Born November 22, 1946

Crossed To the Other Side October 26, 2016

You will be greatly missed, Mom.

--Fritz V. Baugh

Extreme Ghostbusters: Coda and Terchi's Extreme Adventure, Part One
March 1998--Timeline Year Sixteen
A routine day at Ghostbusters Central; Janine is looking at wedding dresses; Ray is welcoming his wife and son to New York City; and the Extreme Ghostbusters get a call about hairy-footed kids materializing in Queens. Okay, maybe it's not so routine.

This story is a follow-up to Hearts In Eclipse; EGBFan requested I do more with Coda and Terchi from Enlightenment, and I thought of an idea; I'd always meant to get back to some of the ideas I'd left dangling in "Hearts In Eclipse", combine that with an idea for a couple of cute scenes (one of which I expect to play very well with my audience) and, well, it just seemed to fall together.

Hope everyone enjoys it.

Now in the Ectozone gallery: The Ghostbusters from 2016's Ghostbusters: Answer The Call. These characters do exist in Ectozone continuity, but are not Ghostbusters--they exist as staff of the Spengler Institute For Metaphysical Examination, and Patty is the niece of Winston Zeddemore (because Ernie Hudson played Patty's uncle in GBATC).

--Fritz V. Baugh

< In The News
August 2016--Timeline Year Thirty-Four
Announcing the establishment of the Spengler Institute, a partnership of GBI with some surprising collaborators. Plus a familiar face enters the 2017 New York Mayoral race.

This is one half set-up for the status quo as seen in the Ghostbusters 2021 origin story Eye of Aretpo, and the other half a suggested use in the Ectozone/GBOT fanon of some characters that have appeared on the Ghostbusters scene recently. I don't know if it's a compromise that will satisfy anybody, but I had to try!

--Fritz V. Baugh

GenCon 2016 just wrapped up.

As you might expect, there were Pokemon in the Convention Center...

Something strange, who ya gonna call?

"Lock and load, Ladies!"

"Wait for it...wait for it..."

"NOW!!!"

And here's the part where I show off the crap I bought. Surprising amount of Doctor Who...

The comic was an exclusive from WhoNA, and the non-Who comic was written by WhoNA's co-owner, Keith Bradbury. They're actually based right here in Indy, and I've visited their warehouse a number of times.

Some 13th Age stuff..

The coins were an impulse buy, but they're neat.

And miscellaneous:

An official GenCon badge holder (I figure after seven of them, six in a row, I'm no longer a Casual at this), a couple of Ars Magica books, and I finally, after two years, broke down and bought the DnD 5th Edition Player's Handbook. I'm not really interested in the Robotech minis game, but I decided I wanted the Veritech minis themselves, and there was a 30% off coupon I could use.

I know, I know, you don't care about any of that. What's Cryptozoic up to with their GB2 game?

The demo game wasn't as "finished" as the one last year--they didn't have the minis and used paper stand-ins instead. The Equipment Cards (a new feature in the GB2 game) are loaded with RGB and EGB references such as The Codex of Saint Theophilus. It looks fun, but I'm a little worried that they may have started to add complications which will bloat the game. I hope not; we'll see I guess.

I'm a little jealous of the "Yeti Level" Kickstarter backers, I admit. I won't name any names, but I know one of them, and the character he's getting based on himself is freakin' broken!!!

And next year...GenCon 50!!!

--Fritz V. Baugh

For the first time in twenty-seven years, a new Ghostbusters movie will be appearing in theatres today. It's been a long, strange journey to get to this day--full of setbacks, reversals, joy and dispair. The movie we're getting is, to borrow a phrase, not the one a lot of Ghostheads wanted, but we'll see if it's the one we needed. We've seen the best and worst of the fan community in action the last couple of years, and today we find out whether our hopes or our fears are borne out.

Whatever the end result, it's been quite a ride.

--Fritz V. Baugh

Announced on Bleeding Cool (who link to Variety)

That's pretty much all we know at present.

--Fritz V. Baugh

As a little movie called Ghostbusters celebrates its 32nd birthday, the release of the reboot is drawing ever closer.

And also this:

Ghostbusters: Love Songs--Believe
December, 1994--Timeline Year Twelve
Homecoming in Truro. Ray's a bit nervous; maybe he should be.

--Fritz V. Baugh

The Ectozone's birthday is lucky #13!

Not that worrying about the 13th of something has ever worried me--having been born on the 13th I'm immune.

I'd hoped to have another installment of "Love Songs" out today, but I got preoccupied by having my hosting revamped. It wasn't something I chose--the company I host with discontinued the service I was using and I had to move to another one--but it still meant some work copying files and making sure the message board kept working took some time, effort, and worry.

Check out my Deviantart page to see me drawing the 2016 Ghostbusters for the first time! The power of Patty compels you!!!

--Fritz V. Baugh