February 5, 2006
100 Bullets: Wherein Josh Jabcuga saves one bullet for himself and says farewell in his 99th column at the site. Plus details on where he and Squib Central will be headed.
I’ve been away on business in New York City for the past three weeks, with two more weeks to go (I’ve returned home to Buffalo this weekend, and I’m banging out this column with only a few hours before I have to hop back on a plane). I opted not to take a laptop along with me; I could survive for a month without Internet hook-up, I told myself. Man, did I have poor timing or what?
Being totally out of the loop (not even allowing myself to check e-mail), I received a call from Moviepoopshoot.com E-I-C Chris Ryall. He informed me that Kevin Smith was making some changes at the site, and Chris would be moving on to other ventures (not including his role as publisher and E-I-C at IDW Comics.)
Chris and I have developed a very close friendship over the past three years or so, since I’d started penning my column at the site. When he told me his decision to leave the site would not affect the site’s existence and that I was welcome to continue writing Squib Central at the 'Shoot, without him at the helm, I knew my answer before he could even finish the sentence. There is no Led Zepplin without John Bonham. As such, Chris had done such a spectacular job fronting the band, so to speak, and making me feel like I was “with the band,” I knew that, with all due respect to Kevin Smith and my fellow contributors at Moviepoopshoot.com, (one or two of which I’d also developed friendships with over the years, besides being fans of their writing), I could not see myself playing in a band without Ryall upfront and center of the stage.
Chris Ryall and his partner-in-crime, Comics 101’s Scott Tipton, have nurtured Moviepoopshoot.com into a respected, highly successful pop culture port in the storm. I’ve been with the site for quite a while (not since day one, but pretty close). To say that I’ve enjoyed my time with the site would be an understatement of epic proportions. The association with Moviepoopshoot.com has not only allowed me to practice on my craft, it has given me priceless exposure, and has also given me access to events and artists that would normally be off limits.
If you’re a regular of Squib Central, you know that I frequently place an emphasis on the fringes of pop culture and entertainment: the art and talent that should be getting more attention, but more often than not, is overlooked by the mainstream cookie-cutter factories. My connection to the site has allowed me to pick the brains of icons like Richard Matheson, legends like Jack Ketchum, outlaws like Hank Williams III, Danny Trejo, Rob Zombie, Max Cavalera, Colonel J.D. Wilkes, and other talented folks like Richard Hawley, Oleg Taktarov, and Mick Garris. I’ve learned from all of them, and one or two I even consider friends.
Before you start humming Dylan’s “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door," don’t put the guns in the ground and forget about telling your mama that you won’t need them anymore. I will be joining the other members of the four horsemen (Chris Ryall, Scott Tipton, and Scott Bowden) at the newly launched “Scott Tipton’s Comics101” Web site at www.Comics101.com. I’ll be taking Squib Central with me, and I hope to see you there, on the flipside.
In closing, I’d like to extend my thanks to Chris and Scott for making Moviepoopshoot.com what it is and for being so flexible in basically allowing me to run free at the site to do as I please. I’d like to wish continued success to Moviepoopshoot.com, in whichever direction it may flow. Even though I won’t be part of the site, I know I’ll continue reading, since I was a fan before I was a contributor. Lastly, I’d like to thank each and every one of you for your support, and I hope to see you over at www.Comics101.com.
Praise for the writing of Josh Jabcuga, who pens Squib Central with ink made from his own blood, published most Thursdays, exclusively at www.moviepoopshoot.com:
"You’re a bad influence on them, I’ll tell you right now." -Max Cavalera, lead singer of Soulfly, former lead singer of Brazilian death metal icons Sepultura.
I read your article and you my dear are a true
ASSHOLE!!! Wonder how you landed your job, desperation???"-Angie (last name unknown; article mentioned...unknown).
“Josh Jabcuga can take the 26 measly letters of our crude alphabet and capture the bi-polar soul of all that is classically yet disturbingly American. Then, when his typewriter is left to cool, he can turn right around…completely ready to trounce any drunk punk that’s got me backed into a corner.” –The Colonel J.D. Wilkes of The Legendary Shack*Shakers.
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