tiggerpete posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 6:03 PM
and here's the kicker, this is pre-internet, shocking when you realize that this is nearly identical to various forum posts that you can come across on both sides of a given issue<br />Fanboys=consistently upset about something since the beginning of letter columns<br />I believe the saying goes "you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time"

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 4:13 AM
The more things change....

Harry posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 9:36 AM
G&D are divisive writers. To create humor, they are often left to disparaging one or more characters (or at least portraying them in a less than flattering light). Many fans are protective of their favorites and many others are resistant to their comics being "silly". When I was collecting this comics, I must admit that I cringed several times at B&G's antics. It made the characters targets for mockery by my friends (and by proxy, me as well for being a fan). But it also created fans that adored the characters and who would defend them (and G&D). Polarization of the fanbase may not be the way to universal acceptance and top ten sales... but it could be the way to consistently selling 20k issues over 5-10 years. I would hate to see BG regress to immaturity. But I would hate to seem him stagnate as a character. I intend to do my best to enjoy the ride.

TGB posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 11:34 PM
And it isn't just that - it's become so darned formulaic. Look through each G&D issue and about 1/2 to 2/3s of the way through it, they have Booster monologue about how it isn't right for him to be there, how he's changed so much over time, how they weren't REALLY idiots but were content to let people think so... It's like it's their way of justifying it all. The problem is that here you have polarization of a relatively small fanbase. BG was selling around 20k before the change... does dividing the fanbase keep it at 20k?

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 11:45 PM
Just for you, TGB (this was going to be a future post, but you can have it now -- happy Labor Day!), from JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA #24:

See? They were using the fun-loving dudes excuse even back in 1989. [Again, this is presumably editor Andy Helfer responding.]

Eyz posted on Sep. 7, 2010 at 6:30 AM
Oh..the letter... XD<br />I'd say (well, that's an old letter, but I'd say this anyway) get Beetle & Gold out of the book so I'll only have to buy their adventures instead of the whole JL! :P<br />And give them a cartoon show, and a movie, and--

Justin Garrett Blum posted on Sep. 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM
I know there are a lot of people who still feel this way about those old issues of JLI--they carry a grudge to this day about the Bwa-ha-ha league. I've never really been a fan of the Justice League in general, so I think G&D's stuff is classic, since I actually cared about the characters for a change, more so than I really cared about the adventures (which isn't to say that G&D didn't do some interesting arcs).

Eyz posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 5:59 AM
That's actually pretty cool!<br />Not that I will ever play this game..But nice for those who will!

Harry posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 8:58 AM
That is a relatively high profile spot for BG. I would prefer less emphasis by the designer on him being a schill and sell out... but such is the life of the greatest hero that you have never heard of.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 1:47 PM
I have to admit that I was opposed to the game -- nothing against DC or Sony, I've just had my fill of MMOs -- until I heard this. Now that I know that I can encounter Booster Gold at will (plus the opportunity that maybe, just maybe, I'd get to encounter him on one of his behind-the-scenes missions), I'm interested in giving the game a try.

Harry posted on Sep. 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM
I am tempted as well... but this is not a cheap game. I would want to know that it is something I will play regularly before investing the capital. I wonder if they will have some type of trial option?

Shawn posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 12:11 PM
I did actually order this, it was just too awesome to pass up.

Harry posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Honestly, I would prefer a simple gold shirt with a weathered blue star... classic look. That being said, love to see BG get some marketing love.

tiggerpete posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 7:16 PM
well, that's one more comic t-shirt I will be wearing

Erin posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Still gotta get the other shirt but this is another must have.

TGB posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 10:38 PM
Love. Want.

Lissbirds posted on Sep. 1, 2010 at 9:25 PM
I hope the gold part of the shirt is shiny. That would totally make my day.<br />That, and if it came in women's sizes...

