This weekend is the 25th annual MCBA SPRINGCON!
I’ll be there, talking comics, doing sketches, signing the various things I’ve written over the years, and having a blast in general! PLEASE stop by and say hello!
All the info you need to have is at the following link:
This year’s Free Comic Book Day (for which I wrote the #0 issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures for IDW) saw me winging it down to Georgia and GALACTIC QUEST, where I could not have had a better time. (Without access to jetpacks.)
More… below the break!
Comic Book Resources has a five page preview of the first TMNT: New Animated Adventures comic, written by me, drawn by Dario Brizuela, and colored by Ronda Pattison! It’s a fun little story about the boys trading weapons…
…This means IDW and Nickelodeon allowed me to put a sword in Michelangelo’s hands!
(Click here to check out the preview!)
It’ll be one of the many, many offerings for Free Comic Book Day this year, and I do hope you can score a copy. Please let me know what you think — either at my Twitter feed (twitter.com/erikburnham) or my Facebook fan page (facebook.com/erikburnhamfanpage)
I’ll be heading down to Georgia next week to sign and sketch at Galactic Quest in Buford! Please do stop by and say hello!
And now, my favorite page from the preview, an homage to the famous “snatch this pebble from my hand” bit!
I talk with CBR’s Karl Keilly about the upcoming TMNT Micro-Series: Baxter Stockman, as well as a little bit about the FCBD issue I wrote!
This November I’ll be heading back to New England for the Coast City Comic Con in Portland, ME! The show will be November 8-10.
(That’s right, don’t pay attention to the dates on the image I clearly swiped from the C4 Facebook page so as to grab your attention! I didn’t want you missing this post!)
Anyway, I’m truly looking forward to it. Other guests include Tim Seeley, Ethan Nicolle, and Larry Hama… so if nothing else, I’m in some great company.
Hope to see some of you all there!
Coming this June, HOAX HUNTERS: CASE FILES. I’ve been a big fan of this book by Michael Moreci & Steve Seeley – they let me do a pinup of fan-favorite character Murder for issue #4 – and was honored to be asked to pitch in to the Case Files.
In addition to my contribution, this issue includes work by… well, here’s Moreci’s FB announcement: “Tim Daniel, Tim Seeley, Ryan Browne, Nick Pitarra, Keith Derek James Burns, Frank Barbiere Brian Level, and Fact or Faked’s Ben Hansen is in the issue.”
All that behind a Mike Norton cover! It’s going to be fun.
Join us in June!
I wrote this! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Animated Adventures (what a mouthful!) comic for Free Comic Book Day.
Art is by Dario Brizuela (who did this cover) and man alive, I can’t wait for you all to get in on it! Check it out this May 4th at anywhere you get your comics!
I’ll be heading south – and east – this year for Free Comic Book Day, doing signings at both the Lawrenceville and Buford locations of GALACTIC QUEST (in the Atlanta, Georgia area).
Looking forward to signing Ghostbusters comics, TMNT comics, A-Team com– say, I’ve done a whole lot of 80′s related work!
I’ll sign, and hey, I’ll do head sketches too, for any that want ‘em.
I’ll have more news on this later, folks! See ya in Georgia on May The Fourth! (FCBD AND Star Wars Day? An embarrassment of Geekery!)
Today’s the day! You can check out the first issue of the arc, on sale at Comixology, GhostbustersFans, and fine comic book stores everywhere!
I did a couple of interviews for this that went up yesterday — both have some exclusive content.
Interview at IDW Publishing’s website
Hope you all enjoy — and tell a friend!
If you have any questions or comments, you can hit me up on my twitter or tumblr, both of which should be linked to the left sidebar!
Thanks, everybody!
I’ll be heading down to the always awesome Limited Edition comics on February 27 to sign New Ghostbusters #1, Secret History of the Foot Clan, and anything else I may have written at one time or another!
Since it’s coming hot on the heels of my birthday, there’s also going to be some cake.
I swear to you folks, this store’s only flaw in my eyes is the fact that it’s so far away!
Come hang out!
Wow! Busy week. I’ve been seeing to many upcoming projects (which is a sentence that gives me GREAT joy to type.)
Today, January 23, is the King of Days! New Comic Book Day! And the second chapter of Secret History of the Foot Clan is on the stands! Mateus Santolouco did the art and cooked up the story, I pitched in with the script (and proudly!) Check it out!
