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Wednesday, September 8, 2010

What If Wednesday Came without Comics?

It's Wednesday, but sadly there are no new comics (at least in America). It's not the end of the industry just yet, it's just a side effect of our 3-day weekend. Be patient: there are two Booster Gold comics on the horizon.

To kill the time until they get here, perhaps you can peruse Gavok's review of the Geoff Johns teaser panels from the beginning and end of his run on Booster Gold over at 4thletter.net.

Or maybe you'd just like to keep the beefcake theme going:

Ten years in the making! (Extreme Justice, Volume 1, #12, 1996)

"Completely healed" but without toes? (Ah, the 1990s.) Panel from Extreme Justice #12, 1996. Art by Tom Morgan and Ken Branch.

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harry posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 10:59 AM
Good grief, that art is horrible. I am glad I wasn't purchasing comics in the 90's. How on earth could DC publish something like that with and honestly expect it to sell?

Superman posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 11:53 AM
I believe that style (extremely long legs, pin heads atop gargantuan shoulders, distorted anatomy, etc.) was de rigeur in comics at the time, and apparently it helped sales then.

Boosterrific [Official Comment] posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 2:15 PM
That's true, Superman. Extreme Justice fell on the tail end of the trend (DC is not traditionally quick to embrace art trends). I don't know how much it helped sales, as the title was canceled after a year and a half to launch Morrison's Big Seven JLA. Though, to be fair, I think just about anything would be canceled to launch a Morrison title, especially JLA.

tiggerpete posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 5:15 PM
I've read all of Extreme Justice, and although the art is terrible, it did get better, this is actually a panel from later on that didn't make your eyes bleed (btw, I love Morrison's JLA, its one of the first things I collected when I got back into comics)

Harry posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 11:17 PM
I blame Liefeld. I actually got his Hawk & Dove when it first came out... and at the time I thought it was pretty cool. Ahh, youth. BTW, the 4th letter's review of the Extreme Justice run is hilarious. I laughed out loud several times. It is truly scant praise to say a series ceased to "make my eyes bleed" as it progressed.

TGB posted on Sep. 8, 2010 at 11:55 PM
Yes, Liefeld... exactly what I was gonna remark.

Superman posted on Sep. 9, 2010 at 12:34 PM
@Harry: I came across a mid-90s Wonder Woman comic book the other day. It has a similar sort of style, with Diana having legs that looked four feet long, and though the massacre of anatomy got to me, I sort of found the style beautiful in its own twisted way. (Pun intended.)

Sallyp posted on Sep. 9, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Egad. Extreme Justice League was of course ridiculous, but still...a shirtless and pantless Booster is always nice.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Weekend Site Updates + Beefcake!

Nine (count 'em: 9!) new Booster Gold appearances were added to the database this past holiday weekend. I trust that everyone else was just as productive as I was, yes?

I even had time to surf some web. And that's where I encountered a great idea at Green Lantern's Butt Forever: superhero beefcake shots! So while we're all recovering from Dragon*Con hangovers, enjoy:

Dusk Fragrance for Men! (Booster Gold, Volume 1, #9, 1986)

Advertisement for Dusk Fragrance for Men campaign from Booster Gold, Vol. 1, #9, 1986. Art by Dan Jurgens and Mike DeCarlo.

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