tiggerpete posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 6:03 PM
and here's the kicker, this is pre-internet, shocking when you realize that this is nearly identical to various forum posts that you can come across on both sides of a given issue
Fanboys=consistently upset about something since the beginning of letter columns
I believe the saying goes "you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time"

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 4:13 AM
The more things change....

Harry posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM
G&D are divisive writers. To create humor, they are often left to disparaging one or more characters (or at least portraying them in a less than flattering light). Many fans are protective of their favorites and many others are resistant to their comics being "silly". When I was collecting this comics, I must admit that I cringed several times at B&G's antics. It made the characters targets for mockery by my friends (and by proxy, me as well for being a fan). But it also created fans that adored the characters and who would defend them (and G&D). Polarization of the fanbase may not be the way to universal acceptance and top ten sales... but it could be the way to consistently selling 20k issues over 5-10 years. I would hate to see BG regress to immaturity. But I would hate to seem him stagnate as a character. I intend to do my best to enjoy the ride.

TGB posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM
And it isn't just that - it's become so darned formulaic. Look through each G&D issue and about 1/2 to 2/3s of the way through it, they have Booster monologue about how it isn't right for him to be there, how he's changed so much over time, how they weren't REALLY idiots but were content to let people think so... It's like it's their way of justifying it all. The problem is that here you have polarization of a relatively small fanbase. BG was selling around 20k before the change... does dividing the fanbase keep it at 20k?

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Just for you, TGB (this was going to be a future post, but you can have it now -- happy Labor Day!), from JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #24:

See? They were using the fun-loving dudes excuse even back in 1989. [Again, this is presumably editor Andy Helfer responding.]

Eyz posted on Sep. 7, 2010 at 6:30 AM
Oh..the letter... XD
I'd say (well, that's an old letter, but I'd say this anyway) get Beetle & Gold out of the book so I'll only have to buy their adventures instead of the whole JL! :P
And give them a cartoon show, and a movie, and--

Justin Garrett Blum posted on Sep. 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM
I know there are a lot of people who still feel this way about those old issues of JLI--they carry a grudge to this day about the Bwa-ha-ha league. I've never really been a fan of the Justice League in general, so I think G&D's stuff is classic, since I actually cared about the characters for a change, more so than I really cared about the adventures (which isn't to say that G&D didn't do some interesting arcs).

TGB posted on May. 28, 2010 at 10:27 AM
I can understand your pessimism; I'm giving it a few issues though before I really decide. I want to like it, and for me, 1/12th of the way there is too soon. Thanks for the shout-out!

TGB posted on May. 28, 2010 at 11:57 AM
Also, looking ahead at the plot through issue 8 on the DC site, it's hard to not be a little optimistic about where it will go.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 28, 2010 at 10:11 PM
I never read previews. I much prefer to be surprised. I'll read them all based on the fact that Booster is in them whether they are good or not or whether they are hyped or not. I can't judge the value of a comic based on books that do not exist. If a comic book can't stand on its own legs, I can't recommend it no matter what else it may be tied to.

TGB posted on May. 29, 2010 at 12:05 AM
I can understand that. I get a little impatient sometimes. I'm going to read it anyway as well, but they wouldn't give it away if it mattered, so I suppose it's like a trailer for a movie.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 29, 2010 at 12:10 AM
But movie trailers DO give it all away, and that's pretty much my point. I don't want to know the who, what, when, where, and how before I read the book.

TGB posted on May. 29, 2010 at 12:44 AM
You do have a point. I meant that they wouldn't put it up if it was so important that it gave away the meat of the story. Still, I was actually intending to peek at covers and couldn't help but see some of the summary. Your mention of being a little more pessimistic is what made me look ahead anyway. It's your fault! Rawr! You jerk! (/sarcasm) Long-term, I think this is going to be good. These guys know Max better than anyone, and now they are the only ones who know him PERIOD. All are probably willing to screw the system to get it done if they have to, except maybe Captain Atom (though his backstory is such a mess as it is, maybe he has at some point). And with Max working to discredit them and turn them from fame to infamy at every turn, you can almost guarantee that they're going to have to go through some of the white hats too.