Friday, July 20, 2012
This Day in History: The New Booster Gold!
File this in the "It Could Be Worse" category: nineteen years ago today, Booster Gold debuted his first costume change in the pages of 1993's Justice League America #80. Doomsday had destroyed his original 25th century powersuit, and Blue Beetle graciously provided a replacement. It was... not good.
Unlike his current costume, this suit was intentionally designed by the writer and artist to be a disaster. Bulky, weak, and just plain ugly, this nearly useless powersuit was a means to demonstrate Booster's determination to be a super hero against all odds, even if it meant opening himself up to public ridicule and putting himself in mortal danger. Just think: once upon a time, costume changes were story driven, not editorial whims!
Thankfully, it didn't last long. The suit was replaced by a series of improvements until the original costume was eventually restored. There are many Booster fans who hope that this bit of history repeats itself.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
The End is Near
Comic-Con International: the Super Bowl of comic books.
Last week's poll question: What is your opinion of Comic-Con International? (39 votes)
With no good news about the future of Booster Gold publications coming out of last week's convention, it's time to start preparing for a world without Booster Gold.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
New Releases: Blue Beetle #11
Booster Gold makes an appearance in today's Blue Beetle #11 as the hero trying to help Blue Beetle with his public image problem. In the online preview at Crave Online, Booster acts a lot like his Smallville interpretation, schmoozing with the television cameras for his own agenda, whatever that may be.
Buy this issue, if for no other reason than to support the fact that Booster's ridiculous DCnU notched headband has finally been discarded! That's enough to make Skeets happy! (Thanks to MetalWoman for the link.)
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Art That Will Nauck Your Socks Off
Today's fan art comes from someone overqualified for the position, Todd Nauck.
Nauck is an accomplished professional comic book artist with a significant pedigree. DC fans may know Nauck best as the artist behind Young Justice in the 90s, but he appeared at both the Image Comics and Marvel Comics booths at last week's Comic-Con. Nauck does have a little experience with Booster Gold, drawing him only briefly in 1998's Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant.
Find more of Nauck's spectacular work on ToddNauck.com, DeviantArt.com, and your local comic store shelves.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
What We Learned This Weekend
Three things overheard this weekend at Comic-Con International 2012:
1. Screenwriter Andrew Kreiseberg on the progress of the Booster Gold television show being developed by SyFy (as interviewed by IGN.com):
"[I'm] handing in the script next month. It was actually pretty cool because I got to meet Dan Jurgens who created the comic book last night, and I spent about a half an hour convincing him that I wasn't just some gun for hire, that I was actually a huge fan of Booster as a kid. I wrote a couple of episodes of the Justice League animated series and when they asked me who I wanted to write, I said 'Booster'. So I've been a life-long Booster fan."
2. DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns discussing the Justice League International Annual at the "DC Comics: Justice League and Green Lantern" panel (according to Newsarma.com):
"It's really a Booster Gold story."
3. DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio elaborating on what to expect in the Justice League International Annual at the "DC Comics: Meet the Publishers" panel (according to Comicbook.com):
We wrapped up some stories, especially Booster Gold's, where we see some strange things happen to Booster, Blue Beetle, and the August General."
Thanks to MetalWoman and Russ Burlingame for the tips.
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