Walter Flanagan, is a comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, and comic book artist, and a long-time friend of who, an American filmmaker, actor, comic book writer, author, and podcaster, and came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film "Clerks" (1994)?
Walt Flanagan:  Flanagan is a long-time friend of Kevin Smith, and (according to Smith's book "Silent Bob Speaks") it was Flanagan who turned Smith onto comic books. Kevin Smith: Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comic book writer, author, and podcaster.
Kevin Smith