Thursday, September 8, 2011
Is He Talking to Us?
I present the following evidence from yesterday's Justice League International, Volume 3, #1, that Dan Jurgens lurks in the Boosterrific.com Forum.
Maybe I've read too many comic books lately, but it sure seems like they are starting to talk directly to me. Do I live in a basement? Check. Do I spend all day on the Internet? Check. Do I have a closed mind? Check and mate.
Point to you, Mr. Jurgens. But Booster's new costume still sucks.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
New Releases: Justice League International #1
Before Flashpoint, DC released a Justice League International #1 cover with a brunette in black and yellow tights in the bottom left of the image. During Flashpoint, DC released a Justice League International #1 cover with empty space where the heroine used to be. After Flashpoint, DC released a Justice League International #1 cover with a blonde in white tights in the bottom left of the image. At least I remember all of these changes.
Note that between revisions, Guy Gardner's boot has been correctly recolored. Yet Booster still isn't wearing a Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring. Curious.
Of course, DC used both the image with the brunette and the image without during their media blitz for the New 52. Is this latest art even the final cover image for the book? We'll find out as Justice League International #1 hits shelves today. Buy a copy and make Skeets happy.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Justice League International Sells Out
According to Bleeding Cool, this week's Justice League International #1 has already sold out, and it hasn't even hit stands yet! That means that retailers, expecting whopping sales after Justice League flew off the shelves last week, are expecting boffo demand for the book.
As leader of the team, Booster Gold naturally deserves full credit for this good news. Good job, Booster! Keep up the good work.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Stuff to Labor Over
Remember back before DC announced they were rebooting their entire shared universe and Booster Gold's only connection to Canada was that his Smallville appearance was filmed there? Those were the days.
Or perhaps you'll be spending the 3-day Labor Day weekend longing for the old days of Booster Gold, Volume 1, wherein Booster was little more than a smooth criminal with a time machine? Cracked.com has posted Brendan McGinley's article including Booster Gold as one of "7 Comic Characters Who Outlasted The Trends That Made Them." It's funny because it's true. (Thanks to Gregory Swarthout for pointing out that link.)
Good times, man. Good times.
UPDATE 09/02/11: It looks like Cracked has changed the release date of the "7 Comic Characters" article from September 1 to September 5, making you wait until Tuesday to read it. If you're impatient, maybe the Google cache link suggested by Morgenstern in the comments below will get you through the weekend.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
What's in a Name?
At ComicBook.com, Russ Burlingame has a new interview with J.M. DeMatteis over DC Retroactive: Justice League America - The '90s. Burlingame doesn't disappoint, asking several Booster-centric questions of the former Booster Gold scribe.
ComicBook.com: You seemed—and this is listeners talking, and me too—a little put off by the way things went on Booster Gold. You were a good soldier about it, didn't say anything, but that's the general vibe that came through in that last interview a bit. After finding out what was going on, in terms of the relaunch, did it make you feel any better about the conditions of being bounced suddenly and surprisingly from Booster Gold? The idea that it was happening to everybody?
J.M. DeMatteis: Honestly, I thought we were yanked from the book very suddenly and—for me at least—unexpectedly. That said, it was really no big deal in the scheme of things. The real loss was that I no longer had a monthly sandbox to play in with Keith Giffen.
Among the questions that Burlingame doesn't ask is why the new Retroactive book has such a long title. If this DC reboot accomplishes anything, maybe it will get us some shorter titles. DC Retroactive: Justice League America - The 1990s is a mouth full.
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