Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Saturday, 411mania.com released the penultimate list of its Top 50 DC Comics Superheroes countdown, and a look who comes in at 18:
"Bootser Gold is probably one of the most unique heroes in comic books, regardless of the company."
Who is this Bootser Gold poser? An evil twin? A long-lost cousin? Some wannabe Bosoter Gold? What's your real game, Buster?
If you're like me and wonder where the one-and-only Booster Gold will fall on the list, you can find it at 411mania.com.
| | Tags: 411mania.com lists
Tinuvial posted on May. 13, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Talk about a total spelling fail. Hello spell check!
Melissa posted on May. 16, 2014 at 1:15 AM
Haha. What's that old joke about at least the newspapers spelled your name right?
Hey, number 18 is pretty good. And they got it right: he is one of the most unique comic book heroes out there.
Monday, May 12, 2014
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.
| | Tags: deviantart.com eyz fan art kaitlyn van dorn theunbrilliant
Friday, May 9, 2014
David dropped by the comments on Tuesday's post about C2E2 cosplayers to point out that I had left out an important participant. Namely, I'd left out him. And he seems none to happy about that. Clearly, he went through a lot of trouble to let me know.
Sorry about that oversight, David. I'd hate to miss a Booster Gold costume with a sweet collar like that. I'll try to be more thorough in the future. Or the past. Or whenever. (Time travel is so complicated.)
| | Tags: 2014 c2e2 conventions costumes david gentlemencinder.tumblr.com tardis time machines
David posted on May. 9, 2014 at 3:21 PM
Haha this shouldn't make me feel like as much of an asshole as it does. My booster went largely unnoticed, other than the pictures I took I couldn't find any.
As far as Booster goes, I'm a super fan, I even have Booster Gold and Blue Beetle tattooed on my arm. It's basically a serious medical condition.
As far as the costume goes I wasn't upset you missed me, Boosteriffic is just the only place I know that appreciated the Corporate Crusader as much as me.
The design is mine actually, I'm an independent comic book artist, it came out of a discussion about back to the future and Booster getting stuck in the fifties. The idea being he had to have Ted rebuild their equipment and it ended up like a bad 80s movie about the fifties.
The jacket is all leather, custom made by the lovely peachykiki.
Stay golden, and thanks for the love lol.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 9, 2014 at 8:46 PM
Enjoy the spotlight, David, and don't feel embarrassed. Demanding your due is the Booster Gold way!
(We're going to need proof of that Blue and Gold tattoo, by the way.)
David posted on May. 11, 2014 at 5:33 PM
Oh well trust me, I love the spotlight.
I'm gonna dump a bunch of links here to pictures, all of them Booster related, I actually have two Booster inspired tattoos. So get ready for 3 Comic tattoos (one is a batman thing), Skeets, All-Star Western Sheriff Booster,my Booster/Beetle redesign that matches the costume seen in this article, and pre52 Booster
Tattoos:
Blue and Gold(unfinished)-
<a href='https://24.media.tumblr.com/8f0971729e4ac0bd5cbd51ea9d3b4a6a/tumblr_mfdbkf9bKA1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg'>24.media.tumblr.com/.../tumblr_mfdbkf9bKA1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg</a>
Time Traveler Tribute Tattoo featuring Booster Gold, Doctor Who, and Back to the future-
<a href='https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7t3rCf8z1r3v7wgo1_1280.jpg'>24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7t3rCf8z1r3v7wgo1_1280.jpg</a>
Memento Mori Batman Skull (based on the issue of Detective comics from the month I was born)-
<a href='https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7t3rCf8z1r3v7wgo2_1280.jpg'>24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md7t3rCf8z1r3v7wgo2_1280.jpg</a>
Cosplays-
Booster (pre52)-
<a href='https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/s720x720/316698_10150409365362884_907292764_n.jpg'>scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/.../316698_10150409365362884_907292764_n.jpg</a>
<a href='https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t1.0-9/p180x540/384667_10150409364947884_426057721_n.jpg'>scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/.../384667_10150409364947884_426057721_n.jpg</a>
(in fairness I weighed much more back then and looked terrible in spandex but I was Booster Gold and loving it)
All Star Western "Sheriff" Booster-
<a href='https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t1.0-9/321335_10151571602442884_523277486_n.jpg'>scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/.../321335_10151571602442884_523277486_n.jpg</a>
Skeets Plush-
Mines on the left
<a href='https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc1/t1.0-9/q74/s720x720/10178011_10152368690882884_2429896832180766425_n.jpg'>scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/.../10178011_10152368690882884_2429896832180766425_n.jpg</a>
Skeetses in love
<a href='https://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m25eq9VK9m1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg'>24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m25eq9VK9m1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg</a>
Booster Gold/Blue Beetle Re-design art-
<a href='https://31.media.tumblr.com/33ec25136c1226d051f5f454d68c3777/tumblr_mijmi9RfAq1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg'>31.media.tumblr.com/.../tumblr_mijmi9RfAq1r3v7wgo1_500.jpg</a>
<a href='https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1.0-9/10269411_10152388738637884_4269892474624605939_n.jpg'>fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/.../10269411_10152388738637884_4269892474624605939_n.jpg</a>
I'd love to know what you wonderful Booster Buddies think of all this.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 11, 2014 at 11:32 PM
The first thing that I have to say is, "a Norm Breyfogle Batman tattoo?" You know he's never drawn Booster Gold, don't you?
