Ghostbusters (2011-2012) #1

Ghostbusters (2011) #1

by Erik Burnham

Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or any of your family ever seen a spook, specter or ghost? If the answer is yes, call the professionals! Psychokinetic energy is on the rise again, business is booming for the boys, and Ray is troubled by what could be a prophetic dream - Is this an ill omen of an upcoming apocalypse, or just a little indigestion? These questions and more are raised in the first issue of the all-new, ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS!

Genres: Comics

33 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 28, 2011

About the author

Erik 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.

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Follows after the movies, where the gang is being prepped for a new story arc. This issue is more of a prologue, as the appearance of a new ghost is coupled together with the return of a previous nemesis.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This graphic novel seems to pick up soon after the original movie ended, although their are some people missing whom you would think we would see but maybe these are taking place between movies one and two? Who knows! But the art is great and a fun read!

[Samantha Osborne · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it i will go to library to get more see if i like the series enough to buy it

[A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Following up on the videogame story line, it features all the quirks you'd expect from the characters. Worth a read if you're a fan of the franchise.