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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Comics in Five Panels

A few weeks back, Booster booster Eyzmaster and Waezi2 got together over at Comics In 5 Panels to discuss Justice League : Generation Lost. The premise of the site is to use 5 panels to recap a single series, but it's impossible to talk about the impact of Generation Lost without mentioning the New 52.

Waezi2: Even weirder is that despite Booster Gold being pretty popular the last couple of years before the Nu52, Johns made him... disappear. LITERATELY!

Granted, JLI was apparently not a big success, and Johns has a reputation for using C-List characters as canon-fodder to make them seem important, but when Frankenstein was cancelled, he was at least made part of Justice League Dark(can you believe how cheap DC is today?). So that's actually n52 in a nutshell: "Hey, kids! Sorry that you will never read about Booster Gold again, but it was SO important to make it clear how BIG an impact Superman and Wonder Woman making out has."

Bottom-line: third-stringers has no place in n52.

You can find the whole article at comicsin5panels.blogspot.dk.

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Freytaw posted on Aug. 13, 2014 at 12:28 PM
"third-stringers has no place in n52"
This is so wrong. There are "third stringers" all over the place in the New 52, we just have to look at them. Except it still the same thing, nobody want to look at them or just ignoring it. Ok, Booster is not back (yet), but we can find a lot of substitute heroes at each corner of the DC Verse, with the JLD (Frankenstein, Deadman) , JLU (Animal Man), JLA bring back Vibe (they try a solo title about him), Katana was there too. We still have got Frankenstein and Grifter in Futures End. Klarion will come back in his own title. All the GL still exists. Black Lightning still around the corner (see in Forever Evil and DC Universe Presents). We've got right now, a new title about the Forever People (who's talking about third-stringers ?), etc, etc, etc...

I am mostly talking about the "bottom-line" sentence... But anyway...

Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 13, 2014 at 3:02 PM
I agree that the New 52 has taken a lot of chances promoting 3rd string characters. None of that has panned out except in ensemble books, but that's always been the case. (The mass market just doesn't exist for minor characters, and that's what makes them minor characters. Not very "New,' is it?)

However, I agree with the sentiment (if not the exact phrasing). By throwing out decades of backstory, the DCnU feels a lot smaller than the old DCU, and that's discouraging.

Freytaw posted on Aug. 13, 2014 at 7:50 PM
Of course it's smaller, because it is "new". That's all the point about the "new". This is a world in construction. We just have to give it a chance to build itself, and of course, it will take a little time...

I undertstand the other feeling too, and I know that it feels very bad to lose all the heritage of the old universe. But it's a part of the DC history, and I'm sure they know it. We just have to give us a chance to show us what they want to tell with this "new" universe.

The next "crisis" and Multiversity could tell us a lot about it. Maybe I am just naive, I can't tell, but I'm still believe that they know what they're doing. And I am belive in the power of the "third-stringer" characters, and I believe in the power of Booster Gold, to come back and show us (again) how great he is !

Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 14, 2014 at 2:20 AM
First of all, I don't see much "new" in the New 52 other than pinstriping. I have yet to see a single story that DC is telling that required a universe-wide reboot. So to be perfectly clear, I don't get the point of "new," especially when it is not coupled with "improved."

That said, DC didn't create the New 52 to sell comics to me or anyone else who has been buying comics as long as I've been buying comics. They wanted/needed new blood, and I hope they got it. I also hope that whoever they are selling comics to these days is enjoying them. Superman et al are great characters and I am hopeful that those who came after me will like them as much as I do.

I'm not worried about Booster Gold. He'll be back one day, and his fans will be waiting for him.

Eyz posted on Aug. 14, 2014 at 8:44 AM
To the others above: Taking chances? I don't see the New 52 doing any of that.
Repurposing better ideas under a new coat of paint? Sure. Like Justice League Dark, Animal Man, Blackhawks, the Green Team or Dial H.

We already had all of those eiter during the 80s or the 2000s.

But making new books like Xombi (which the DC one was just canceled prior to the New 52), Jaime Reyes' original Blue Beetle book at the time, Montoya's Question or Doctor 13? I don't see any of those.

And by all that I just mean making fun NEW ideas. New series. Like offering comedy books, not just gritty thrillers and adventures. Say, the Angel & Ape series (the original, 80s or Vertigo one for example).
Or a book lead by an Asian main protagonist like the Ryan Choi All-New Atom.
Don't see any of that.

The current New 52 is such a streamlined generic line. I mean, sure they tried (a little) in the beginning, but it all down to 60% gritty Bat-books, 30& GL and Superman action-adventure stuff and 10% team books/Vertigo-ysh "superhero" supernatural dramas.

Where's my fun sitcom-style JLI funny title!?

Also, I miss Kevin Maguire, but that doesn't have anything to do with all that.

Monday, May 12, 2014

Isn't It Ironic (Don't You Think)

Eyz dropped by late last week to share with us a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle drawing he didn't do. I'm sure you'll agree he did the right thing.

Artist Kaitlyn Van Dorn, aka "the unbrilliant," titles her piece "blue and gold hipsters." Van Dorn is clearly a huge Ted Kord fan, and this is just one of a bunch of Blue Beetle- and Justice League International-inspired pieces on her Tumblr and DeviantArt.com sites. Go take a look, I mean, if you want.

