Previews Spotlight #106 (Aug->Oct) Deadline: Sat AM, Aug 6

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, July 27th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, August 6th.

Please post which comics you will be sending in submissions for here on this thread with the full title, issue number and publisher. 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.

The Previews Spotlight is released as a mono podcast, not stereo. If you record in stereo, I'll convert it to a mono record by dropping one of the tracks.

The Comic Book Page podcast is an all-ages podcast and is profanity free. I will have to edit out any profanity in the clips, including any unfortunately named comic book titles. If that section of the clip can't be easily removed I will have to replace the profanity with the DTMF tones for "profanity". In addition to this being my personal stand on profanity, it is also an iTunes policy: If your audio includes explicit language, we require you to set the explicit tag- regardless of why it is spoken (title of comic, name of street, etc.)

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. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just use "p000-" instead and I'll look it up. Just use "p000-" for this part of the filename. If it is something not in Previews, 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.
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.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.

I've got some automation around the episode assembly process which uses the dashes to parse the filenames. 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.

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.

The episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

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. First Comics News is also a great source for the online solicitations.

If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.

[bralinator]

Here are some early solicits for everyone to peruse:
451 Comics
AC Comics
Aftershock Comics
American Gothic Press
American Mythology
Amigo Comics
Archie Comics
Aspen Comics
Avatar Press
Bongo Comics
BOOM! Comics
Chapterhouse Comics
Darby Pop
Dark Circle Comics
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Devil's Due/1First Comics
Dynamite Comics
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
Moonstone Comics
Oni Press
Spacegoat Productions
Vertigo Comics
Valiant Comics
Titan Comics

Marvel won't release full solicits until SDCC is concluded. But you can see most of the titles at the link above. They are subject to change without notice.

[MrAloha]

Dear Bralinator,

Thank you for posting the October solicits.

I'll post my picks over the next couple of days.

Aloha!

[bralinator]

Dear Bralinator,

Thank you for posting the October solicits.

I'll post my picks over the next couple of days.

Aloha!

My pleasure Jason. I'm still waiting on many more like Dynamite, BOOM!, Titan, Oni Press, Dark Horse, and even Marvel, so when you see any more solicits, please share them here like you frequently do.

I'm still not quite ready to make any picks yet either.

[MrAloha]

when you see any more solicits, please share them here like you frequently do.

Dear Bralinator and gang,

Here is the October solicit for Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... heels-more
OR
http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=227385

If anyone else sees more solicits, please post them on this thread.

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are couple more solicits for October.
They are:

Archie Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=225487

Archie's Dark Circle Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=225610

BOOM! Studios: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... r-solicits

Image Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=227194
OR
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

Aloha!

[bralinator]

I added several more to my first post above. I get most of these solicits from FirstComicsNews.com, ComicBookResources.com, ComicList.com, ConstantCollectible.com or ComicsContinuum.com

So what's going in your shopping cart or on your pull-list or which solicit(s) will you be submitting for the next Previews episode?




P.S. Final day to edit your July DCBS order is 7/27/16

[MrAloha]

So what's going in your shopping cart or on your pull-list or which solicit(s) will you be submitting for the next Previews episode?

Dear Bralinator,
I will answer to that call!

Here are my picks, for now.
They are:

1) Aftershock Comics: Shipwreck #1
by Warren Ellis (W) and Phil Hester (A/C)

Mike Marts, Aftershock Comics Editor In Chief, gives a brief description of Shipwreck in this IGN article. If you get a chance, check it out: http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/07/ ... stay-small

2) Marvel: Civil War II: #7
by (W) Brian Michael Bendis and (A) David Marquez
(I'll be recording this at Dragon's Lair in Hawaii.)

3) Champions: No Time For Losers #1
by Tony Isabella & Bill Mantlo and Don Heck, George Tuska & John Byrne (A)
This reprints issues 1-3 and 14-15.
It is a $7.99 book. To me, this a deal getting 5 reprinted issues for $1.59 each just to check this out.

4) Marvel: Great Lake Avengers #1
by Zac Gorman and Will Robson (A/C)

5) IDW: Star Trek: Boldly Go #1 GEM OF THE MONTH
by Mike Johnson (W) and Tony Shasteen (A)

6) Image Comics: Paper Girls #10 THE SECOND STORY ARC COMES TO AN END!
by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang (A/CA), and Matthew Wilson (Colors)
(I'll be recording this at Dragon's Lair in Hawaii.)

7) Shoutout clip

Bralinator,
Thank you for posting the solicits. I look forward to seeing your pick on the forum.

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here is another solicit for October.

TwoMorrows Publishing: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=227011

This is the first time I have seen them post on-line solicits.

Aloha!

[bralinator]

I'm going to try to record bits for each of these.

Kiss #1 (Dynamite)
Big Trouble in Little China / Escape from New York #1 (BOOM!)
Conan Omnibus Volume 1: Birth of the Legend TPB (Dark Horse)
He Man & Thundercats #1 (DC)
Spookhouse #1
Cage #1 (Marvel)
Archies Meet the Ramones one-shot
Captain Britain Legacy of a Legend & Jim Starlin Complete Captain Marvel tpbs

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here is the complete Marvel solicitations for October:

Marvel Comics: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
OR
http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=228320
OR
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/07/25/ ... tober-2016

According to the IGN article, Marvel Comics Solicitations For October 2016 (link above), Marvel is starting up a number of ongoing and mini-series this October.
Such as:
1) A new Jessica Jones series
2) Mosaic (an Inhuman introduced in Uncanny Inhumans #11)
3) Cage (a Luke Cage mini-series)
4) Great Lake Avengers (One of favorite teams).

Marvel will be ending some of their ongoing and mini-series in October.
Such as:
1) The Astonishing Ant-Man #13
2) Vision #12 (Drew's favorite series.)
3) Empress #7
4) Star Wars: Han Solo #5

I'll be doing a clip on the Great Lake Avengers.

Bralinator, again, thank you for posting the solicits for October.

I hope everyone finds something to submit clips in for the August Previews Spotlight.

Aloha!

[GABE!]

I'm switching over to mostly collected editions, hardcovers and omnibuses.

Lots of great omnibuses coming from Marvel.

Realm of Kings omnibus. Marvel is finally releasing all the modern cosmic storyline in omnibus formate. I need them all.
Daredevil Omnibus vol 1. This is the original 1960s series
A new printing of Old Man Logan hardcover.

[JohnMayo]

I am still on the road heading home from Comic-Con. Normally I'd send out the first Previews Spotlight reminder email but my technology isn't cooperating with me at the moment. If I can get it sent from on the road, I will. Otherwise the first reminder email might not get out until I get home on a few days.

[drew]

Marvel will be ending some of their ongoing and mini-series in October.
Such as:

2) Vision #12 (Drew's favorite series.)!

Sniff sniff - I love this series so much - really gonna miss it

[MrAloha]

I'm switching over to mostly collected editions, hardcovers and omnibuses.

A new printing of Old Man Logan hardcover.

Dear Gabe,

The new printing of Old Man Logan hardcover is very tempting.

Aloha!