You may recall that at the start of the year, I was gifted an unexpected Booster Gold sketch by Dan Jurgens.

Well, surprise, surprise. This past weekend, it happened again. My friend James has given me a sketch he commissioned for me from Booster Gold's original inker, Mike DeCarlo!

Isn't that swell?

This is the second time that James has gifted me a surprise commission. (See: Jeff Butler in 2022.) It sure is Boosterrific to have such a generous friend. Thanks, buddy.

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Today is the Kevin Maguire's birthday. Let's all celebrate with Booster Gold!

Here's to 64 more!

(Sources: Instagram.com, ComicArtFans.com, and Tumblr.com, and previous Boosterrific.com posts.)

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Speaking of Blot, he also recently shared with me the latest addition to his collection of Booster Gold commissions:

Matt Kaufenberg has been doing these amazing super hero drawings in the style of the retro ABC Books. You can see a lot of examples on his Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/mattkaufenberg] and online store. He was doing them for fun and selling them, but then opened a few commission spots so you could pick your own super hero. So you know I had to get a Booster! Hope your readers enjoy.

I do enjoy! I think it's remarkable how Booster's original 1980s costume design by Dan Jurgens works so well in such a wide variety of art styles.

Thanks, Blot.

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Cort Carpenter has dedicated himself to compiling the World's Best Booster Gold Sketchbook. And it just keeps getting better!

Take a gander at these seven newest additions:

Heather Antos

Russ Braun

Kerry Callen

Mike Choi

Travis Mercer

Rachel Ordway

Joshua "Sway" Swaby

By my count, that's 106 different commissions Cort has now shared with us over the years. I'm sure I speak for Booster boosters everywhere when I say we sure like looking at them.

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Look what showed up my mailbox!

Believe it or not, that's my first Dan Jurgens sketch. I wasn't expecting it — I was only expecting Dan to sign a copy of Russ Burlingame's The Gold Exchange: The Deluxe Edition, not sketch in it — and I was not emotionally prepared for how much I was going to love it.

I love the high collar. I love the shades of gray washes (the exact colors of Booster's personal ethics). I especially love how the sketchiness of it makes Booster look older, as though Booster has been growing old along with me.

So now I've got everything I want in life. It's all downhill from here.

Big thanks to Jurgens (and Russ Burlingame) for making all my previously unrecognized dreams come true.

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