Question: 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)?
Sentence (from "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.
Relevant evidence: Yes