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)?

Context articles: Comics artist
Gordon Lee (comic store owner)
Kevin Smith
Comic Book Guy
Walt Flanagan
Paradise Comics
Gary Arlington
Comic Store Heroes
Bryan Johnson (comic book writer)
Ming Chen

A comics artist (also comic book artist or graphic novel artist, comic book producer, comic book illustrator, comic book writer, and comic book author) is a person working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books, or graphic novels.
 The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.
Gordon Lee (died January 13, 2013) was an American comic book store owner from Rome, Georgia, who is most famous for having been charged with distributing obscene material to a minor in connection with the Free Comic Book Day on Halloween, 2004.
 The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund was heavily involved in Lee's defense.
 Lee was previously convicted on another obscenity charge.
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comic book writer, author, and podcaster.
 He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film "Clerks" (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob.
 Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films "Mallrats", "Chasing Amy", "Dogma", and "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back" which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey.
 While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the "View Askewniverse", named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier.
Comic Book Guy is the common, popular name for Jeffrey "Jeff" Albertson, a recurring fictional character in the animated television series "The Simpsons".
 He is voiced by Hank Azaria and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991.
 Comic Book Guy is the proprietor of a comic book store, The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop.
 He is based on "every comic book store guy in America" and represents a stereotypical middle-aged comic-book collector.
 He is well known for his distinctive accent, disagreeable personality and his catchphrase, "Worst [blank] ever!"
Walter Flanagan (born October 23, 1967) is a comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, and comic book artist.
 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.
 He currently manages Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Paradise Comics is a comic book store located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
 The owner and proprietor is Peter Dixon.
 The store's manager is long time comic book fan Doug Simpson.
 Among other merchandise, Paradise Comics sells silver age, 1970s, 1980s and CGC graded comics and CGC Signature Series (signed and graded) comic books.
 The store is located at 3278 Yonge Street in Toronto.
Gary Edson Arlington (October 7, 1938 – January 16, 2014) was an American retailer, artist, editor, and publisher, who became a key figure in the underground comix movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
 As owner of America's first comic book store, the San Francisco Comic Book Company, located in San Francisco's Mission District, Arlington's establishment became a focal point for the Bay Area's underground artists.
 He published comics under the name San Francisco Comic Book Company as well as Eric Fromm (not connected to the German critical theorist).
 Cartoonist Robert Crumb has noted, "Gary made a cultural contribution in San Francisco in the late '60s, through the '70s, '80s & '90s that was more significant than he realizes."
Comic Store Heroes is a reality television program set inside Manhattan's Midtown Comics, the largest comic book store in the United States.
 Described as a one-hour documentary about comic book subculture, it is British production company Parthenon Entertainment's first U.S.-based factual entertainment production, and premiered on the National Geographic Channel on July 13, 2012, at 8pm Eastern Standard Time.
 As with "Comic Book Men", a similar series airing on AMC starring Kevin Smith, the program focuses on the interactions among the store's staff, and with its customers.
Bryan Lee Johnson (born December 7, 1967) is an American comic book writer, podcaster, actor and television personality associated with filmmaker Kevin Smith and the View Askewniverse.
 He is best known by his local fame in New Jersey and appearances in Smith's New Jersey films as comic book fan Steve-Dave Pulasti.
 He was also the basis for the "Clerks" character Randal Graves.
 Through his friendship with Smith, he was often involved in his productions until Smith moved to Los Angeles.
 He wrote and directed one film, "Vulgar" (2000), for View Askew.
 He worked briefly at the Los Angeles branch of Smith's comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash.
 He became co-host of the "Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!
" podcast with friend Walt Flanagan and Brian Quinn.
 He also has co-starred on the AMC reality series "Comic Book Men" since 2012.
Cliff Ming Si-Chen, better known as Ming Chen is an actor, podcaster, reality television personality, and webmaster associated with Kevin Smith.
 He co-hosts the "I Sell Comics!"
 podcast with Mike Zapcic and also stars in the AMC reality series "Comic Book Men".