CBR: IDW Calls Erik Burnham for "Ghostbusters" Ongoing

**CBR News** · 08-18-2011, 10:58 AM

We spoke with Erik Burnham, writer of the first ongoing "Ghostbusters" series in twenty years, about putting words in the mouths of Drs. Venkman, Stantz and Spengler. Plus, an[em]exclusive[/em] preview of issue 1!

Full article here.

**Gryphon** · 08-18-2011, 11:25 AM

Very nice.

**BeastieRunner** · 08-18-2011, 11:26 AM

I love it! I can't wait!

September is a good month to be a comic book fan!

**JessieMidnight** · 08-18-2011, 11:29 AM

Awesome! I can't wait for this, it should be a fun book. I love the Ghostbusters! Good interview too.

**CMBMOOL** · 08-18-2011, 02:33 PM

Color me interested because I do enjoy a good Ghostbusters story.

So learning this is a comic will be a fun treat for me to look into in the future.

I also enjoyed that nice little nod to the Blues Brothers within the preview. This is going to be one fun ride.

**TheAmazingSpidey** · 08-18-2011, 04:07 PM

Cool preview, I can't wait! I love Ghostbusters!

**dupont2005** · 08-18-2011, 06:09 PM

I'll be on the lookout for it

**tunasammiches** · 08-19-2011, 10:27 AM

this looks SO GOOD! the writings seems really clever. the only thing i'm not a fan of is the inking. i feel as though the artist needs a different option as it seems to be making his work more stiff than it should be. i love dan's art though and i can't wait to see him rock his amazingness on this book.

i love ghostbusters. the movies and cartoons ruled my life as a kid. i just bought the real ghostbusters complete dvd box set and i'm emphatically re-living my childhood this summer. now that's something i'd like to see make a comeback. i'd love to see the real ghostbusters again. in the mean time, i still need to beat the GB Wii game.

in contrast to the cartoons though, i just saw the cover to issue 3 and it looks scary as hell. i think "scary" is a great direction to take the stories in. i'm all for the comedy, but there's such un-tapped potential for the scary and truly spooky.

yay new series!

**doordoor123** · 08-19-2011, 01:10 PM

This is been a long time coming. I remember seeing the art for this on Deviantart about two years ago.

**Sean Walsh** · 08-19-2011, 02:33 PM

He did a very nice job with the GHOSTBUSTERS Infestation mini several months ago. Good on IDW for keeping him on for an ongoing.

**Erik Burnham** · 08-20-2011, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Sean Walsh

He did a very nice job with the GHOSTBUSTERS Infestation mini several months ago. Good on IDW for keeping him on for an ongoing.

Thank you!

**JessieMidnight** · 08-23-2011, 04:14 PM

Hey great preview for issue number one Erik. John Belushi as his character from the Blues Brothers as Ray's spirit guide that you mentioned in the interview is super cool. Will he be a on-going character or just show up every now, and then?

I can't wait to see what ghosts, and other paranormal creatures, and entities that you come up with for the book. Just reading those pages it definitely reads like they should sound, good job. The art looks awesome too.

**Super Robo Ape** · 08-24-2011, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Erik Burnham

Thank you!

Is that going to be collected as I missed it the first time around?

**Erik Burnham** · 08-25-2011, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by JessieMidnight

Hey great preview for issue number one Erik. John Belushi as his character from the Blues Brothers as Ray's spirit guide that you mentioned in the interview is super cool. Will he be a on-going character or just show up every now, and then?

I can't wait to see what ghosts, and other paranormal creatures, and entities that you come up with for the book. Just reading those pages it definitely reads like they should sound, good job. The art looks awesome too.

The spirit guide will pop up here and there until his ultimate purpose is revealed. (: (And if, for some reason, it isn't? Well, it was still a fun nod.)

I'm jotting down notes for the second arc as we speak...!