(from l to r) Hooper X (Dwight Ewell), Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) and Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) in Chasing Amy.

Banky Edwards is a character played by Jason Lee in the movie Chasing Amy by Kevin Smith. He is the best friend and partner of Holden McNeil and works as an inker (not a tracer, as he is often anxious to point out) for the comic book Bluntman and Chronic. Image File history File links BankyEd. ... Dwight Ewell is an American actor. ... Affleck in Reindeer Games Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter. ... There are several notable people called Jason Lee. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian. ... Jason Lee Jason Lee (born April 25, 1970, in Orange, California) is an American actor and professional skateboarder. ... Chasing Amy is a 1997 romantic comedy about two comic book artists: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck), a heterosexual male, and Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), a lesbian. ... Kevin Smith at a comics convention in 2005 Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director, comic book writer, and creator of View Askew. ... The inker is one of the two line artists in a traditional comic book, or graphic novel. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

Throughout Chasing Amy, Banky is the main source of conflict, disapproving of Holden's romance with Alyssa Jones, a fellow comic artist and a lesbian. He hates the budding friendship they shared because he felt Holden was ignoring their friendship and work. When Holden and Alyssa start dating, he is shocked but reluctantly accepts it until he finds information on her past, thus causing Holden to confront Alyssa in a rather irrational way. Alyssa Jones is a fictional character in Kevin Smiths 1997 film Chasing Amy. ... Lesbian describes a homosexual woman, or rather women who have a more intense physical and emotional relationship with other women than with men. ...

Hooper X and later Holden suggests that Banky really wants to break up the couple because he's in love with Holden and jealous of Alyssa. Though not explicitly stated at any point, it would seem that Banky may indeed have homosexual tendencies; when Holden tries to fix the rift between the three by suggesting they have a ménage à trois, Banky reluctantly agrees, even though he's relieved when Alyssa refuses. When he leaves Holden after Alyssa leaves him one can suggest Banky's hostility was merely due to Holden's inability to balance a relationship, friendship, and work thus creating the problem. Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... A ménage à trois is a relationship or domestic arrangement in which three people, often a married couple and another lover, live together or are romantically or sexually involved. ...

Banky also makes a brief appearance in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, where most people believe it is confirmed that he is indeed gay, though Kevin Smith meant this as a joke. Banky also briefly appears in Clerks: The Comic Book outside of the mall holding a copy of Bluntman and Chronic. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is the fifth movie from Kevin Smith, famous for his cult films Clerks. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ...