# Ghostbusters Annual 2015 Discussion Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Ghostbusters Comic Books\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587 "2015-07-23T03:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/1 "2015-07-23T03:29:47Z")
[Set for November 2015](http://erikburnham.tumblr.com/post/124235925507/i-didnt-see-the-ghostbusters-annual-in-the-idw). [Erik revealed the main story](http://erikburnham.tumblr.com/post/124235839622/question-about-the-annual-if-youre-allowed-to) will be the original 4 GBs vs. IDW version of [the Sandman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-sandman). Don’t expect the look to match the RGB version – similar to the situation with [Boogieman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-boogieman) and Rodefhiri. There will be several back up stories by guest artists. So far one about Janine and one about Louis. > [@](#): > > The main feature (art by Dan & Luis) will primarily feature the original four and an appearance by our version of the sandman (he won’t be a cloaked figure putting people to sleep!) Today, Erik posted a sneak peek at the Sandman [http://erikburnham.tumblr.com/post/124788184937/via-dapperpomade-here-is-a-sneak-peek-of-our](http://erikburnham.tumblr.com/post/124788184937/via-dapperpomade-here-is-a-sneak-peek-of-our) Hmm, in some myth, the Sandman is not a benevolent figure of more of a type of bogeyman. In one story, he stole eyes even. ---
**Author:** ![Razor-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@Razor-11](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Razor-11)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/2 "2015-07-23T04:59:22Z")
Ahh yes we are many my friends. Interesting so far. ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/3 "2015-08-04T23:59:50Z")
Erik Evensen revealed he is contributing to the annual and posted a teaser of a woman talking to Peter. > [Erik Burnham](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/publications/comics/erik-burnham) confirmed Evensen is illustrating the “World of the Psychic” back ups he wrote back in 2011. :mrgreen: [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/628605332269326336](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/628605332269326336) In terms of background on the back up revealed so far: They were outtakes from “World of the Psychic,” featured in [Ghostbusters II](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/games/ghostbusters-ii-activision). They will be one panel gags that show why [Peter Venkman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/peter-venkman) eventually quit the show. It was set up as a single four page back up story set up as a clip show gag. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Peter\_Venkman\_Jr](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Peter_Venkman_Jr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/4 "2015-08-09T22:11:05Z")
Looking forward to reading these stories, Eric has given us fans some great bad guys in the past and I cannot wait to see his take on [the Sandman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-sandman). ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/5 "2015-08-11T10:51:49Z")
Matthew Dow Smith will be one of the guest artists contributing to the back ups! [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/630918452421595136](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/630918452421595136) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/6 "2015-08-11T11:32:17Z")
I was going to say his work was “very Hellboy”, but as it happens he actually has illustrated _HellBoy_ at one point. Will be interesting. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/fritz/32/10773_2.png) [@fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fritz)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/7 "2015-08-11T17:18:25Z")
It’s weirdly appropriate that a guy named Matt Smith has also done the art for a bunch of _Doctor Who_ stories starring the Eleventh Doctor. (And some Tenth Doctor before that, but his name isn’t David Dow Tennant so that’s less funny) And I’m sure I’m the first person in human history to say that, too. :lol: ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/8 "2015-08-14T03:10:27Z")
Erik “put a sizable dent into the Ghostbusters annual script today” He “scrapped and restarted” because a “better idea occurred” to him. [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/631982441985540096](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/631982441985540096) He also revealed one of the one page back ups is about Ron Alexander. [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/632022723502469120](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/632022723502469120) Not sure how Erik will beat being swallowed by a red blob but we’ll see… ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/9 "2015-08-18T02:36:52Z")
Doc Shaner is drawing the [Louis Tully](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/louis-tully) back up. [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/633317054020493312](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/633317054020493312) Matthew Dow Smith is drawing Egon on his unrevealed back up. [https://twitter.com/matthewdowsmith/status/633317343209369600](https://twitter.com/matthewdowsmith/status/633317343209369600) Otis Frampton is drawing a Ray & Ron back up. [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/633715911954944000](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/633715911954944000) ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/10 "2015-08-19T06:04:55Z")
November solicits are out and we got [the Annual’s info](http://www.previewsworld.com/Home/1/1/71/916?stockItemID=SEP150403). Out August 18 tentatively for $7.99. > [@](#): > > After the firehouse suffers severe damage in the wake of a supernatural attack, the Ghostbusters find themselves thinking about their past while cleaning up. But their nostalgia may not be innocent, and who knows what they may find at the end of their trip down memory lane…? Join Ray, Peter, Winston, and Egon in their “Daydreams and Nightmares!” > > Ghostbusters Annual 2015—Subscription Variant > > Erik Burnham (w) • Dan Schoening (a & c) • Joe Quinones (c) > > FC • 48 pages • $7.99 > > Bullet points: > > -IDW’s fan-favorite creative team of Erik Burnham, Dan Schoening and Luis Antonio Delgado return for more Ghostbusting fun! > > -Sets up future Ghostbusters storylines with special added extras! > > -Double-sized ectoplasmic fun! Nice nod to the end of Get Real I imagine. Lot’s of great movie and EGB nods on the regular cover! Also, Joe Quinones is doing the Subscription Cover it seems. Item Codes are SEP150403 and SEP150404. Based on that bullet point, seeding [Volume 3](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/real-ghostbusters/releases/complete-collection/volume-3) I suppose. Hmm, Erik already hinted at using an old German story and the infamous evil [Sandman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/the-sandman) story was by E.T.A. Hoffman. In that, it talked about how Sandman fed his progeny the eyes he took. EDIT: [Alex Deligiannis is doing a back up story](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/634032171729203201). EDIT: [Sara Richard is doing a back up story.](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/634421056262901760) ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/11 "2015-09-11T12:43:22Z")
