Previews Spotlight #091 (May->Jul) Deadline: Sat AM, May 9

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, April 29th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, May 9th.

Please post which comics you will be sending in submissions for here on this thread with the full title and issue number. That way we can reduce the number of duplicate submissions and maximize the number of different items that are covered. If someone has already posted that they will be covering something you are passionate about discussing, we are okay with more than one submission for the item but want that to be the exceptional case.

Remember: Anyone can send in a short audio clip talking about any book in the upcoming Previews (or slated for release around that same time). This includes creators, publishers and other people directly involved in the project. This is your chance to promote items, including ones you have worked on.

The email address to send the clips to is TheGuys@ComicBookPage.com.

A couple of quick things that help out a lot in the organizing and producing of the episode:

Please featured item in a separate audio file. Exceptions can be made but the episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

If possible, please follow the naming convention of:
p###-[M###-]ItemName-YourName.mp3

p###-: the page number in Previews (ex: an item on page 80 would start with p080-)
Note that the "p" is lowercase. I use the name of the clip to sort the tracks in Audacity and it sorts all of lowercase letters before any of the uppercase letters. Obviously, I can fix this part of the filename if needed. Likewise, if you don't know the Previews page number, don't sweat it as I can look it up. Knowing the publisher of the item is a huge help when looking up an item so if that can be included at the end of the ItemName if the page number isn't known, that helps.
M###-: If the item is in the Marvel Previews, use the first even page number in Previews for Marvel with the page number in the Marvel Previews.
If the item is not in the Marvel Previews, skip the M###- part of the file naming convention.
ItemName: This is the name of the item. We need is enough to determine which item it is.
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.
Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools we use to prep the clips for the episode handle spaces in filenames gracefully.

If it is something not in Previews (like The Private Eye), use 888 for the page number and be sure to include a URL or whatever information might be needed to get the item for I can include that in the show notes if needed.

So, essentially, it use this:
p000-[M000-]ItemName-YourName.mp3

p000-: placeholder for the page number in Previews
M###-: placeholder for the page number in Marvel Previews.
If the item is not in the Marvel Previews, skip the M###- part of the file naming convention.
ItemName: This is the name of the item. We need is enough to determine which item it is. The more complete this is, the better. Capitalize the first letter of each word and don't include spaces or punctuation. For example, "WolverineAndTheXMen1".
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.

Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools I use to prepare the clips for the episode handle spaces or other odd things in filenames gracefully.

At the very least, please include the full name of the item in the filename so it can be properly listed in the show notes. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just leave it off. But having the full name of the item the clip is for makes it much easier for me to organize the files and prepare for recording the episode.

If you have a link you'd like me to include in the show notes, include both your name and the link it in the email to me and I'll add it to the system I use for doing the show notes.

Useful Links
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Tips on how to record a clip can be found here.

Online solicitations can be found at Comic Book Resources for Dark Horse, DC, IDW, Image and Marvel.


Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... f-launches
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

Archie (Dark Circle): http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
BOOM!/Archaia: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... 5-solicits

[drew]

more online solicits

DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... f-launches
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Archie Dark Circle: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

[JohnMayo]

Drew, thanks for posting the links.

[TJ602]

just from the marvel and DC collected edition sections this is going to be one of the most expensive months for me in a long time.....so many good comics....so little time.

[drew]

Dibs 4 Clips:

[MrAloha]

IDW-Godzilla in Hell #1
IDW-Star Trek New Visions: 1971/4860.2
Archie Comics-Archie vs Sharknado One-Shot

[bralinator]

Wolf #1
Star Wars: Lando #1 & #2
Ant-Man Annual #1
Black Panther by Christopher Priest the Complete Collection Vol1 tpb
Astro-Boy Omnibus vol 1
Red Sonja #1973
The Spirit #1
Onyx #1
Mechanism #1

FYI: here's an official ongoing thread with updating July 2015 Dynamite solicits: http://www.dynamite.com/boards/showthre ... 5-solicits

[JohnMayo]

Here are the Comic Book Page picks of the month:

DARK HORSE

BARB WIRE #1
Chris Warner (W), Patrick Olliffe (P), Tom Nguyen (I), Gabe Eltaeb (C), and Adam Hughes (Cover/Variant cover)
On sale July 1
FC, 32 pages $3.99 / Ongoing
Nail-hard tough and drop-dead gorgeous, Barb Wire is the baddest bounty hunter on the mean streets of Steel Harbor, where gangsters can lift bulldozers and leap rusting factories in a single bound. The hunting is stupid good and the bounties are hella big—if Barb lives long enough to collect!

