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It's October, so time for the Pumpkin Head Spice theme and the Halloween Reading List!
Ghostbusters Nightsquad: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part One
By Bo Holbrook, Ben King, and Fritz Baugh
September 2003--Timeline Year Twenty One
It seems like just another day for the members of Ghostbusters Nightsquad. The original Ghostbusters are out of town, and a few small jobs keep things from getting too dull.
But in the shadows, a sinister plot is being hatched...a plot that will change the team forever...
Guest stars Jeff Nash, Vincent Belmont, and Fritz Baugh.
(First Posted July 17, 2006)
Ghostbusters Nightsquad: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Two
By Bo Holbrook, Ben King, and Fritz Baugh
September 2003--Timeline Year Twenty One
Catastrophe!!! The Extreme Ghostbusters defeated!!! Nightsquad's worst enemy has taken over Central Park!!! And Nightsquad can't do anything about it, because they're in jail!!!
(First Posted July 24, 2006)
Ghostbusters Nightsquad: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Three
By Bo Holbrook, Ben King, and Fritz Baugh
September 2003--Timeline Year Twenty One
As if the Blair Witch wasn't enough...the cult's plot has drawn in another familiar face, one that had nearly defeated the original Ghostbusters more than once. Will Nightsquad, even with the help of Vincent Belmont, Jeff Nash, Fritz Baugh, and Roland Jackson, have a chance in hell against them?!
(First Posted July 31, 2006)
Ghostbusters Nightsquad: All Hell Breaks Loose, Part Four
By Bo Holbrook, Ben King, and Fritz Baugh
September 2003--Timeline Year Twenty One
It's the final showdown between Nightsquad, their allies, and the Hain Witch. The fate of the world is at stake (again), and even if the Ghostbusters are victorious they will pay a price in dearest blood...
(First Posted August 7, 2006)
Ghostbusters Nightsquad: Aftermath
By Bo Holbrook and Fritz Baugh
October 2003--Timeline Year Twenty-One
One week ago, the Hain Witch destroyed his headquarters and killed two of his friends. Now, the drunken wreck who was once Bo Holbrook is confronted with the chance to rebuild--problem is, he's not sure it's worth it.
(First Posted September 17, 2007)
(Okay, it technically didn't take place on Halloween...but c'mon, SAMHAIN!!!)
Ghostbusters West Coast: Flipped Out
October 31, 2006--Timeline Year Twenty Four
It's Halloween and something extra weird is going on...as our heroes are confronted with a team of opponents who are both shockingly wierd and very familiar. Not the least of them, a woman named Ellie...
(First Posted October 31, 2006)
Ghostbusters West Coast: HELLoween
By Aidan Munroe
With contributions from the entire GBWC team
October 31, 2007--Timeline Year Twenty-Five
Halloween is the busy season for a GBI franchise, and this year's no exception. It starts with a familiar ship full of ghostly pirates...and then gets even wierder from there!
(First Posted October 31, 2007)
Ghostbusters West Coast: The Masks We Wear
By Jason Knetge
October 31, 2009--Timeline Year Twenty-Seven
It's Halloween, and sure enough something weird has happened: everybody has turned into their Halloween costume! Join Doctor Who, Deadpool, The Wolfman, Ash Williams, Kitty Pryde, Wolverine, and the Cat Girl as they try to figure out what caused this--and how to reverse it.
(First Posted October 31, 2009)
Ghostbusters West Coast: One Froggy Halloween
October 31, 2014--Timeline Year Thirty-Two
It's Halloween, which is seldom a quiet time for any Ghostbusters franchise, and this year is no exception for the West Coast office. A literature professor with personal ties to one of their own is being stalked by a froglike monster. Can they save him before he croaks?
(First Posted October 31, 2014)
The Real Ghostbusters 2023: The Monster of Lungbarrow, Part One
October 2023--Timeline Year Forty-One
TJ has returned home to London--but she's not making the journey alone. And what does the recent grave robbery in an Earl's family plot have to do with it?
(First Posted September 12, 2023)
The Real Ghostbusters 2023: The Monster of Lungbarrow, Part Two
October 2023--Timeline Year Forty-One
So why are John and TJ in England, anyway? And what is up with Ahagotsu's new "friend" Doctor Vidius?
(First Posted October 31, 2023)
The Real Ghostbusters 2023: The Monster of Lungbarrow, Part Three
October 2023--Timeline Year Forty-One
It's the birthday party for TJ's uncle, Sylvester Cadonfloyd. Emotions run high. Passions flare. A prodigal relative returns. A shocking dark secret is revealed.
