“We get Slimer, more Gozer, and Marshmallow Man? I mean, this is like Star Wars 7, a lot of the same.
I never even saw the new Ghostbusters movie. Or the new, new one that maybe didn’t come out? I enjoyed the shit out of Ghostbusters, and when I was a kid I liked part 2. And I watched the cartoon and played with the toys. The toys were awesome. A grandma who turned into a giant-mouth tri-clops? I’m in. A fat mailman whose torso was a grotesque mouth? Yep. They used to do this thing in my hometown where they’d print kids’ letters to Santa. She saved one of mine, and it was ALL Ghostbusters stuff, named exactly from the little booklet I had, I guess in case Santa was a fuck-up and bought the wrong shit. By the way, there were “cameos” by some of these toy-only characters in the comics.
I was never worried about a new movie ruining my childhood or whatever. I just had my fill of Ghostbusters. Because, believe me, I had A LOT of Ghostbusters in my life. I spent so much time even playing that godforsaken video game. Ghostbusters definitely got its time in my spotlight, and…I think I’m all set. I just don’t really need more.
So why did I read this comic? I don’t know. I thought maybe it would be something totally different, comics being easier to publish than blockbuster, multi-million dollar movies.
Maybe the later volumes have more new ideas? Eh, who cares.
And that’s the whole thing. When you’re “Eh, who cares” about Ghostbusters or Star Wars or what have you, you might as well just try something else. “