DC

CYBORG #1
Written by DAVID WALKER
Art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO
1:25 Variant cover by TONY HARRIS
On sale JULY 22 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for more information.
The machine that gives Cyborg his powers is evolving! The only problem is that machine is his body and he has no idea what’s causing these changes!

BATGIRL ANNUAL #3
Written by CAMERON STEWART and BRENDEN FLETCHER
Art by BENGAL and others
Cover by BENGAL
On sale JULY 29 • 48 pg, FC, $4.99 US • RATED T
On her latest mission, Batgirl finds herself mixing it up with Helena Bertinelli of Spyral…but who is the mysterious Spyral agent who seems to be one step ahead of her at every turn without ever showing his face? She’s determined to crack this mystery – but Grayson is just as determined not to get caught! Plus: Batgirl visits Gotham Academy – and there are plenty of surprises in store for her!

IDW

STAR TREK/GREEN LANTERN #1 (OF 6)
Mike Johnson (w) • Angel Hernandez (a) • Gabriel Rodriguez (c)
Two iconic franchises collide for the blockbuster crossover event of 2015! The crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise meets the Green Lantern Corps for the first time in an all-new adventure that spans the cosmos! Don't miss the thrilling first chapter of THE SPECTRUM WAR, as Kirk and Spock make a most unusual discovery on a lost world... igniting events that will change the fate of empires!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99
Expected in-store date: 7/8/15

IMAGE

WE STAND ON GUARD #1
Story: Brian K. Vaughan
Art / Cover: Steve Skroce
SAGA writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN teams with artistic legend and MATRIX storyboard artist STEVE SKROCE for an action-packed military thriller that will have everyone talking. 100 years from now, a heroic band of Canadian civilians must defend their homeland from invasion...by the United States of America! The hyper-detailed combat between badass freedom fighters and giant f***ing robots begins with a spectacular 40-PAGE FIRST ISSUE for the regular price of just $2.99!
40 Pages / FC / M / $2.99

MARVEL

SECRET WARS: OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE MARVEL MULTIVERSE #1
Written by THE OHOTMU TEAM, LED BY MIKE O’SULLIVAN & JEFF CHRISTIANSEN
Cover by MIKE McKONE
Worlds are colliding! Both on Battleworld, and in the SECRET WARS OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE MARVEL MULTIVERSE #1 – a collection of all-new Profiles! Journey through Marvel’s multiverse:
Old Man Logan! The Ultimate Universe’s Spider-Man (Miles Morales)! The Age of Ultron! Weirdworld! The Spider-Verse event! The Age of Apocalypse’s Nightcrawler! Plus: profiles of the characters and events at the core of the Secret Wars: the Incursions of Earths, Namor’s Cabal, the Future Foundation kids and more! Also featuring key participants in previous Secret Wars: Volcana (Marsha Rosenberg), Thunderball (Eliot Franklin), the healer Zsaji, the Dark Elf Kurse, original Battleworld refugee Puff the dragon, and the Secret Wars II event itself! And because we love you: the Pet Avengers’ Throg, Lady Deadpool, Teen Hulk…and Obnoxio the Clown?!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

OTHER PUBLISHERS

BOOM! STUDIOS

HACKTIVIST VOL. 2 #1
(W) Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing
(A/CA) Marcus To
What’s To Love: The team behind the critically acclaimed miniseries Hacktivist is back as actress/activist Alyssa Milano teams up with writers Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and artist Marcus To (New Warriors, Red Robin) once again for this next installment of high-stakes danger in the hacker community.
What It Is: It’s been six months since Tunis. Nate Graft’s life was turned upside-down after his best friend Ed Hiccox died, but he’s since pulled things together and is now in charge of VIGIL, the front line of America’s ongoing cyber operations. Just when things are starting to gain some semblance of control, YourLife, the government, and Nate come under attack by a new breed of hacker...who call themselves .sve_urs3lf. Using Nate and Ed’s former handle, they want to know the truth of what happened in Tunis, and they’re calling for blood. Nate’s blood.
32pgs, FC $3.99