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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

It's Not My Fault

For the past 5 weeks (since November 5th!), no one has left a comment on a post here at Boosterrific.com. I had decided not to panic. There hasn't been a Booster Gold comic in months, so why should anyone have anything to say around here? Turns out it wasn't you, it was me.

Longtime Booster booster Eyz sent me an email early this morning with a particular complaint:

For a while (a month? perhaps a bit longer..) I haven't been able to comment on Boosterrific. Every time I write a comment and I press the submit button, instead of being prompted to a confirmation code ("write below the characters you see above..") a second submit button pops up. And if I press it, it reloads the page losing my comment in the process...

I looked into it, and he was absolutely right. Google had migrated their reCAPTHCA processing scripts, and I was still using the old Carnegie Mellon University links (outdated since 2010). This error was eating comments. Shame on me.

I've fixed the error and you should all be able to comment again (though you may need to force a browser refresh to clear the old scripts). It was never my intention to deactivate commenting, and I apologize if I discouraged anyone from dropping a line. In the future, should you ever find anything on this site you consider to be a bug, please let me know on the Forum or via email (webmaster at Boosterrific.com). If you think it would help for me to build a contact form page, I could do that too.

My eternal thanks, Eyz, for pointing out the malfunction.

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Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 5:27 AM
And yes, the post title is a STAR WARS reference. Because this site is my Millennium Falcon. It may not look like much, but it's got it where it counts. ;)

MetalWoman posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 9:22 AM
I had noticed the issue too. Sorry I did not contact you about the bug.

SuperPat posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Yay! Glad to see it fixed!

Freytaw posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM
Thank you for the fix ! Sorry that I didn't tell you anything ever... I was thinking it was just me !

Mark posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 3:29 PM
This is a test of the Boosterific blog. In the event of a real emergency seek shelter immediately.

Brady posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 11:36 PM
My comment appears to have been lost, or is there a time delay?

Brady posted on Dec. 10, 2013 at 11:38 PM
Now it worked. I have the best news! I finally found a copy of Showcase Presents: Booster Gold vol. 1 on Amazon, and bought it! Last year, I asked for it for Christmas and got 52 Pick-Up, even though I specifically said I wanted the one from 1986. This year, I did it right and bought it myself.

Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Dec. 11, 2013 at 12:42 AM
That is good news, Brady. I wish that SHOWCASE volume was still in production. If you ask me, it should be required reading for all high school literature classes.

Eyz posted on Dec. 11, 2013 at 6:05 AM
Glad I have helped!

Awesome! Suddenly massive amounts of comments come back~

Brady posted on Dec. 12, 2013 at 7:10 PM
It absolutely should be required reading! Not just for high school, but for college, elementary, citizenship, driver's ed, obedience school...
It hasn't come in the mail yet. It's greatness is just so obvious, I don't have to read it to know you're right.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Scribbling for Scribblenauts

To celebrate the release of Scribblenauts Unmasked, DeviantArt.com hosted a contest featuring DC Comics characters. There were hundreds of submissions, many of which featured Booster Gold!

Click on any of the images above (by kirbyhead, eyzmaster, and stuartmday, respectively) to visit DeviantArt.com and see larger images.

You can see more Booster Gold-inspired pieces here. You'll find the well-deserved contest winners here.

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Wednesday, September 5, 2012

New-ish Release: The Man of Gold

First of all, today's feature isn't exactly a new release; it was published 3 weeks ago. But given that Booster Gold doesn't seem to exist in the DCnU right now, we'll have to take what we can get. Lucky for us, what we can get is a delightful easy reader for second graders that is at least as entertaining as anything DC Comics has published in the DCnU to date.

The Man of Gold by Paul Weissburg and accomplished Batman: Gotham Adventures artist Tim Levins is not a comic, but a 5-inch by 7-inch book with illustrations. There's a lot to like in the book's simple, direct prose narrative of how Booster Gold's drive for fame and glory soon threatens both Superman and the safety of the Metropolis itself. While Booster's origin herein may not be exactly what Dan Jurgens wrote, this Booster's personality isn't too far afield from what we saw in his earliest comic book appearances. This Booster is a jerk with a heart of gold.

Booster's primary antagonist in this adventure is the Jack Kirby-created Stompa, a member of Granny Goodness' Female Furies of Apokolips. Despite both characters having decades-long careers in comic books, this is the first encounter between the pair. Their refreshing face-off results in a battle which sees Booster's force field creatively used as an offensive weapon.

Because this book was designed to encourage children to read via the Advanced Reader system in the classroom, it ends with Discussion Questions. Question 3 encourages readers to explain which of the book's 10 illustrations is their favorite. Tim Levin's JLU-inspired art deserves the attention. Detail-oriented readers may spot that Booster wears the collar-less version of his classic power suit in the published book, but Tim Levins' original art online at his Deviant Art page has the more familiar collared powersuit that Booster has worn in all of Justice League Unlimited appearances. The book doesn't have any Discussion Questions encouraging thoughts about the motivation for this change.

This book is just one in a series of similar books published under the DC Super Heroes license by Capstone Publications (who also re-publish DC Comics with "durable hardcover" bindings for grade school libraries). While your Local Comic Shop may not carry "real" books, you can find a copy of this book at Amazon.com. I'd like to see DC publish 81 pages of story for $5.95! Thanks to Eyz for bringing this book to my attention.

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