Late yesterday, Booster booster Morgenstern drew my attention to the following text and picture posted by Kevin Maguire (@maguirekevin) via twitter:

I'm sitting here working at Starbucks and all I can see is ass. http://yfrog.com/gzdthoaj

It seems a shame that an artist as good as Kevin Maguire has been reduced to serving coffee at Starbucks, but I guess times are tough. Kevin may only see ass, but I see something far better: Oberon and Booster Gold (with collar)! Presumably, this is work from the upcoming DC Retroactive: Justice League of America - the 90s due in August. I don't care what Kevin thinks of his own work; I like what I see.

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Booster sure thinks he is. But a better question is whether his audience thinks so. After yesterday's beach pic, it's only natural to ask if you find Booster Gold attractive.

Yes, he is a comic book character, and his personal appearance varies widely from artist to artist. But he is always young and blond and has a quarterback's physique. Booster is also always charming, funny, and even pretty smart. On the flip side, he's often flippant, selfish, and kind of a cad, at least publicly. Do all of Booster's qualities sum to a turn-on or a turn-off?

Today's Boosterrific Poll has gone Cosmopolitan and is specifically tied to this question, so speak up. I know I specifically asked the ladies, but if you're a guy, you can vote, too; there's no wrong answer here. Inquiring minds just want to know.

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When I was running the rare art pieces last week, I excluded the following piece because it was not strictly commissioned by DC comics. That doesn't mean it isn't worth mentioning.

The above image of Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Guy Gardner, and Fire at the beach by Neil Vokes and Rich Rankin was published in the fanzine Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special #1 (June 1990). This image may seem a little odd now, but remember that swimsuit specials were all the rage in the 90s. The highlight of the image is probably Beetle's swim trunks, though your mileage may vary.

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And so it begins. DC releases the first issue of the summer-spanning alternate-universe tale Flashpoint today. Booster Gold will certainly be playing some role in the Flashpoint story, though right now, what that role is or how far-reaching it is, is anybody's guess. After the recent slate of title cancellations, Booster Gold is now near the bottom of the sales heap. The success of Booster's tie-in to Flashpoint may very well determine his title's future.

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Yesterday DC announced in The Source that exclusive first looks at Flashpoint would be in USA Today. The first four pages of issue #1 are already online accompanying Brian Truitt's article here. I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, it's great that DC is getting some mainstream exposure for their summer event. You can't expect people to want to read comics unless they know about comics. So if a mainstream audience finds out that they exist, it can't be a bad thing for sales of Flashpoint and maybe even the tangentially related Booster Gold.

On the other hand, USA Today references comics like they are for people other than readers of USA Today. It sounds to me that USA Today is trivializing Flashpoint, and I would expect that works counter to what DC would want to be promoting.

I'm not new to this cycle of comic book event hype. I'm sure that condescending articles in USA Today are better than no articles at all. So I'll take what I can get, but I'll keep hoping for more.

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