EXCLUSIVE: Burnham Orchestrates "Mars Attacks the Real Ghostbusters"

[CBR News]

"Ghostbusters" scribe Erik Burnham discusses his role in IDW's "Mars Attacks" crossover, the differences between the cartoon and movie versions of the team, and his plans for back-ups in the ongoing.


Full article here.

[west3man]

I guess I will always be confused by this but...

I thought "The REAL Ghostbusters" was the name of the cartoon that was so UNlike the Ghostbusters movie. Y'know, the one with the frickin' gorilla in the ranks.

[Michael24]

The old cartoon with the gorilla was called simply Ghostbusters (later referred to as Filmation's Ghostbusters in order to differentiate it) and was actually a sequel to a 1970s live-action series called The Ghost Busters.

I believe Columbia Pictures paid Filmation in order to use the title Ghostbusters for their film, and then called their cartoon The Real Ghostbusters in order to separate it from Filmation's cartoon, which premiered the same year, 1986. Some fans also believe The Real was added in order to "stick it" to Filmation, but I don't know if that's really true or not.

[collex]

Can I have a version of the comic with all the Martians' dialogues dubbed as "Niak-Niak-Niak" ? Please?