I don’t want to say too much because explanations lie pretty central to the story, but Re the storyboard ‘wand design’ connection: Good theory but not quite sorry.
The arm mounting was my idea, I played with a pistol concept a little but it seemed too handy and buck rogers, not industrial enough

Went with the arm mounted rig and trigger and a shrunken version of the packs to keep with the engineering of the original back packs. I’m hearing about the story board thing first time tonight, reading this.
Cool but nope.

for nerd points.

cheers
max

Its a nod to the original versions of the packs from the storyboards of the first movie when they were originally neutrona wands mounted on their arms. It could also be an offhand shout-out to Braxton Films’ “Return of the Ghostbusters”.

I have to say, I had my doubts my IDW after “the Other Side”, but it looks like they’re getting it right. I’m enjoying the current series and looking forward to their one-shots