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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Old News Is Good News

Over the holiday weekend, CDN took me to task for not reporting something here on the Boosterrific Blog back in April. Specifically, I failed to forward the news that so far as Geoff Johns is concerned, Booster Gold is "always a Time Master."

As I explained in my apology to CDN, that bit of news came out the same weekend as the announcement that SyFy got their hands on a Booster Gold pilot script. As a result, what Geoff Johns said at the 2012 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (aka "C2E2") managed to fall off the front page of the blog. Readers of Russ Burlingame's reporting at Comicbook.com were aware of this news, but I failed to pass it along here at Boosterrific.com.

Good news like that shouldn't fall through the cracks. Sorry, CDN.

And while I'm on the subject of old news, perhaps I should pass along a link to Adam WarRock and Mikal kHill performing the song "Booster Gold" that has been posted on YouTube. (Beware, the song contains "explicit lyrics" and is not work safe, which is why I don't embed it here directly.) WarRock released the song and its album, You Dare Call That Thing Human?!?, a few months back, and both are still very much available for download from adamwarrock.bandcamp.com. (The song costs just for just $1 to download!) We shouldn't stop supporting songs about Booster Gold just because they're a few months old. Thanks to Moregenstern for that link.

Where would I be without you Booster-philes?

Comments (4) | Add a Comment | Tags: adam warrock bandcamp.com cdn comicbook.com geoff johns mikal khill morgenstern music news russ burlingame you dare call that thing human youtube.com

Friday, May 25, 2012

Power Goes to His Head

Combine an attention-hounding rapper with a media-grabbing time traveler, and what you get is pure art.

Kanye Plus Comics: Booster Gold by Captain Senator

Captain Senator created the above piece incorporating the opening lines of Kanye West's song "Power." The piece is appropriately titled "Kanye Plus Comics: Booster Gold" and was intended to be part of a series. You can see more of the Captain's work on her Deviant Art page, but I especially recommend her sketch of "Booster Gold beating up dinosaurs with lasers on their heads."

Reminder: there will be no Boosterrific.com blog post on Monday, May 28, 2012 because of the Memorial Day holiday. Enjoy the long weekend.

Comments (1) | Add a Comment | Tags: captainsenator deviantart.com fan art holidays kanye west memorial day music powers

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Rage Against the Dying of the Light

My vote was for anger. But then that's my secret, I'm always angry.

Last week's poll question: What is your strongest emotional response to news that JLI is being canceled? (54 votes)

What is your strongest emotional response to news that JLI is being canceled?

So if you're all so hopeful for the future, what do you expect that future to look like? (I'm still expecting hovering skateboards and self-lacing shoes.)

Comments (10) | Add a Comment | Tags: emotions justice league international polls reboot

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

New Releases: TFoF:tNM #9

The cliffhanger story from Justice League International #9 is continued in today's The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men #9. Bombers are on the rampage in Paris! Firestorm has transmuted the Eiffel Tower into rose petals! New Firestorms appear on every page! With so much going on, how does DC tease the issue in their solicitation text?

Don't miss this crossover with JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #9!

Oooh, Doesn't that sound exciting! At least it doesn't give much away since the JLI is on the cover and all. Certainly, it sounds better than "we care so little about Firestorm that we're going to promote it with a tie-in to a book we've already canceled."

For those of you interested in the events of this issue despite the fact that it will have Firestorm in it, you can read a 4-page preview at IGN.com. You gotta admit, Ethan Van Sciver's Yildiray Cinar's Booster Gold looks pretty darn good. (My fault. Van Sciver is only drawing the cover. Cinar handles interior art.)

Buy this book and... well, just buy it. There's no consoling Skeets right now.

Comments (1) | Add a Comment | Tags: ethan van sciver firehawk firestorm ign.com justice league international new releases previews yildiray cinar

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Trying to Predict the Future

So last week we learned that Justice League International is being canceled for reasons as yet unknown. I've gnashed my teeth over the potential loss of Skeets and the future undiscovered country for the members of the JLI. What could motivate DC to do such things?

I'm not alone in trying to guess what's coming next. Among those speculating is Tom Bondurant, who considers the JLI's future in his "Grumpy Old Fan" column for Comic Book Resources's Robot 6 blog.

A JLI book which took such an approach [as Checkmate] might come out something like Joe Kelly and Doug Mahnke's Justice League Elite. That wouldn't be so bad by itself, but if the next JLI included high-profile superheroes like Booster Gold and Guy Gardner, having to juggle public images with office politics and the dangers of diplomacy, it could be a real change of pace for the League books.

Or, you know, DC could just make it another "proactive" super-team like Extreme Justice...

Some people remember the Alamo or the Lusitania. I remember Extreme Justice. *shudder*

Meanwhile, James Hunt reports for Comic Book Resources on DC's panel at the Kapow Comic Convention in London last weekend. After DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio rejected a question about the Flash from an event attendee, another audience member asked about the future of Booster Gold and Skeets. Dan DiDio's response was short and cryptic:

DiDio: There is a definite plan. I love Skeets! Just like I love Wally West.

Take note that's the same Wally West who, despite being the focus of the past 25 years of Flash comics, hasn't been seen since his predecessor ruined history in Flashpoint. Could Skeets be busy behind-the-scenes working to restore the missing West to reality? Or does DiDio just mean that we won't be seeing Skeets anytime soon, either?

Poor, poor Skeets.

Comments (14) | Add a Comment | Tags: cancellation comicbookresources.com conventions dan didio extreme justice james hunt justice league international kapow robot 6 skeets tom bondurant


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