Ghostbusters: Haunted Holidays

by Dara Naraghi, Keith Dallas, Peter David

Join the Ghostbusters - Egon, Ray, Peter, and Winston - as they save the world from deadly haunts while still trying to take a break from the rat race. It's holiday season for the guys, and Christmas, Valentine's Day, Independence Day, and Halloween are a veritable feast of fun and fears, served up Ghostbusters style in this all-new trade paperback collection from IDW Publishing.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction

104 pages, Paperback

First published December 8, 2010

About the author

Dara Naraghi was born in Iran, but has made Columbus, Ohio his home for most of his life. His debut graphic novel LIFELIKE, a collection of slice-of-life vignettes, garnered many positive reviews from the likes of award-winning novelist Cory Doctorow, and cartoonist Sam Kieth.

His other notable graphic novels include: TERMINATOR SALVATION official movie prequel (3 weeks on the NYT Best Sellers list), THE ABSURD ADVENTURES OF ARCHIBALD AARDVARK, WITCH & WIZARD: BATTLE FOR SHADOWLAND (2 weeks on the NYT Best Sellers list) and WITCH & WIZARD: OPERATION ZERO, original graphic novels based on characters and settings from the James Patterson series of YA novels. His current project is the award-winning PERSIA BLUES trilogy of graphic novels.

Dara is also a founding member of the Columbus, Ohio-based comic book writers/artists collective known as PANEL. To date, he has contributed stories to - and helped produce - 20 volumes of their comics anthology, which he self-publishes under his Ferret Press imprint. For information on his latest project, check out www.DaraNaraghi.com

Reviews

[Christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

A twist on the Scrooge tale with an interesting ending. Not great, but it was well done.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of Ghostbusters comic book stories. While it's not spectacular, it is entertaining. Each story is centered around a holiday: Valentine's Day, Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The strongest entries are the Halloween story, "What in Samhain Just Happened?" written by Peter David (always one of the better writers of comics) with art by Dan Schoening, and the Christmas story, "Past, Present, and Future" written by Rob Williams with art by Diego Jourdan.

[kelsi 🦇 · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounded up :p
i mostly enjoyed the halloween & christmas story. independence day one i did not like and the valentines story was nothing special but it was cute & i enjoyed seeing winston be a main focus

[Miles Lynch · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s ghostbusters so 5*. The two IDW main runs are totally fine, and the other three did a great job of capturing what an utter dick Venkman is.

[Dustin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of holiday themed Ghostbusters one-shots. They're all great, and you should give this a read if you "ain't 'fraid of no ghost!"

[Flashimal05 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This compilation is a nice addition to a library graphic novel collection. No long story lines because this is a compilation specifically centered on holidays. Recommended for ages 12 and up.

[John Henery · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cool and funny collection of holiday themed Ghostbuster stories! If your a fan of the Ghostbusters then check them out!

[pianogal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Art is not as good as the other sets, but the stories are still there. And the guys are still the guys. Not my favorite, but worth a read.