Herbert Fung emailed me a few weeks back with this cosplay pic he snapped at Calgary Comics & Entertainment Expo 2014 in April:

Thank you, Herbert. I still say the colors in that costume are more vibrant than in a comic book! (Check out those airbrushed abs!)

In related news, today is opening day of DragonCon in Atlanta, GA. There's always plenty of DC cosplayers at DragonCon, so here's fingers crossed that we'll see more Booster Gold cosplay pics maybe as soon as Tuesday. (Reminder: Monday is Labor Day, so no post.)

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Booster booster Herbert Fung has visited the 2014 Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo last weekend where he added this David Finch sketch to his personal collection of Boosterrific portraits.

It looks like Finch's Booster Gold means business! Thanks again, Herbert.

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Herbert Fung is a big fan of Booster Gold and likes to collect Booster Gold sketches. He's been nice enough to share what he finds with us when he can. Recently, he sent us another sketch by his friend Alex Chung.

Says Herbert:

"I guess I should have asked for the pre-New 52 version, but he actually makes the new look work!"

Nope, that's not bad at all. You can click on the image above to find more of Chung's work on his Instagram page.

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It's been awhile since we've seen Booster Gold in a DC comic. Maybe he's been busy recording his life story to audio book.

That's our hero, "the most awesome hero there is," making a cameo in today's Smallville: Alien #1. That truck driver is in Russia, meaning that even in comics, Booster has a worldwide audience!

Thanks to Herbert Fung, who spotted this panel when it was released online in back in November.

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Friday the Canadian newspaper The Star broke the news that Jeff Lemire would be taking over Justice League of America when the team moves to Canada.

That news inspired Booster Gold fans everywhere to ask, "if Booster Gold is really Canadian in the DCnU, will he be joining the team?" The answer is no. (And not just because Booster isn't Canadian.)

Jeffrey Renaud of ComicBookResources.com put the question directly to Jeff Lemire:

CBR: I think the only other Canadian character that's been introduced into the New 52 is Booster Gold. Again, I know you are sworn to secrecy on the roster but does Booster play a role in your book?

Lemire: No plans for Booster. I wish I could talk about my roster because it's my dream team -- a couple of other cosmic characters and some current, fairly major characters will be part of the team.

Geez. Booster can't catch a break, can he?

For the record, still no evidence has ever been introduced in canon to contradict Booster Gold's American citizenship as established in Booster Gold Volume 1. Even ComicBookResources.com admitted as much in their countdown of the Top 10 Canadian Heroes. Given that Booster has made exactly 3 comic appearances in the past year and has nothing on the horizon, it doesn't look like there will be any change to that status in the foreseeable future.

Read the rest of the interview with Lemire here. Thanks to Herbert Fung for being the first to email me on vacation and tell me about this breaking story.

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