Reminds Me of the Time You Tried to Drill a Hole Through Your Head
MTV has a 7-page preview of IDW’s upcoming Ghostbusters comic, and unlike Egon’s awesome plan for drilling a hole in his head, I’m not sure it’s going to work. The art is okay, and the plot?at least as it related to Venkman’s body getting possessed and him becoming a ghost himself?has some promise, but man, the dialog is terrible. Part of the problem is that the ghosts who need busting are all gangsters from the ’20s and ’30s, which gets graon-inducing almost immediately, but it’s Venkman’s “quips” that will have you ready to cross the streams, praying for every molecule in your body to explode at the speed of light. The comic is apparently due out today, so definitely give it the once-over before you decide to buy it.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.