FUNKO GLOW
He first appeared in the 1984 film starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and was voiced by Mark Bryan Wilson.
In the 2016 reboot, they created a fictional history for our gelatinous friend.
THE CREATION OF SLIMER
Steve Johnson, the artist behind the slime, says a hardcore cocaine binge helped him complete the arduous ordeal of creating this iconic mascot. He explains the production was “a goddamn nightmare,” but here, he opens up on just how batty he was being driven by the gig:
Then, the day before it was due, he found out that Harold Ramis and Dan Ackroyd had always wanted Slimer in John Belushi’s likeness as a tribute to their deceased friend—something no one had bothered to tell Johnson throughout the six-month process of creating the ghost. (“I said, What the fuck are you talking about?” he adds.) So that night, Johnson took an eight ball of coke, cut up a gram of cocaine on top of a stack of headshots of Belushi, and that’s when things started to get creative:
“I was three grams into the night and in a cocaine-induced delusional paranoia and I literally thought that John Belushi’s ghost came to me to help me out,” Johnson says, explaining the ghost encouraged him and even modeled for the likeness. And with that pharmaceutical-grade help, the Slimer design was approved the next day.
About the Figure
Character: Slimer
Character Family: Ghostbusters Movie
Product Line: Pop
Convention/Event: San Diego Comic Con
Material: Vinyl
Packaging: Original (Unopened)
Year: 2014
Brand: Funko
Features: Glow in the dark
Rarity: Vaulted/Retired
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