Clearly, you are a Booster Gold superfan, David. I tip my goggles to you, sir.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
I love that so many of you actually started with a Booster Gold comic. That's Boosterrific!
Last week's poll question: What was your first comic book? (54 votes)
The Internet seems to be of two minds about Futures End #0. Are Booster Gold fans of a consensus?
| | Tags: futures end polls
Eyz posted on May. 8, 2014 at 6:43 PM
Now this was BOOSTERRIFIC and worthy of the site, no doubt.
Check this out:
http://theunbrilliant.tumblr.com/post/85154561464/i-was-speaking-to-my-good-friend-online-and-in
Brad posted on May. 9, 2014 at 4:42 AM
I was entirely in the middle on Futures End #0. Can see the potential, but it wasn't the best of starts. Liked #1 better.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Did you like Booster's appearance in Futures End #0?
Let's play point/counter-point!
Chris Sims of ComicsAlliance.com:
"The setup for Future's End [sic], the violent death of all your favorite superheroes, is the same thing that [DC Comics] used for DC Universe Online, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Flashpoint and Earth-2, and that's just the stuff from the last few years that springs to mind. As a company, they seem obsessed with violently murdering their roster of characters in the most gruesome way possible, over and over agian. At this point, it's their trademark."
Russ Burlingame of ComicBook.com:
"It feels like they've created a ton of stuff from scratch here, and while it has the potential to be a trainwreck trying to connect the dots between the DC Universe we know and the one we saw in today's issue, I find it difficult not to have confidence in the steady hands of writers Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Keith Giffen and the aforementioned Dan Jurgens given the huge promise shown here and their combined track record."
Heh. One of them has to be right, right?
If, like Russ, you are excited to read more about far-future Batman's adventures in the near future, Future's End #1 hits shelves today. If, like Chris, you found the experience familiar and nauseating, you can wait another four months for Booster Gold's next announced appearance.
| | Tags: chris sims comicbook.com comicsalliance.com futures end new releases russ burlingame
MetalWoman posted on May. 7, 2014 at 8:59 AM
I do not get the whole "its too dark/gory" criticism of Futures End. The whole point of stories like this is to show that the future is dark so there is a motivation to change it. It is like complaining that the future in "Days of Future Past" is too dark and fatalistic.
On a related note, no need for Booster fans to pick up issue #1.
Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on May. 7, 2014 at 1:55 PM
FUTURES END is as dark as it needs to be. The overall tone of the New 52 hasn't left much room for "darkening" the DCnU, so of course heroes have to become mindless murder machines.
However, I think it is a fair criticism to say that the book is unnecesarily graphic/gory for a book rated TEEN. Thirty years ago, CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS -- the book that FUTURES END wants to be (Batman is Pariah) -- was exeptionally dark, killing off an entire multiverse without showing on-panel decapitations and dismemberments. (I found the FUTURES END scene between Superman and Green Lantern to be the most chilling in the book, and it is mostly close-ups!) At the least, it should have been rated MATURE, but I personally think that DC could have used some restraint and reined in some of that graphic violence.
Thanks for that confimation on issue #1. Please let me know if/when he does show up.
Jesster posted on May. 7, 2014 at 5:13 PM
Why do comics need to be so dark in the first place? I enjoyed comics in the late 70's and 80's but never once did anyone alive get decapitated or mutilated. They wrote good stories that didn't need that kind of fluff to make them "interesting". There are good writers in comics but they need to write and not rely on cheap stunts like this.
Boostergoldrules! posted on May. 8, 2014 at 8:10 PM
I think Chris Sims should probably look at Marvel and their constant barrage of time story/character annihilation and restarting comics at #1 every six months or so (Look at Hulk, Punisher, X-men, Captain America, Avengers and their entire Ultimate line each have continuity errors and multiple number one issues in the past 10 years). At Least DC Comics is better at continuity and plausible (as plausible as they can be with characters in tights hitting each other) story lines with arcs ending without a gimmicky story to support their new movie. DC rebooted their entire for better or worse and remained consistent far better than their publishing rival. If Bendis and Hickman left Marvel it could be to their detriment considering you are forking out over $3.99 for sometimes 18 pages of a story. Also to detractors saying its too violent--have you turned on\read the news? Have you watched any movie that has come out in the past 50 years (Hitchcock's Psycho through the present). I wholeheartedly agree with Boosterrific's post that its as dark as it needs to be. Most religions/myths and literature from ancient times through the present have horrible graphic violence to make a point, the same thing occurs in all present mediums. Thank you for exercising your freedom of speech, but the comic companies have the same freedom of expression in the bill of rights (freedom of press as well) if you don't like the violence I suggest putting it down and getting a children's comic such as OWLY (a great read by the way) and read that. Its violence free and you're not constricted to having to worry about the possibility of bad words, because it typically does not have any words at all.
