Showing posts 1 - 5 of 9 matching: blackest night
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Scheduled for release today is a $40 hardcover collection of work by Ivan Reis titled Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Ivan Reis, including "the complete Blackest Night." Since Booster Gold made token appearances in the first and last issues of that mini-series, we can expect to see him in this.
It looks like the only Booster we've been seeing recently in the DCU is in reprints. Is that better than nothing? I'm not sure.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010
It's the zombie series that just wouldn't die! Blackest Night Director's Cut is released today. Advertised to contain the scenes that didn't make the final cut, this 80-page giant will presumably include the missing sections that make the series readable explain why we didn't see Blue Beetle II resurrected alongside Monarch I. Sorry, I don't mean to be snarky, but, gee whiz, I feel like I wasted a lot of money on this never ending series for so little reward.
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KMD posted on Apr. 21, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Hear, hear--but as much as I loathed it, "Blackest Night" provided two good issues in terms of sales and plots for Booster. The comic slipped out of the top 100 in March--while its not at Doom Patrol level (or, to go even lower, Shield and Web which will have the plugs pulled on them after ten issues), Booster is treading water with Outsiders and Power Girl.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 22, 2010 at 2:33 AM
Ah, Blackest Night could have boosted the sales of any title. If, say, Vext had had a tie-in ring promotion, it could have sold a quarter million issues, too. DC publishes so many event books now because they really do sell. Unfortunately, the tie-ins do not necessarily relate to long-term readership boosters. I don't think the boost for Booster Gold was a negative, but I do think that it would be easy to mistake it for a false positive: it really appears to be irrelevant to the ongoing sales trends. And before you get all morose over the fate of Booster Gold, KMD, note that Outsiders has been treading water off and on for about as long as Booster Gold has been a character, proving that you don't have to be a juggernaut book to survive amidst the 500 Batman titles and annual mega event books.
Harry posted on Apr. 22, 2010 at 9:35 AM
Good or bad, event books are where the money is and that is what sales trends are encourage DC (and Marvel) to do. It is one of the few ways to get fandom to notice non-prime character properties. As for Booster, all he really needs is a core fan base of about 15,000 readers that will buy the book no matter what because of the character (and stories that are entertaining and true to the character that those fans love). Does BG have that? Can momentum be sustained with established creative forces (Johns, Katz, Jurgens, Giffen) or will a fresher, newer creative team be needed to generate buzz? Can BG's title survive DC's never ending expansion of titles in economy where buyers swap new titles for old instead of just adding?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 22, 2010 at 3:02 PM
All great points, Harry. It seems that we endlessly wring our hands over the future of Booster Gold, but all we can really do is keep supporting the title and the character, and spreading the word about how great he is. That's what Boosterrific.com is all about, and I'm glad to know that there are so many others who support the Booster Gold cause with us.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The final issue of Blackest Night is released today. I know I'm in the minority on this, but it seems like the publication of the final issue of this mini-series, a months-long excuse for DC to wade through its recent graveyard of poor editorial decisions and join the bandwagon of the pop-culture zeitgeist for zombies, is cause for celebration. Let's get Brightest Day in here to cleans our palates after all that death.
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Harry posted on Apr. 1, 2010 at 2:53 PM
I'm not sure how I feel about BN. I have bought the main title but not the tie-ins (expect BG of course). It is popular but widely panned. It seems epic and relevant in a way Final Crisis did not, but it is also light bright silly. My take on it is how it affects death in the DCU from this point forward. A satisfiying answer will increase my favorability. Otherwise, I may feel like I wasted $24.
KMD posted on Apr. 5, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Look, BN sold well but....man it took forever. It went on too long and was all over the place.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Apr. 5, 2010 at 10:34 PM
Doesn't that sort of sum up all of DC's recent event-driven "specials"? It sells well because we're all slavishly devoted to the juvenile equivalent to violent soap operas, not because of any great story-telling ability or brilliant sales strategy. But then, I'm jaded, and, as I said, I hate zombie stories.
tiggerpete posted on Apr. 6, 2010 at 5:49 PM
as zombie stories go, I thought it was fun and (as long as you read the main title and the GL books) it was well written, do I wish all of my favorite people came back? yeah, but I guess to quote Pet Semetary "sometimes, Dead is better" I am excited for Brightest Day, because I enjoyed Blackest Night, and Geoff Johns is infallable to me, he is DC's pope.........kinda
Friday, February 5, 2010
Today's graph compresses the timeline of yesterday's graph to compare apples to apples: issue by issue of Comicchron.com sales numbers for recently canceled DC titles. The trend becomes pretty obvious here as ballooning early enthusiasm quickly deflates to a sloping plateau before finally petering out altogether. Note the recurring late series crossover spikes as Blue Beetle #20 is a Sinestro Corps crossover and both Manhunter #13 and 26 got boosts from Infinite Crisis-related stories. I wonder how big those spikes would have been if little plastic rings had been involved?
DC's sales cancellation threshold, while dependent on editorial discretion, is approximately 15,000 units. That's the white line in the graph above. Unless "Blackest Night" or the arrival of Keith Giffen can earn Booster Gold some new regular readers, it looks like the series will be targeted for termination by issue 50. I find that unacceptable. So spread the word, Boosterphiles, and lets see if we can't get some more air under Booster's sails.
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KMD posted on Feb. 7, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Hopefully JL: Generation Lost can increase sales. We'll see. I am not optimistic though things could change if the "Blue Beetle" co feature is pulled and the price per issue goes back down.
Harry posted on Feb. 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM
Booster will need continual event press to keep sales above the kill line. Its the nature of being a lesser known property. A big name on the new creative team, a featured spot in the bi-weekly series, the return of Ted Kord all seem to be DC's attempt to keep this title alive. That bodes well. Still, as big of a fan as I am, a 50 issue run just may be all the milage there is. Any idea how the collected editions are doing?
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Feb. 9, 2010 at 12:09 AM
KMD: One of the things I discovered in the stats is that the price change did not appear to in any way significantly affect the rate of decline of sales. While I hear that the Beetle co-feature is being canceled, I don't expect that if the price does fall back to $2.99, the change alone will make much of a change in the sales figures.
Harry: The TPB sales, like the individual comic book issues, are sliding, at least so far as direct sales reports are concerned. It is hard to get a grasp on the trade numbers, as distributors don't report sales numbers, and comichron.com only tracks the top 300 sellers each month. For example, Booster's softcover trades have sold approx 1700, 1500, and 1400, each in their opening month of sales.
Harry posted on Feb. 9, 2010 at 11:20 PM
Those TPB sales are better than I expected. If they can sell close to 1500 each TPB edition I think that encourages DC to work to keep the title in circulation. However, it looks like the Jan sales numbers are back to about 20,000. Will we get new graphs Boosterrific? I LOVE graphs!
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Feb. 10, 2010 at 2:21 AM
Harry, I'll definitely be revisiting this topic, and you can be assured that I'll be bringing the graphs.
KMD posted on Feb. 11, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Thanks for the info, and all else you do, Boosterrific.
Harry posted on Feb. 11, 2010 at 11:19 PM
Ditto the appreciation. I never knew I needed a comprehensive collection of all things Booster Gold... but here I am.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Feb. 12, 2010 at 3:17 PM
"Built it and they will come." Turns out that it's true.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
I certainly hope that Booster Gold never gets canceled (again). But curiosity got the better of me, and I compared the sales numbers for Booster Gold against some recent DC titles that got the axe for poor sales. It's pretty easy to spot a recurring trend in Comicchron.com's statistics. Here's hoping Booster Gold's recent sales spike is more than just outlier data.
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