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Ghostbusters (IDW Collected Editions) #7
Ghostbusters, Volume 7: Happy Horror Days!
A busy season of holidays has the team needing a rest. It all starts on Devil's Night with a ghost called Stingy Jack, continues on Day of the Dead with the return of Melanie Ortiz to NYC, a trip to Rhinebeck, NY for a celebration held in honor of Sinterklass, and a visit from the Bogeyman on New Years Day.
Collects issues 9-12.
Collects issues 9-12.
104 pages, Paperback
First published May 6, 2014
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About the author
Erik Burnham
687 books74 followersErik Burnham is a Minnesotan writer and artist that first broke into comics with a series of humorous short stories in the Shooting Star Comics Anthology. These stories featured his original creation, Nick Landime, and culminated in a one-shot: Nick Landime vs. the World Crime League, published by Shooting Star in 2005.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
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March 2, 2021
A ton of short, but fun, stories of the team combatting ghosts themed after different holidays like Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, and Christmas. Funny and horrifying while setting up the last major arc. Looking forward to the series finale!
April 28, 2014
I'm absolutely loving this ongoing series.
August 16, 2017
Fun shorter stories all mildly interconnected with the various beliefs of different holidays to include Halloween, Day of the Dead and even an interesting Christmas story!
October 14, 2020
Among the first sets of videos I got when my kids were born was “The Real Ghostbusters “. Ever who knows the score knows that this animated series packed hundreds of quality stories into the world established in the first Ghostbusters movie (we don’t speak of the sequel).
The animated series is fantastic. These comics do a decent job of capturing some of that magic. There are smart character moments - getting Ray right is particularly challenging, and it was really fun to see it work out.
The shoehorned new members are cringe-worthy sometimes and don’t represent women very well, something comics should know better by now (but some things are slow to change). The guys get “objective empiricist who ironically runs an occult bookshop and maintains a sunny disposition” - the ladies get “funny hair and chews gum” or “bombshell FBI agent”.
Fun, though - and written by capable talent who clearly cares to do it right!
The animated series is fantastic. These comics do a decent job of capturing some of that magic. There are smart character moments - getting Ray right is particularly challenging, and it was really fun to see it work out.
The shoehorned new members are cringe-worthy sometimes and don’t represent women very well, something comics should know better by now (but some things are slow to change). The guys get “objective empiricist who ironically runs an occult bookshop and maintains a sunny disposition” - the ladies get “funny hair and chews gum” or “bombshell FBI agent”.
Fun, though - and written by capable talent who clearly cares to do it right!
May 19, 2017
Bogeyman, boogeyman and more bogeymen! Children are being abducted, infested, and weaponized while the Ghostbusters are being reinforced by the FBI (Ortiz) and trying to figure out what is going on and when it will be going on. Fun times in the Big Apple!
September 30, 2018
The holiday-based ghosts make for an extra interesting theme. Plus, they're clearly setting the stage for the something big in the next volume. (A-)
September 22, 2020
Setting up the final pieces before we head into the big ending arc.
January 15, 2015
This was another fun volume, it's clearly a filler selection of stories, yet it's also feels like a prelude of things to come in the remaining issues of this overall story Burnham has been crafting since issue one. Both the storytelling and artwork is kept to the high standard set by previous volumes. Special mention to the extras at the back, and a lovely moving alternate cover in memory of Harold Ramis.
July 15, 2014
a shorter story building up to the 30th Anniversary
March 4, 2014
Read as individual issues.
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