Hey, Booster Gold, no more JLI? Back to the basics!

David Branstetter, creator of Strawman Comics, posted his image of "classic" Booster Gold drawn for Bouserthedog on his Deviant Art site. In his words:

The joke here is that Bouserthedog asked for the 80's version of Booster Gold. Seeing how Booster Gold is aware of future events I thought it would be funny if he was commenting on his own costume change.

As bad as they were, some of Booster's terrible 1990s costumes were still better than his current DCnU costume. *shudder*

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Combine an attention-hounding rapper with a media-grabbing time traveler, and what you get is pure art.

Captain Senator created the above piece incorporating the opening lines of Kanye West's song "Power." The piece is appropriately titled "Kanye Plus Comics: Booster Gold" and was intended to be part of a series. You can see more of the Captain's work on her Deviant Art page, but I especially recommend her sketch of "Booster Gold beating up dinosaurs with lasers on their heads."

Reminder: there will be no Boosterrific.com blog post on Monday, May 28, 2012 because of the Memorial Day holiday. Enjoy the long weekend.

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What do super heroes do in their down time? Same as you and me, I expect. They kick back and play some games with their friends.

Of course the ladies are winning: Zatanna never plays fair!

The above image of Poker Night in Gotham (between Zatanna, Black Canary, and Lady Blackhawk versus Hal Jordan, Nightwing, and Booster Gold) was commissioned from Caanan Grall for The Happy Sorceress. You can find more of Grall's work (and commission some of your own) on Occasional Comics Disorder or at his pages on Deviant Art. (Check out Grall's Deviant Art gallery for a clever Weekend at Bernie's visual gag featuring everyone's favorite dead Blue Beetle.)

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Morgenstern wasn't the only Booster-phile to send us Booster Gold-related news this weekend. Reader Jeremy Hudson sent along the following picture and related description:

Just thought I'd pass something personal along that might be of interest to your visitors. The attached photo is what I had painted over my sons crib/bed shortly after he was born. As time went on other superheros were added to the room, but Booster and Beetle were always right over head.

I've recently sold that house and moved the family into a new one. Tonight, when I put the boy to bed (he's 3 now) he asked where Booster Gold was and then proceeded to tell me that I have to paint him above his bed this weekend.

I believe I have done my part to make sure future generations keep going for the gold.

That's one lucky kid. I'm sure that we would all like to open our eyes to Blue and Gold each and every morning. Thanks, Jeremy!

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Denver Brubaker is most prominently known as the mastermind behind the web comic Tales of a Checkered Man, but the man also has a soft spot for a particularly comedic duo.

For someone with his own webcomic to promote, Brubaker finds plenty of time to share the love with Blue Beetle and Booster Gold. The image above was Brubaker's contribution to a thread of Blue Beetle and Booster Gold fan art that he instigated over a year ago on Comic Vine. In more recent months, Brubaker has tried to drum up support for a Blue and Gold webcomic at Outcast studios and showcased another image of Blue and Gold on Comics Alliance.

You can find more of the talented Mr. Brubaker's work at thecheckeredman.deviantart.com and, of course, checkeredman.com.

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