Walt Flanagan's Dog (comic)
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'' #1, a story titled "Walt Flanagan's Dog" appears and tells the adventure of Jay and Silent Bob having an encounter with Walt Flanagan's dog, Krypto.


Plot

While Jay and Silent Bob deal outside RST Video, Randal Graves calls the cops on them. The duo leaves and ends up smoking
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with Walt Flanagan's dog (Flanagan and Steve Dave are practicing strip comic book trivia at the time). The dog gets a " stoner boner" and chases them around New Jersey after Silent Bob pokes it. By the time the dog calms down, it is dawn. Jay and Bob then decide to go to the Eden Prairie Mall for an Orange Julius.


In the Askewniverse

Chronologically, "Walt Flanagan's Dog" is the earliest story to take place in the View Askewniverse. It leads into ''
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'' which takes place before '' Clerks''.


Askewniverse references

* The comic features a strip where there is an ambulance in front of the local YMCA. This is a reference to Julie Dwyer's death, which is mentioned in '' Clerks'', ''
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'' and '' Chasing Amy''. * Dante Hicks is talking to Veronica, his girlfriend from ''Clerks'', on the phone in the beginning of the comic. They discuss a game show at the Eden Prairie Mall, a reference to ''Mallrats''. * In ''Mallrats'', Jay refers to the events of the comic after being chased by Lafours, saying he is "faster than Walt Flanagan's dog". * One of the usernames on an early internet message board shown in a flashback in '' Jay & Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'' is "Walt Flanagan's Dog". * One of the usernames on an internet message board shown in ''
Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back'' is a 2001 American satirical stoner buddy comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith, the fifth to be set in his View Askewniverse, a growing collection of characters and settings that developed out of hi ...
'' is "Walt Flanagan's Dog". * While not technically in the Askewniverse, the View Askew film ''Vulgar'' contains the line "Only humans can be heroes, right? Well tell that to Walt Flanagan's Dog". View Askewniverse comics Oni Press titles {{comics-stub