Sunday, July 27, 2008

Ghostbusters!


At the San Diego Convention over the weekend, IDW announced during their Saturday panel that I'm writing the revival of the Ghostbusters, a four-issue series we tagged GHOSTBUSTERS: THE OTHER SIDE, beginning in October.

Here are some links to interviews about the project. I even got interviewed by MTV for this one, kind of a nice change of pace. I still heart Vaneta the most though, she always does the best job and one Newsarama reader even called me a douchebag in the comments section. Gotta love my adoring public!

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080727-GhostbustersIDW.html

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17427

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/26/exclusive-the-ghostbusters-return-to-comics-and-weve-got-your-first-look/

I've done a lot of soul searching this year over the type of projects I want to write, something I'll probably blog about more at a later date. The key for me though, my new manifesto in terms of writing gigs can be boiled down into one word: FUN.

Writing Ghostbusters is pure fun and working with Chris Ryall/IDW (and now, Andy Schmidt) has been an absolute pleasure. Top it off with getting to work with my friend Tom on art and I've stumbled into a great situation with this project. I'm a lucky bastard, plus I get paid thousands of dollars a decade!

Speaking of fun, I have another announcement to make but I wanted to hold off until after the San Diego show so it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle. Maybe in another week or so, maybe even on my birthday would be appropriate.

Thanks for reading and if you see any ghosts, give me a call!

5 comments:

Chad Paulson said...

The Ghostbusters community is really excited to begin reading Ghostbusters: The Other Side!

It would be wonderful if Ghostbusters.net was able to take peak at the new series. Please contact us if you're interested.

AJ Quick said...

Yeah.

It would be awesome if you could contact the Ghostbusters Fans Community @ http://www.GBFans.com/

We've even got a Forum dedicated to the new project here: http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewforum.php?f=70

I can't wait Keith!

keith champagne said...

I'll make it a point to check in when I can, fellas.

In the meantime, I don't hide my email address. It's keith.o.graphics@snet.net.

Homesick At Space Camp said...

That is a really cool project...and what a neat photo! MTV! Keith is gunna be on cribs! ;)

Chris

David E. Allred, M.Div. said...

Who you gunna call???