Last week, while in the midst of InsaneBusyTime I missed noting the release of MARS ATTACKS the REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, the crossover I wrote, pencilled by Jose Holder and with colors by Jeremy Colwell! Check it out, it was a hoot!
Finally, it was announced today: the theme for the next round of TMNT Micro Series is VILLAINS, and I’m working on BAXTER STOCKMAN with ANDY KUHN! (Man, I have really gotten to work with some GREAT artists. Love that the tradition continues.)
Here’s the cover to Baxter:
…but not the first appearance, I hope!
I’ll be appearing at the GRANITE STATE COMIC CON in September of this year, over in Manchester, NH.
You can find all you need to know about the con HERE:
Others making the trek to New England for the show include Katie Cook (of My Little Pony and GRONK fame), Craig Rousseau (co-creator/artist of the Perhapanauts) and Mike Raicht (co-writer/co-creator of Stuff of Legend.) There will be more guests announced, but I wanted to mention these guys — partly to show the good company I’m in, partly to call attention to the awesomeness of Gronk, the Perhapanauts, and Stuff of Legend (which is drawn by my Splinter collaborator, CP Wilson III.)
See you guys in the fall! (And in many other places beforehand — watch that upcoming appearance list, and be sure to follow me on Twitter — @erikburnham — if you aren’t already!)
Cover by Mateus Santolouco
At long last! That dockworkers strike could only hope to delay the start of this pulse-pounding miniseries…
Mateus Santolouco came up with the story and drew the thing, I helped out on the script… and I am very proud of some of the moments we’ve gotten in this miniseries. It’ll be in stores everywhere January 09, 2013.
And now, here’s a link to a preview:
TMNT: Secret History of the Foot Clan — preview at CBR
I did a Q&A over at the GHOSTBUSTERS WIKI recently — you get three guesses as to the topic of conversation (and two don’t count!)
Here’s the link:
http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Interview_with_Erik_Burnham
2012 was a big year for me.
Starting with January, and the fifth issue of the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book from IDW. Together with Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Tristan Jones, the entire calendar year of 2012 had a Ghostbusters comic in it. My first ongoing series, and the series that turned me into a full time comics creator.
But wait, there’s more. I also wrote a ridiculously well-received Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles one-shot, featuring Splinter. I was allowed to write the character in some different character territory, much of it focused on his temperamental youth. The fans did not eat me alive for it, so, y’know, score!
And though neither project is out until next month, I had a BOATLOAD of fun writing the Mars Attacks the Real Ghostbusters one shot and co-writing (with artist Mateus Santolouco) the TMNT miniseries Secret History of the Foot Clan.
Just wonderful experiences the whole way down the line.
This year also saw me going to – for the first time ever – the San Diego Comic Con. The big show. I was warned that I’d be overwhelmed. That I wasn’t, but then, I didn’t get to do as much as I would have liked. Luckily, my wants for the show were few – I wanted to say hello to a few folks I’d never had the chance to meet before, including my international (Canada, Mexico, Australia) collaborators on Ghostbusters. Meeting those gents (and editor Tom Waltz, who I’d known for years but kept missing at cons) was worth the whole trip… I also got to say hello to some other people, folks I’ve not worked with but maybe one day will.
Regrettably, I had to cancel out of C2E2 in Chicago, a disappointment, but it happens.
I also had a great time making a few signing appearances – I hope to do more of those in 2013 as well; it’s a nice, fun bit of socializing, and I can always use more of that!
I’d also like to get some creator owned work done again as well — seeing so many fantastic books coming out has made me want to join in and play.
I’ve been inspired by so many folks this year, I’d forget at least half if I attempted a list (I should know, I just tried.)
I’ve been inspired by a wide range of books by folks I know, folks I “internet know,” and folks who wouldn’t know me from Adam.
…I think I may actually need to post THAT list next year! (Or later this week. You know, whichever.)
All of these ladies and gents have made me want to be a better comic book writer and artist, and so to all of you I say thanks.
Also thanks to the readers, who have been very supportive, everyone up at IDW, and all of the folks I’ll be working with in the year(s) to come, thanks in advance.
This was a rambly post that only focused a little tiny bit on the work I’ve been doing… and I have a script on another screen I’m DYING to get back to!
Happy 2013, everyone!
