Tag: Erik Burnham

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters

by Erik Burnham & Tom Waltz; ill. Dan Schoening (IDW, 2015)

Graphic novel cover: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters” by Erik Burnham & Tom Waltz; ill. Dan Schoening (IDW, 2015)

Ho-hum. There’s nothing wrong with this multiverse crossover, as such, but neither set of protagonists benefits greatly from the interaction. The Turtles do ninja things. The ghostly menace is a bog-standard Class 7, contained as per usual. Murky art, underlit action scenes.

Ghostbusters 101

Ghostbusters 101: Everyone Answers the Call

by Erik Burnham; ill. Dan Schoening (IDW, 2017)

Book cover: “Ghostbusters 101: Everyone Answers the Call” by Erik Burnham; ill. Dan Schoening (IDW, 2017)

101 brings two dimensions together and so, therefore, the male and female Ghostbusters. The idea is neat but the story is plodding, weighed down by superfluous minor characters and half-funny, cutting-room-floor dialogue. The likenesses, off-puttingly, convey almost nothing of the original actors.

Derelict Space Sheep