BoosterPowershot posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 1:19 PM
Haha, such bitterness in your writing! I guess I'm getting the double whammy of death...just not today. Probably Friday. I look forward to your reviews.
tiggerpete posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 3:18 PM
I gotta say, BG 38 and JL GL 13 were both excellent, 5/5 IMO, nothing is a better palate cleanser than Nazi-punching. (also, holy crap at the end of the Captain Atom Magog fight)
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 3:50 PM
OMG! No spoilers! >Covers both ears with both hands!< I enjoyed what I read of the BOOSTER GOLD 38 preview at Newsarama earlier this week, and I am really looking forward to my weekly LCS visit later today.
Harry posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM
I hope there is a turn around in story quality soon. Despite finding generally positive web reviews of G&D's run, the sales estimates for BG 37 took a bit of a dive (lost 700+). Way too many for a book under 20K.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 4:35 PM
Agreed. The downward sales trend for the title is accelerating, the opposite of what you'd expect given the success of GENERATION LOST and SEARCH FOR BRUCE WAYNE. I intend to cover this tomorrow in a little more depth with a new sales graph.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Nov. 10, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Of course! I publicly state that I am excited to read BOOSTER GOLD 38, and then I find out that UPS has shorted my LCS most of its order. Bummer. Better luck tomorrow, maybe.
tiggerpete posted on Nov. 11, 2010 at 2:45 AM
that sucks, BG 38 for me was the best part of a really good week (btw, Booster makes an appearance in the final issue of Return of Bruce Wayne, also out this week, fair warning, its very much a Grant Morrison book)
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Nov. 11, 2010 at 3:08 AM
Your fair warning comes much too late. I'd already updated the main post above to include the B:TROBW cameo. That was sadly one of the only books my LCS had, so it's all I've had to keep me company this evening. Of course, I absolutely hated it. At this point, I really don't understand why anyone reads anything Morrison writes anymore. I conceded that he's technically competent and has quite a bag of tricks as a writer. But his stories are bloated and entirely masturbatory. He's a poet, not a storyteller.
tiggerpete posted on Nov. 11, 2010 at 11:14 AM
personally, I like Grant Morrison, is his stuff easy to read? hell no, but its one of those things that when you reread it, or look at the big picture, you see the genius that is Morrison, I know its not a popular position to take, but Final Crisis IMO is one of the more ingenius stories of the last 5 years, the only problem with it is the title of "crisis" granted, Morrison isn't for everybody, but a certain number of Fanboys are diehard Morrison fans, I guess you either love the guy, or hate him, sort of like Alan Moore.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Nov. 11, 2010 at 6:21 PM
I recognize that Morrison has positive aspects, and some of his work is very, very good. However, his style is far from mainstream, and I hate it when he writes for the DC Universe-at-large. It's just NOT what I want to read in a comic book. (P.S.: I love Alan Moore.)
tiggerpete posted on Nov. 13, 2010 at 3:00 PM
I like some of Alan Moore, but like Morrison, he's best when he writes his own things or is disconnected from continuity (Swamp Thing, Watchmen) Morrison's best work has been somewhat unattached to continuity as well (Arkham Asylum, Animal Man, Doom Patrol)