GRAPHIC INDIA

GRANT MORRISON'S 18 DAYS #1
(W) Grant Morrison (A/CA) Jeevan Kang
From legendary creator Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman & Robin, The Invisibles), comes the first chapter in his newest creation. 18 Days is the story of three generations of super-warriors, meeting for the final battle of their age, a climactic war that concludes the age of the gods and begins the age of man. “This is not a Lord of the Rings or a Star Wars where the good guys win because they are right. The good guys in 18 Days are forced to cheat and lie and break rules to win. Although it has fantastic, mythic trappings, this is a very modern story of realpolitik and the failure of ideals in the face of harsh truth.” – Grant Morrison. Main covers by Jeevan Kang and Mukesh Singh. Also available with Cosmic Krishna and Oracle variant covers, each limited to 1,000 copies. (STK676141)
JEEVAN KANG COVER A—32pgs, FC SRP: $1.00
MUKESH SINGH COVER B—32pgs, FC SRP: $1.00
COSMIC KRISHNA COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $9.99
ORACLE COVER—32pgs, FC SRP: $9.99

MISTRY P.I. #1
(W) Ashwin Pande (A/CA) Arjuna Susini
There are things that exist in the shadows that ordinary people know nothing of. Another world that lies underneath our very own; a world of demons, monsters, djinns, mummies, werewolves, vampires and demi-gods. It's in this world that Darius Mistry and his friend, Amos Golem, operate as Paranormal Investigators for hire. Whether it’s being hired by ghosts to solve their own murders, breaking up rings of soul-smugglers or saving the city from an outbreak of lycanthropy, these detectives are always on the case! (STK676150)
32pgs, FC (1 of 5) SRP: $2.99

VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT

BOOK OF DEATH: LEGENDS OF THE GEOMANCER #1 (OF 4)
(W) Fred Van Lente (A) Juan Jose Ryp
(CA) Marguerite Sauvage
A special BOOK OF DEATH retailer incentive! The true history and lineage of the Geomancers – revealed here in an all-new series of never-before-seen stories from New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (IVAR, TIMEWALKER) and artist Juan Jose Ryp (Ghosted) that won’t be collected for the trade paperback!
Out of the pages of BOOK OF DEATH, the genesis of the very first Geomancer and the sacred pact that swore them to the service of the Earth can finally be told…but, with it too, the source of the divine mysteries that have haunted their line for centuries. Has their mission redeemed or corrupted the world that followed in their wake…and will the ultimate secrets of the Geomancers’ book doom us all in the end?
24pgs, FC PI

[clobberin_time_bs]

Age of Apocalypse #1

[SupermanFan]

From Dark Horse:

Black Hammer #2

Rebels #4

Usagi Yojimbo #147

From DC:

Superman #42

Action Comics #42

Astro City #25

From IDW:

Long Distance #2

From Image:

Astronauts In Trouble #2

Invincible #121

From Abstract Studios:

Rachel Rising #35

[TJ602]

p046- The New Deal HC
p072- Lady killer TP
p143- Sweet Tooth Deluxe Edition Book One HC
p204- The Crooked Man HC
p241- Last Days of American Crime HC
p303- The Empty Man TP
p374- Fantasy Sports Volume 1 GN
p430- Sunny Volume 5 HC

[IanG]

My picks:

The October Faction Vol. 1 TPB - IDW
The Spire #1- Boom Studios

[DNArington]

JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS – BATMAN #1
JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS –SUPERMAN #1
(I do both of those in one clip)

CYBORG #1

HARLEY QUINN AND POWER GIRL #2

[bralinator]

Once again, I updated my order after listening... thanks.

[JohnMayo]

Once again, I updated my order after listening... thanks.

Cool. What changes did you make?