(First Posted December 19, 2023)
The Real Ghostbusters 2023: The Monster of Lungbarrow, Part Four
October 2023--Timeline Year Forty-One
We know who Doctor Vidius is now, but what we don't know is why? Why has he kidnapped his own uncle? His agenda becomes clearer...though it might not make any more sense.
(First Posted February 29, 2024)
(Not technically on Halloween either, but a chapter was released on Halloween, and it's got a mad scientist, a black cat, a mummy, and a Frankenstein monster in it!.)
Thanks for reading!
--Fritz V. Baugh
Folks, there's some dumb bullshit going on with fucking AI spiders and shit basically screwing up the message board by descending on it in droves and causing "too many connection" problems. You may have noticed.
It started to get bad a couple months ago. I mean, as Rosey noted, there was this showing in the forum stats:
I know my Gen Con roundup wasn't that anticipated.
I did one trick that reduced the traffic...briefly. But by last weekend I could barely get into my own message board due to all the "Too Many Connections" errors.
Anyway, with the new url the "Guests Online" indicator has gone from like 600 to just about zero.
Until I get a better handle on it, I'm just gonna tell you to go to the forum URL ending in a BB3 and delete the "3". I'll let you know when things will work "normal" again.
--Fritz V. Baugh
Art by Jason Knetge
So...remember that fan fiction GBI Franchise I'm part of? The Ghostbusters West Coast Division? Founded in 2003 from an idea by Andy Harnish and with advice from Vincent Belmont, the team was, for a time, the largest in GBI; so large it was divided into two sub teams.
They went through some changes over the years; in 2005 a smaller lineup debuted, but one thing was missing from the story: what happened to cause about half the team to retire? Other than a few hints, that question was left unanswered.
Until now.
Not long ago, GBWC member Kyle Stevens said he was ready to tackle it. And he did. It's been a very long time since I've been able to say this, but...presenting a new tale of the Ghostbusters West Coast:
Ghostbusters West Coast: The Masque of Ashram
By Kyle Stevens
August 2004--Timeline Year Twenty-Two
A disaster in Tennessee releases Andy Harnish's oldest enemy. After trashing the East Tennessee Ghostbusters, Ashram has come to Los Angeles, looking to take his revenge. In the aftermath, the Ghostbusters West Coast will be forever changed...
I hope you'll give it a look. It felt good to be working on this again.
Best of all, Kyle says he's at work on another story.
--Fritz V. Baugh
Tales From the Ectozone: Monsters
Late 2022--Timeline Year Forty
A Ghostbusters team in Paris recently met a werewolf. Back in New York, the Ghostbusters met a mummy with a terrible sense of humor, a zombie, and a magical cat. A mysterious meeting occurs somewhere in England, suggesting that these events may be related...
While it's not actually a chapter of "Sign of the Twins", I've been tinkering with this one for a while, waiting until I felt it was the right time to put it out.
That time, I think, is now.
--Fritz V. Baugh
(All photos without the Ectozone watermark came from Facebook)
Gen Con was held July 31st-August 3rd, and was, as usual, a blast.
Dammit...did they accidentally put Keymaster Games and Gatekeeper Dice too close to each other?!
Okay, the Circle City Ghostbusters were there, so problem solved.
Paizo, in addition to having this Seoni cosplay and a woman in a Skittermander costume who got way into character, debuted the new Starfinder Second Edition. I didn't buy it the first day like I did Pathfinder 2 in 2019, but I did buy it (proof below!)
Main RPG purchaese: Starfinder 2. the Advanced version of Horde Wars (We got the basic version from Pointy Hat Games at last year's Gen Con, and a copy of Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics, as they were selling them for only $10.
A Blokees Action Edition Optimus Prime, and while I didn't actually buy it at Gen Con, I'm counting The Real Ghostbusters: A Visual History because I bought it out of my Gen Con budget. But the biggest, "dumbest" purchase of the year was that little black box next to my badge.
I bought it from this guy:
A few years ago, I remember saying to myself "What happened to all the lightsaber merchants that used to be at Gen Con? They all seemed to vanish as soon as the technology started to get good enough to get decent stuff in a price range I could actually convince myself to afford". It's like somebody heard me.
So, I couldn't resist...
"It's over laundry basket! I have the high ground!!!"
It's not the top of the line with a Proffie board or Xenopixel blade, but for a $100 it's extremely workable--over thirty sound fonts, smooth swing, and color change--it's something six year old me watching A New Hope could only dream of.
