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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Need a Home? Try the JLI!
Several of you said last week's poll was a hard choice, but there was ultimately one clear winner.
Last week's poll question: If you could choose only one writer for all future Booster Gold appearances ever, who would it be? (46 votes)
Two issues ago, the Justice League International lost 4 members. Since then three new members have joined the title to replace them. With one open spot and a few other New 52 characters looking for a new home, should any of them end up in the JLI?
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Monday, April 9, 2012
International Exchange: JLI #8
Hopefully you didn't miss Russ Burlingame's most recent "International Exchange" column that was posted at ComicBook.com on Thursday. If you did, you missed this imortant bit:
IX: Wow! It's been a while since we had the old "Booster Gold's suit is out of batteries" problem. I kinda thought it had gone the way of Green Lantern's 24-hour charge.
Dan Jurgens: Not quite. It's still make of a fiberweave circuitry that depends on a power supply.
IX: That said, shouldn't Booster have been able to swoop down to save Batwing using nothing but his good looks and Legion flight ring?
DJ: ESPECIALLY the good looks!
Yes. Especially.
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Who's the Man?
If you change Booster Gold to make him popular, isn't the newly popular character no longer Booster Gold? At least, that's what decades of tween-friendly Disney movies have been preaching to me.
Last week's poll question: Would you rather that Booster Gold remain an obscure character with his current personality and powers intact, or that Booster Gold gain more mass appeal even if it meant changing the character? (41 votes)
As webmaster here at Boosterrific.com, I'm of the opinion that there are three main camps of Booster Gold fans. The first group is most loyal to the work of character creator Dan Jurgens. Jurgens' work tends towards the serious, if somewhat routine and unspectacular aspects of heroics. His characters and adventures are believable and grounded, using naturalism to create the belief that his heroes could be living in a real world.
The second group came to the character as fans of the original Justice League International, and therefore are attached to the outlandish situational humor of Keith Giffen. Alongside his partner J.M. DeMatteis -- who provided the dialogue to Giffen's adventures -- Giffen built Booster Gold from a competent solo hero to a team leader. Not surprisingly, fans in this group tend to be vocally supportive of Booster's partner in crime, Ted Kord.
And the third major group of Booster fans were brought in as disciples of Geoff Johns. Johns' dialogue is witty and his tendency towards melodrama is perfectly suited for writing adventure stories full of heroics and sacrifice. Johns' stories and characters are larger than life, and his heroes are legendary myths.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
New Releases: Welcome Back, Dan Jurgens
Fans of the 1990s rejoice! Dan Jurgens returns to writing Superman with issue #7 hitting stands today. For the entire decade, Jurgens either wrote or drew that series. It's good to have him back at the reigns, making the DCnU a little more familiar (even if Superman is still wearing that stupid armor).
Dan Jurgens' greatest creation, Booster Gold, also will appear in a book released today. Booster's cameo appearance in Justice League of America #47 is included the issues collected in Justice League of America: Dark Things. Despite its name, this collection also collects 2 issues of JSA and is chock full of characters that have yet to appear in the DCnU.
Skeets may still be unhappy not to appear in the DCnU, but there will be complain if you decide to support Dan Jurgens. (Making Dan Jurgens happy is the surest way to get Skeets back on panel.)
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
International Exchange: JLI #7
If you haven't yet read Justice League International #7, stay far, far away from this month's "International Exchange" column at ComicBook.com. Once you've read the issue, rush over for Russ Burlingame's grilling of Dan Jurgens about the events of the paradigm-shifting issue.
IX: Going on the assumption that I made last issue—that [Rocket Red's] armor would have been infected by that interface... does that now put Skeets at risk?
DJ: Perhaps. Or it's possible that Skeets might make a startling discovery of his own. Or none at all. Or might just go to an ATM to withdraw cash. Hard to tell at this point.
Believe it or not, for this issue with plenty of focus on Booster Gold, Burlingame and Jurgens don't even mention our hero. However, a hinted implication that we'll be seeing more Skeets in the future is a happy substitute. An unasked, unanswered question is whether we'll actually be seeing Skeets, who has yet to appear on panel since Flashpoint, over half-a-year ago. Where have you been hiding, Skeets?
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