the Jones sisters and find out the full story behind how Alyssa Jones got the nickname “Finger Cuffs.”

Kevin Smith delivers a few hard-earned life lessons with a heavy dose of signature levity. This volume of Quick Stops will stick with you long after the laughs stop.

Collects Quick Stops Volume 3 #1–#4.

For mature audiences.

Genres: Graphic Novels

104 pages, Hardcover

Published March 31, 2026

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read as single issues

[Ben A · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read all the issues as they came out, but reread the collected edition and while I really enjoyed all the stories, it’s a bit of an emotional whiplash reading them together. The first story is essentially the Chasing Amy comic as seen in the movie of the same name and while it’s fun to see it, it doesn’t bring anything new. The second story is part real world story and part script adaptation as Kevin Smith speaks directly to us a la Animal Man and celebrates the late Shannen Doherty that gives major feels. The third is a Metatron tale that serves as both an Alan Rickman tribute and follows up on Clerks III, once again bringing the feels. The fourth and final story gives us an original Clerks follow-up, as we see what happened when Heather Jones and Rick Derris left for beach and Smithgetsto cast some View Askew faves as Heather’s parents. I’ve loved all these stories but they’ve been a mixed bag in presentation and emotional resonance.

Special Thanks to Dark Horse Comics and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.

[Peter Derk · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked Kevin Smith’s self-insertion into a comic more than I liked Grant Morrison’s and do want some nerd cred for knowing exactly what Smith was talking about when he referenced Morrison.

Smith’s wasn’t as avant garde, but I don’t give a shit about that, obviously as the phone I’m typing this on tried to correct “avant garde” like six different ways.

That my beef with Smith’s critics these days. I don’t know, why does he have to be a master of camera movement or whatever? Don’t we have directors who do that shit all the time and still make shitty movies?

I don’t need everyone to be avant garde. Sometimes I’ll take dick and fart jokes, even (especially) filmed with flat shots, camera mounted and stationary.

Smith’s in-comic appearance wasn’t cutting edge, but it has heart, and that’s what I like about the guy. I’m here for the Kevin Smith who’s holding onto the past, not in the sense of reviving his characters, but in the sense that he misses making movies with some of his friends who’ve passed.