Tuesday, October 2, 2012
I am Not Going to Complain About the New 52
Yesterday, DC promoted their Halloween event, er, I mean their "Multi-Faceted DC Comics Super-Villain Campaign" with a graphic clearly showing pre-Flashpoint costumes and characters. DC has had over a year to plan and promote the New 52, so why aren't they promoting their reimagined universe this holiday season? Is this a hint that DC isn't committed to the New 52, or just another example of a fractured company with no cohesive strategy?
Booster booster Russ Burlingame asks much the same question in his recent article for ComicBook.com, "Is DC Comics Running Away From Their Own New 52 Philosophy?"
With The Question appearing in both Justice League and Multiversity, though, one has to wonder whether Justice League writer Geoff Johns might have some designs on the Multiverse himself, especially given that Booster Gold saw an alternate-reality or future version of himself in the recent, Johns-penned Justice League International Annual #1. If that's the same Question, as opposed to two worlds' versions of a similar character like the Blue Beetle we see in Multiversity, it could raise some eyebrows—and some serious questions (no pun intended).
While none of DC's recent questionable behavior clearly indicates that we'll see Skeets, Michelle, and Rip Hunter anytime soon, we can at least keep hope alive.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Dressing Up for Wonder Northwest 2012
I can't emphasize enough how popular pics of females cosplaying as Booster Gold are here at Boosterrific. Call it pandering if you like, but here's another one:
This sultry lady is NoOfCourseNot. She cosplayed as Booster Gold during Portland, Oregon's Wonder Northwest this past May. She was kind enough to put the pics (like this one, titled "Chillen like a villain," taken by her friend Jade) up on her account at Deviant Art. If you like pretty ladies dressed as anime characters, you might want to take a look.
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Friday, September 28, 2012
Always There When You Need Him
The Boosterrific Forum will be closed until further notice to conserve bandwidth. I'm having problems with leeching from spambots that I will have to solve before it costs me any more money. I'm hoping that since no one has posted in the Forum for over 2 weeks and no Booster Gold comics are being published anymore, this shutdown won't pose too much of a problem for anyone.
For those of you who don't know how the internet works, this website is allotted a fixed data transfer amount per month. This is measured by the amount of data sent between the web server and the computer you are reading this on. Right now, I'm throwing away bandwidth to automated spam scripts that aren't using my data in any positive way. Since the host of Boosterrific.com is monitoring and charging me for that bandwidth usage, I have to find a way to stop or reduce the waste. The Forum will remain shut down until I code an effective solution for the problem (timetable unknown). Sorry.
To distract you from that unhappy news, I present to you with no commercial interruptions "Time Traveling Hero", a poem by Alex Tisdale.
In bright fettered darkness;
If ever you need me...
Lost deep in the timestream—
That is where I will be.
Past, present, and future—
There is so much to see!
But I must keep going,
To maintain that you're free.
You can find more of writer/illustrator Tisdale's work on his Wordpress or his Tumblr blogs.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Greatest Hero Who's Never Done Anything
Grimmy asked in last week's comments why I didn't include the option of "never" in the poll. The answer is because I was trying to be somewhat upbeat. But given that most of you think it might take up to 6 months (that's half a year!) before we see Booster Gold again, it seems that most of you weren't feeling much more positive than Grimmy was. Give us back our Booster Gold, DC!
Last week's poll question: When do you think we will see Booster Gold reappear in a DC comic book? (46 votes)
If there's one thing we've learned since the DCnU reboot, it's that we really don't know what our favorite characters' histories are anymore. Even though we don't necessarily know what did happen, we can be sure that there are some things we know didn't happen. Which of these "missing adventures" bothers us the most?
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Molten Man is Gold, Too
There's something charming about today's fan art of B-List DC super hero Booster Gold versus B-List Marvel villain Molten Man. Maybe it's the fact that I'm left wondering how many readers who have read enough comics to be familiar with these two characters still draw in crayon?
The above action pose comes to us from Jose Ramiro. You can see more of his diverse (and oddly suggestive) work on DeviantArt.com.
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