Since it was a package deal, Ogre got one too:
Another great Gen Con, and now the long wait until July 30, 2026!
--Fritz V. Baugh
Janine Melnitz Joins Mondo’s The Real Ghostbusters Toyline
Skipping her occasional ghostbusting gear, this version of Janine sticks to her signature receptionist attire from the animated series. Staying true to her on-screen personality, the figure includes a wide assortment of accessories that any sassy, no-nonsense receptionist would need. Included are a haunted desk setup, an office chair (with swappable lower torso for a seamless cross-legged pose), alternate heads and hands, and an exclusive Slimer designed to attach to Janine and appear mid-kiss, serving as a callback to the cartoon’s original intro sequence.
Goddamn it, am I gonna have to sell a kidney or something?!
Gen Con roundup should be August 12th. And hopefully something else that day too (no promises, though--that always bites me in the ass)
--Fritz V. Baugh
Hasbro Pulse Announces Ghostbusters Plasma Series Proton Pack ’84 Replica
Super awesome for those who missed out on it the first time. But $300 is still too rich for my blood.
Hasbro Pulse Announces Ghostbusters Plasma Series Rooftop Showdown Four-Pack
This, as far as I can tell, is the first "new" thing Hasbro has done with the RGB Classic line. Everything else has been a repop...I mean, this is a repop also, but it's a repop that Kenner never did. Also teased at the Hasbro booth was the full-fledged Ecto Glow Capsule Collection, which included silhouetted imagery hinting at future releases. Among them: Slimer, Stay Puft, Louis Tully, and the long-lost, never-released Ecto Glow Copter. These items are slated to launch between fall 2025 and sometime in 2026.
--Fritz V. Baugh
And for the site's birthday, a new story!!!
The Real Ghostbusters 2024: The Sign Of The Twins, Part Five
June 20, 2024--Timeline Year Forty-Two
A day they'd feared has arrived--the Herald of Gozer has returned. Driven by her own tragedies and trauma, the Lady of the Steady Waters moves ahead with her own agenda, and there is no way that's good news for the Ghostbusters. Especially not the possible Child of Zodiac, John Spengler--or those dear to him.
Sorry this one took so long--I had really intended to get it out in April, as the previous few chapters had made it out about two months apart, but I kept finiding myself questioning the direction of the story, and how to get where I was wanting to go. So it took some time to hash all of this out in my head, and I think I'm pretty sure where I'm going now.
Thanks for your patience, and I hope you'll give it a look.
--Fritz V. Baugh
The writers of the upcoming Real Ghostbusters: A Visual History have put up a video talking about it.
Looking forward to this more than ever, even without being mentioned in passing at around 34:02
--Fritz V. Baugh
From GBFans: Hasbro brings back the Ecto-Glow Heroes for SDCC
Originally released in 1991, the Ecto-Glow Heroes represented the final run of Real Ghostbusters figures from the original Kenner run, and featured the four Ghostbusters and Louis Tully in special glow-in-the-dark uniforms (including glowing mask accessories of their own heads), packaged with glowing ghosts and proton packs.
The 2025 versions of the Ecto-Glow Heroes (minus Louis)...
WHOO-HOO! This sounds awesome so far!!!
Final renders and further details, such as the retail price are expected to be released in the near future, however for comparison, the first wave of Kenner Classics figures retailed for around $14.99 each.
woo-hoo. This sucks.
This line was rather spottily distributed; I personally didn't even know they existed until I saw a guy at a comic show selling them for a big markup, around 1993 or so. I bought his Egon and Venkman, but he didn't come to the next show and I could never get Winston and Ray (or even Louis) back in the day.
Ah well, guess I can't complain too much about something I never had anyway, right?
--Fritz V. Baugh
The Real Ghostbusters 2024: The Sign Of The Twins, Part Four
June 20, 2024--Timeline Year Forty-Two
John Spengler reels from what Enrico Amore has told him--and the questions that are still unanswered. Meanwhile, what has got Slimer so completely freaked out?
--Fritz V. Baugh
So I want to wish everyone a Happy N...
The Real Ghostbusters 2024: The Sign Of The Twins, Part Three
June 20, 2024--Timeline Year Forty-Two
As Eric, Marie, and TJ go on a bust, John has a meeting with the Dean of the Sons of Ether, a man who seems to have some surprsing knowledge of John's situation with the mysterious Children of Zodiac.
Have as safe and happy a Thirty Fifth Year of the Age of Aquarius as you can.
--Fritz V. Baugh
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