Media: fan tribute
"Why should I let myself be used for the profits of others?"
—Booster Gold, Booster Gold #16, 1987
The chronological adventures of Booster Gold have been depicted exclusively in comic book form, however the character has escaped the 4-color pages of comic books to appear in a variety of other media. Surely this would make Booster quite proud.
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When Booster Gold, Vol. 1 was canceled, the letter columns of Justice League books (the "Justice Log") began to feature letters containing the pleas of Booster Gold's number one fan club, the Booster Brigade. The Booster Brigade, formed by Rob "DJ" Socha and Scott "Sonny" Edinger, produced newsletters, membership updates, and even membership cards in the dark days before worldwide information distribution via the internet was available. Long disbanded, the Booster Brigade may be gone, but it is not forgotten.
Dedicated to Booster Gold, Blue Beetle, Green Lantern Guy Gardner, Fire, and Ice, Elemental Colors was a fan zine formed in the early 1990s to celebrate these long-time core members of the Justice League International.
Publisher Jerry Loomis featured Booster Gold prominently on a number of covers for his Justice League newsletter, Logger-Heads International (LHI), during the early 1990s. LHI was named in honor of the aforementioned "Justice Log" letters pages of the Justice League International.
Fan films featuring Batman, Superman, or Wonder Woman are a dime a dozen. However, fan films featuring more obscure Justice Leaguers like Booster Gold and Blue Beetle require creators willing to go that extra mile.
Blinky Productions is just such a fan with just such a film. Among Blinky's many fan films is a public service announcement by Blue and Gold. You can see this and other films featuring Booster Gold on Blinky's website or youtube.
The Booster Gold fans at DC2 Universe.com, a fan fiction site devoted to the DC Universe, are so excited about Booster Gold's adventures that they spend the time between issues writing their own. Now that's a devoted fan base. The Booster Gold storyline is written by Patrick J. Nestor, Jr. with covers by Sylvain Swimer.
At FanFiciton.net, Mr. Chaos has posted several fan fiction stories featuring the exploits of DC super heroes. Among the many stories of this prolific writer are "The Greatest Story Finally Told," "I Can't Believe This Isn't Final Crisis," and "The Legend of Booster Hollow," all dedicated to furthering the exploits of Booster Gold.
Not so much a Booster-centric blog as Spokane, Washington resident Andrew Prenger's personal comic book reviews, but it's got a great name: http://boostergoldfanclub.blogspot.com/.
Booster Gold was the primary character in Strawberry Heroes' fan-made 1-hour stage show titled A Hero's Quest at the German anime/manga convention Animuc 2010. Strawberry Heroes' own Anna Maxeiner was the primary costume designer for the show and was responsible for the Booster Gold costume. The production is the first in a series, the sequel Secret Files was performed at FantasyDays 2010 with more planned. Parts of the German-language production with its extensive cast of American comic book heroes, can be found on youtube.com. Pictures of the production can be seen here. Strawberry Heroes' website is www.strawberry-heroes.de.tl.
Another Booster Gold blog, this one much more Booster-centric, has been launched at thegreatestblogyouveneverheardof.blogspot.com. Written and maintained by TGB, a devoted fan of Booster Gold, the site is primarily devoted to critiques and reviews of DC Comics publications featuring the Corporate Crusader.
In 2011, the fan film group Super Unofficial turned their attention to lesser known heroes with their "Five Faces Project." Among the heroes spotlighted in this project was Booster Gold, who received star treatment in Booster Gold - The Five Faces Project hosted on the Super Unofficial site at youtube.com/SuperUnofficial.
The 5-minute short film/music video was written by Edward O'Hare and Steven LaMorte, and directed by LaMorte. Booster Gold was played by Gil Zabarsky, and Skeets was voiced by O'Hare. The original music was written and performed by Kristopher Fulton.
Danny Nielsen created the "Blue and Gold: A Superman and Booster Gold Podcast" in order to review and celebrate Superman and Booster Gold. This is the first podcast on the internet dedicated to Booster Gold. Podcast episodes can be downloaded via blueandgoldpodcast.blogspot.com or via Feedburner.
FKAJason of the Splitting Atoms blog and his pal Roy have created the "Silver and Gold Podcast" dedicated to reviewing the adventures of Captain Atom and Booster Gold. Podcast episodes can be downloaded via shoutengine.com.
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