On this day in 1994, Kevin Smith's independent film Clerks hit theaters and catapulted Smith to an indie icon.
According to ComicBook.com, Smith would spend the next decade exploring the stories of stoners, slackers, and geeks.
For years, I looked to the stars and wondered what it would be like up there. Then one day, this creaky little rocket of a first film became our bridge to the heavens.