- November 12th, 2012, 8:40 pm#423218
Peck is a man of facts.
It doesn't mean he likes these people. (;
It doesn't mean he likes these people. (;
Erik Burnham wrote:Peck is a man of facts.Ha ha ha. I hope volume two also meant a pay raise.
It doesn't mean he likes these people. (;
Erik Burnham wrote:The only figures I've seen are the monthly top 300 numbers. Those aren't the 100% final numbers; they don't count any shop reorders or orders outside North America and such like that. Just taking a glance, we're still doing better than many earlier minis and one shots after almost a year and a half, but I don't think we're at "they can have an annual" numbers.Fair enough. Hopefully, one day.
That's speculation, of course. I think Tom would know more than me -- but obviously, his knowledge would be more proprietary.
Erik Burnham wrote:It's the first arc of a second volume, so a renumbering --
*The current ongoing series is in Volume One. It will have 16 issues total. The New Ghostbusters is the title of the first arc of Volume Two of the ongoing series. It will be four parts then the title reverts back to just Ghostbusters with Issue #5.Yuck. Just...yuck. Personally, I'm sick to death of even successful books doing this stupid "Let's put out a new #1 to goose sales!" gimmick. I guess I'm too old school--I remember when those damn numbers meant something. When there's a new #1 every time somebody sneezes, it just doesn't mean much anymore. Remember when there was only one Fantastic Four #1? Now there's been three, and a fourth on the way. And I'm not even gonna start on DC or I'll blow a blood vessel. I know math literacy has declined in this country, but are today's kids really incapable of counting in double or triple digits?
Erik Burnham wrote:The story requested is "something from a ghost's POV", by the by. (:Scoleri Bros back story?!?!!??!?!!?
rahum wrote:That would be AMAZINGErik Burnham wrote:The story requested is "something from a ghost's POV", by the by. (:Scoleri Bros back story?!?!!??!?!!?
Erik Burnham wrote:Ghostbusters is tricky; it has a great fanbase, it has wide recognition, but it's also a media tie in without anything to tie into at the moment (toys, movies, video games, TV.) Sometimes, people forget about us, or -- and I hear this a lot -- weren't aware that the book existed, find it, and love it to pieces.So if a TMNT ongoing comic came out at the same time as this Ghostbusters ongoing comic, it would have been renumbered, too? Or because the CGI TMNT series was in development, the TMNT would have kept going anyway? Is the CGI show being in development also why it got these miniseries?
My goal now is to have the second volume surpass the first -- meaning we make it at LEAST to issue #20 (and beyond.)To have an anniversary issue like #25 would nice.
I'm really liking where the new issue #1 starts us. The Ghostbusters - new AND original - are both present, and both have problems to solve.Both teams? Hmm. I was thinking this new #1 would start in media res with the original team missing in action and we would have to work backwards and fill in the dots.
We have a new backup feature taking the place of PCOC, and the first 8 page story (serialized in 2 page chunks) will be a story that's been requested by fans (and editors) for a while now, but wouldn't have worked as well in the main feature.Will that "World of Psychic" back up be done sometime in this new volume for the ongoing or will it be in a trade paperback?
mrmichaelt wrote:.. "an all-new REAL GHOSTBUSTERS 2-page back-up story written and drawn by Burnham" Is it a typo? Is it canon to the ongoing?
Erik Burnham wrote:It's not a typo. It's Slimer and blonde Egon and the whole nine.Okay. You guys just got back on my good side again...
First 8 pager is going to be a fun little romp following a ghost after it's put into the grid. I only have 8 pages, 2 per issue, firm. That puts in some limits.
(The biggest limit I have, though, is this: "Oh, I could do that story in 8 pages or I could just refit it for the main feature and have anywhere from 20-80 pages for it... that happened on 2 or 3 ideas before I hit on this based on a stray comment from someone else, and this idea could NOT be done anywhere but RGB.) lol.
Erik Burnham wrote:It's not a typo. It's Slimer and blonde Egon and the whole nine.Nifty.
First 8 pager is going to be a fun little romp following a ghost after it's put into the grid. I only have 8 pages, 2 per issue, firm. That puts in some limits.
(The biggest limit I have, though, is this: "Oh, I could do that story in 8 pages or I could just refit it for the main feature and have anywhere from 20-80 pages for it... that happened on 2 or 3 ideas before I hit on this based on a stray comment from someone else, and this idea could NOT be done anywhere but RGB.) lol.I think at this point, the fans always expect there to be a back up of some sort. I think I talked about this before but yeah, it does seem like the page count is an ongoing thing. I can say I enjoy the back up material yet but I still wonder about a protracted bust. Similarly like Issue #6 and #7 where they faced the Hungry Manitou while it was in possession of Scotty then Peter. But in a sense, would a longer battle sacrifice the depth of the story - less words, more things blowing up - and I think that might also have to do with the maximum of these arcs being 4 parts, will we get to see longer busts and a 5-parters? </caffeine>
Erik Burnham wrote:It's not a typo. It's Slimer and blonde Egon and the whole nine.
First 8 pager is going to be a fun little romp following a ghost after it's put into the grid. I only have 8 pages, 2 per issue, firm. That puts in some limits.
(The biggest limit I have, though, is this: "Oh, I could do that story in 8 pages or I could just refit it for the main feature and have anywhere from 20-80 pages for it... that happened on 2 or 3 ideas before I hit on this based on a stray comment from someone else, and this idea could NOT be done anywhere but RGB.) lol.
Mick Nielson wrote:Jumpsuits with shorts? Seriously? I know its not THAT big of a deal, but it just bothers me. I never liked the style of shirking the protective clothing. Even in the RGB, and Extreme Ghostbusters, Janine and Kylie both wore uniforms that protected them, because Ghostbusting is a dangerous occupation. It just rings false to me....Or, you're jumping to a conclusion about the shorts on the cover. (: S'okay, that's been the default.
GhstbstrLMLIII wrote:On the cover to 15:That's the Empire State Building.This Post Contains Spoilers
Kingpin wrote:More notes for #14:Actually, that is not Macabre and not a GB reference at all. But more of a story for Dan Schoening to tell and not me to blab about further. Dan also said that's not the Giga Meter. However, there's the Seiko Stop Watch/Printer Combo from Back to the Future I on the table.This Post Contains Spoilers
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