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Threadless collab wins big – new GB Threadless design up for vote!

For those who are curious, the Ghostbusters collaborative design – in which 50 fans were invited to contribute to a cloud of weirdness for the Ghostbusters to catch – clocked in with a final voted score of 3.4; this is apparently a solid score for Threadless votes. I’m still awaiting confirmation if the design has been greated print status. Stay Tuned.

A short aside; my contribution, which I’d hinted about, was Lorenzo Music, the first voice of Peter Venkman on The Real Ghostbusters, who passed away in 2001. In a field of random oddness, I thought a small nod to Ghostbusters and the man who’s voice is forever linked to it, was in order.

BUT WAIT!

With one Ghostbusters design having just ended, a new one appears – this time, it’s a mash-up between Ghostbusters and LOST, with the resulting name; Smokebuster. The design, with a Egon-y Dharma project employee Hoovering up the mysterious Smoke Monster. You can vote for the design now! Thanks to Guillaume Normandin for the heads up.

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Weekend Con Round-Up – Wizard World Toronto, PAX East, I-Con

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“How often do you get asked about Ghostbusters 3?” I ask Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson, who is wearing a “Winston Rules!” T-shirt.

“Yeah, I know that’s all over the Internet. I get asked a lot…I don’t know a whole lot more than anyone else does. I saw Ivan Reitman and he says if they get a script, they might start shooting in the fall, so there’s a good chance it could happen, but I’m not gonna hold my breath.”

“I read that Ivan Reitman might be getting kicked off the project,” I say.

“Yeah…I read that too.”

Cross The Streams – A false-alarm spoiled their chance to have a sit-down with Ernie Hudson in Toronto, but the guys at Cross The Streams did get to meet with him, and word is they’ve lined up another phoner with him in the future.

Examiner thinks I-Con is getting better and dug the Ghostbusters in attendance.

Kevin James and the New Hampshire GBs made it onto Kotaku with their appearance at PAX East!

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The League of S.T.E.A.M. – Ghostbusters (1884)


I freely admit I’m not the biggest fan of Steampunk, and that’s nobody’s fault really – it’s just not my bag, baby. But, that said, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Steampunk Ghostbusters, ever since they first popped up on the cos-play scene.

Now some of those clever wonks have gone and made themselves a fantastic, silent-film era version of Ghostbusters – in their own way, they’ve matched and occasionally exceeded the last retro-imagining of Ghostbusters.

Here now – rescued from an old steamer trunk in someone’s dusty attic, no doubt – is The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management). Big ups to Colldier.com for the original story.

When your seance moves from floating trumpets to angry spirits, who are you going to telegram?

And for those curious, the rag-time cover of Ghostbusters is courtesy of Scott Bradlee – you can (and should) check out his album of 80s covers, in piano rag-time of course, on iTunes.

But wait! There’s more!

That’s just their parody of the Ghostbusters TV commercial – they actually have a web series!

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"Winston Saves the Universe" – Interview with Jim Beard & Keith Dallas

CriticalMess.net have posted a nice chat with Jim Beard and Keith Dallas, the writing team behind June’s upcoming Ghostbusters: CON-volution, from IDW. It’s a good introduction to the pair, as well as their previous work, besides lots of talk about Ghostbusters in general and their holiday one-shot specifically.

Check it out!

And, to the powers that be; I would pay good money to read “Winston Zeddmore Saves the Universe.” I’m just saying. Thanks to Jim for the heads up.