Melanie Ortiz [will be featured in a back up not written by Burnham](http://erikburnham.tumblr.com/post/128786286967/will-we-get-at-least-an-update-on-whats-up-with). Hard to believe her last appearance was #18 and last mention was #20 (so 9 and 7 issues ago respectively). On a whim, I was looking at Erik Burnham’s fan facebook page and he gave [some more details back on the 4th of this month](https://www.facebook.com/ErikBurnhamFanPage/posts/970524312990903). -The last three artists are Sean Galloway, Tom Bancroft, and Drew Rausch. So a whopping 9 guest artists total. :mrgreen: -The main story is 28 pages, then the World of the Psychic back up is 4 pages then 8 1-page back ups. So to recap the guest artists are: \*Erik Evensen \*Matthew Dow Smith \*Evan “Doc” Shaner \*Otis Frampton \*Alex Deligiannis \*Sara Richard \*Sean Galloway \*Tom Bancroft \*Drew Rausch ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/12 "2015-10-21T03:08:23Z")
Some teases [Ron Alexander in Otis Frampton back up](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/650697793661759488) [2nd The World of the Psychic tease](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/656292541403262976). Very familiar scene. 😉 [In an interview recorded during the Cherry Bomb Toy Show on October 4th](http://www.ghostbustershq.net/home/2015/10/12/the-crossrip-chats-get-real-4-and-beyond-with-dan-schoening) in Victoria B.C., [Dan Schoening](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/publications/comics/dan-schoening) at the 1:15:38-1:16:49 mark confirmed the annual takes place around 5 days to a week after the events of Ghostbusters: Get Real #4. Yesterday on the 19th, Erik announced [the annual was done](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/656274865737961472). And predictably, today, Diamond changed the release date. The annual is now set for November 25. ---
**Author:** ![Heroic35](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/heroic35/32/4022_2.png) [@Heroic35](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/Heroic35)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/13 "2015-10-27T04:29:31Z")
I was lucky enough to meet up with [Erik Burnham](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/publications/comics/erik-burnham) at Crypticon in Minneapolis this past weekend and he showed me some of the World of the Psychic panels. Very cool and I am pretty excited to see the annual now! [![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/1/b/1b45b99f1de62deec41cf902a79d7d94af671dcb.jpeg)](http://s236.photobucket.com/user/heroic21/media/IMG_0366.jpg.html) ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/14 "2015-11-13T01:52:18Z")
[Dan Schoening](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/publications/comics/dan-schoening) posted a colored but unlettered version of page one, panel one. He hinted it’s based on an actual house in Staten Island and a fictitious one. [Dan Schoening on X: "#Ghostbusters Annual, page 1 panel 1. This is based on an actual house in Staten Island, mixed with a fictitious one" / X](https://twitter.com/Dapperpomade/status/664881992618504193) ---
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/188026_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/15 "2015-11-13T11:18:11Z")
Hah, I am **not** searching through all of Staten Island for one house. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/16 "2015-11-14T00:29:28Z")
> [@Kingpin](#): > > Hah, I am **not** searching through all of Staten Island for one house. 😛 Naturally. I wonder what fictitious house Dan used though. Well, we’ll will get a better look when the preview hits in a week. EDIT 11/15: Dan posted another teaser. An alarm clock at 5:50 am. [https://twitter.com/Dapperpomade/status/665933264209612801](https://twitter.com/Dapperpomade/status/665933264209612801) EDIT 11/17: Dan posted a third teaser. Firehouse exterior and a dumpster filled debris (presumably from the Get Real battle). [https://twitter.com/Dapperpomade/status/666529242784464896](https://twitter.com/Dapperpomade/status/666529242784464896) ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/17 "2015-11-19T04:23:33Z")
IDW released what the subscription cover looks like [https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing/status/667140990503813120](https://twitter.com/IDWPublishing/status/667140990503813120) ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/18 "2015-11-20T00:45:27Z")
5 page preview from CBR. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/ghostbusters-annual-2015-idw-2015](http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/ghostbusters-annual-2015-idw-2015) ---
**Author:** ![fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/fritz/32/10773_2.png) [@fritz](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/fritz)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/19 "2015-11-20T16:11:29Z")
> [@mrmichaelt](#): > > 5 page preview from CBR. > > [http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/ghostbusters-annual-2015-idw-2015](http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/ghostbusters-annual-2015-idw-2015) Frump! They changed his name for some reason, but…Frump!!! ---
**Author:** ![mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/mrmichaelt/32/188045_2.png) [@mrmichaelt](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/mrmichaelt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587/20 "2015-11-21T01:16:43Z")
Spook Central’s extended preview > **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153260143012045.1073742021.89624592044&type=3)** > [@Fritz](#): > > Frump! They changed his name for some reason, but…Frump!!! [spoiler]This is another case of Erik introducing a new character and Dan lobbying to draw an existing character he wants to draw. [https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/667505096603729920[/spoiler]](https://twitter.com/erikburnham/status/667505096603729920%5B/spoiler%5D) [Next page](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/ghostbusters-annual-2015-discussion-thread/4587.md?page=2)