We’ve all been curious about what Tristan Jones was bringing to the table, ever since his name was dropped along with the rest of the creative team of IDW’s upcoming monthly Ghostbusters comic.
Well, now we know; he’s providing a monthly back-up feature in each issue, which supplements the all the Ghostbusters cases. Best if he describes it himself.
Basically the idea is that each issue will feature files audited by Walter Peck as supplemental material to each story, looking at the entities encountered throughout IDW’s run (which includes everything before INFESTATION as well), staff profiles, equipment data, and so forth. It will also ONLY be appearing in the individual issues from what I currently understand.
Having seen what’s coming up in the comics and helped create a few of the beasties so far, I can safely say that there’s going to be some really cool things gracing the pages of not just this, but the Dan and Erik’s core pages as well.
I really do have to thank Tom Waltz more than I think I’m capable of — I’m really excited to be working on this, and hopefully more in the future!
The very first file will feature something familiar to everyone, which I hope you’ll dig but I do implore you — TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW! And make sure you get in and tell your local comic shop that starting in September, IDW’s publishing Ghostbusters and that you want it! Books like this rely on preorder numbers to stay alive, so if you want to see more, make sure you get in and get your orders in in advance!
Thanks to everyone for their support (and patience)!
Hell yeah! And he’s right – do make sure, as best you can, pre-order the books. Comics live and die by their pre-orders, so it is critically importantly that the first book sell well. Even if you can’t pre-order it, you can always ask your local shop if they’re bringing it in. The more people ask about it, the more they’ll consider buying in.
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This excites more than the ongoing. Is that wrong!?
Nope.
I will say, if they don’t reference Peck and PCOC in the main stories at some point, I will be very disappointed in them. I mean, c’mon…
P COC
This is nothing short of awesome!
Thanks for the support guys! And for putting this up, Chris!
This is too awesome! lol @ castewar, p coc. *giggles*
Magnificent.
The ongoing title is really shaping up to be a dream come true!!! I keep pinching myself to make sure I’m still in realty!!! I agree and really REALLY hope that Peck is in the series, he’s the perfect antagonist for the team… One of the best aspects of Tokyo Pop’s GB “Ghost Busted” manga was that they brought back Jack Hardmeyer from GB2. The “total beaurocratic jerk” character clashing with Venkman never ever gets old to me…
* Sorry, I meant “reality”…
The hope is that we make less of an antagonist without taking away the antagonism…
This is a really interesting concept and it’s the perfect project to bring forward all of Tristan’s talents.
September can’t come soon enough!
Don’t worry — Peck will be showing up before the end of the first arc. (;
Hot damn!!! I’m really excited you guys! Thanks for bringing this to the table!!!
I hope you guys are happy. This means more money going towards ghostbusters. Oh well, I can live on ramen noodles and dry cereal.
I think this is rather brilliant. I mean, it will tell the lore from an entirely clinical, documented perspective. Someone who is NOT a fan of the paranormal; someone who is dealing with it but in a sense is now a defacto expert. Way, way cool. Love this.
Walter Peck you say? Adding more panasch to Ghostbusters! One low monthly payment! I needed this in my life! Thanks to all who make this comic possible and to the community for spreading the word and hopefully making this a a flagship title for IDW!!!!! Viva la comic revolution!
Where can I preorder this? Perhaps, for the UK? If not I’ll import it.
I can’t really believe Tristan Jones really did that. I mean, that’s great. I like it. I hope that there will be more villains to come.