Eyz posted on Sep. 2, 2010 at 6:01 AM
Wow! Very nice!<br />I want one!<br />Wouldn't it have been better with more yellow on the top part?

The Irredeemable Shag posted on Sep. 12, 2010 at 2:17 AM
Glad to be of assistance! I think the shirt looks super-cool!<br />The Irredeemable Shag<br />http://onceuponageek.com<br />http://firestormfan.com

TGB posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Hey, kind of off-topic, but... the post this is most in response to is on a different page.<br />Anyone else worried that the departure of Giffen from JL:GL will mean that his iteration of the Booster Gold main title will be even more out of touch with the other stuff happening with the character? I am. <br />If he's realized that he just needs to leave the JLI behind, why the crap can't he do the same with Booster Gold? I really don't like this guy.

Superman posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 5:43 PM
@TGB: Did he really say that? That he wants to leave the JLI behind, and that is why he left Generation Lost?

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 6:46 PM
@Superman: No, Giffen is leaving JL:GL to Winick because he wants to pursue other projects, including more drawing, not because he has lost a taste for the JLI. Clearly he is still using the JLI in BOOSTER GOLD. You can read more on an earlier post here: www.boosterrific.com/news.php?id=162&Giffen-Moves-On.

@TGB: While Giffen can tell quite a variety of stories, his style certainly can be an acquired taste. I did not much care for him myself when I first read him (in ACTION COMICS, if I recall), but maybe because he has written more Booster Gold stories than anyone other than Dan Jurgens, I quite enjoy his work now. He won't be around forever, so I would hope that he won't run you off the book. But don't worry: if you can't take Giffen & DeMatteis anymore and are forced to drop the book, Boosterrific will keep you abreast of Booster's activities without forcing you to read any G/D stories.

TGB posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 8:06 PM
In te interview he stated that he realized the characters have changed, etc, that they'd change with our without him, and that it was time for him to move on. Booster grew and moved on long before this... yet he felt like this was acceptable. Dan worked awfully hard, and so did Jones before him,<br />to get Booster taken anlitrle more seriously, and it is because of those two that he is in 4 books a month right now. He's undoing the repairs they made.

TGB posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 8:42 PM
Sorry, Johns, not Jones. Stupid smartphone keyboard and autocorrect!<br />I'll still buy the book because I don't want it to go away, but I don't enjoy it as much.

Superman posted on Aug. 28, 2010 at 11:53 PM
@Boosterrific: That's good to hear. Giffen was the one who pushed for JLI to be included in the Brightest Day stories. It would be very irresponsible of him to leave the series less than halfway through, even if JL:GL goes on great without him, as #8 indicates.

 Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Aug. 29, 2010 at 12:51 AM
@TGB: I think you are selling Giffen short. If you re-read those old JLI's, you'll see that Giffen's Booster was not nearly so much a fool as people think. The madcap schemes were always Beetle's idea. Booster was just a young guy having a good time doing some stupid, silly things. (Make of it what you will, but Booster played exactly the same role in Jurgens' later run on Justice League.) Honestly, there may not even be a Booster Gold anymore if it wasn't for Giffen using him in the JLI, so I feel in some ways indebted to his take on the character.

I can understand that readers who became attached to Geoff Johns' Booster may be offended by the recently return to an irreverent take on the character's adventures (Giffen & DeMatteis took some flack for that back in the JLI days, too). But I don't think that Giffen is weakening the character now: Booster's still a real, competent hero (far more so than at any other point in his entire history), just more bizarre & silly stuff is happening around him than usual. I'm personally enjoying seeing the "cover story" side of Booster's lifestyle, where the world at large still thinks he's a joke and the pain that it causes Booster to maintain that facade. I would hope that the character of Booster Gold, like Batman or Wonder Woman, is strong enough to survive many varying (and sometimes conflicting) interpretations that would bring it to a wider audience.

Eyz posted on Aug. 30, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Good for your site!<br />More "advertisment" for Boosterrific! means more love for Booster Gold!