Previews Spotlight #111 (Jan->Mar) Deadline: Sat AM, Jan 7

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, December 28th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, January 7th.

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, "AllNewAllDifferentButSomehowStillNotParticularlyDifferentFromWhatHasGoneBeforeUncannyTitle1".
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.

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are some of Solicitations for March.
They are:

Aardvark Vanaheim: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/aardvark ... citations/

Boom! Studios: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/boom-stu ... citations/

Chapterhouse Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/chapterh ... citations/

Dark Horse: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/dark-hor ... citations/

Devils Due/1st Comics http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/devils-d ... citations/

Marvel: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/marvel-c ... citations/

Oni Press: http://www.cbr.com/oni-press-solicitati ... arch-2017/

If anyone sees more Solicitations for March, please feel free to post them on the forum.

Aloha!

[MichaelCastle]

Thanks for posting Jason! Dark Horse bringing back Rebels from Brian Wood for another miniseries has me very excited!!

[bralinator]

Thanks Jason!

I see a few more March 2017 solicitations are starting to roll in. Looks like DC is planning some fun annuals for March.

215 Ink Comics
451 Media Group
Aardvark Vanaheim Comics
Action Lab Entertainment
Aftershock Comics
American Gothic Press
American Mythology
Archie Comics
Avatar Press
Black Mask Comics
Bongo Comics
BOOM! Studios
Caliber Comics
Chapterhouse Comics
Coffin Comics
Darby Pop Publishing
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Devils Due/1First Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
IDW Comics
Image Comics
Lion Forge Comics
Marvel Comics
Oni Press
Valiant Comics
Rothic Comics
Titan Comics
Vault Comics
Z2 Comics


Keep 'em coming!

[MrAloha]

Thanks for posting Jason! Dark Horse bringing back Rebels from Brian Wood for another miniseries has me very excited!!

Dear Michael,
No problem. Please submit a clip in for Dark Horse "Rebels."
It would great to hear why you're excited about this miniseries.

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Thanks Jason!

I see a few more March 2017 solicitations are starting to roll in. Looks like DC is planning some fun annuals for March.

Dear Bralinator,
No problem. Thank you for posting the solicits.

I'm going to check out the DC March solicits for some of those annuals you mentioned.
I might submit clips on one or two of those annuals.

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

These are the clip(s) I'll be submitting for episode #111.
They are:

1) Archie: JUGHEAD: THE HUNGER ONE-SHOT by Frank Tieri (W) and Michael Walsh (W)

2) DC: ADAM STRANGE/FUTURE QUEST ANNUAL #1
by Marc Andreyko and Jeff Parker (Writers) and Steve Lieber (A)

3) DC: BOOSTER GOLD/THE FLINTSTONES ANNUAL #1
by Mark Russell (W) and Rick Leonardi and Scott Hanna (Artists)

4) DC: SUICIDE SQUAD #13 by Rob Williams (W) and legendary artist, John Romita, and Danny Miki (Artists)
(Ill be recording this at Dragon's Lair)

5) Shoutout Clip

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Keep 'em coming!

Dear Bralinator,

May I ask if you can include Aardvark Vanaheim, Chapterhouse, and Devil's Due/1st Comics to your list?

Mahalo!
Jason

[bralinator]

Done!


Still waiting on Aspen and Spacegoat Publishing

[bralinator]

And for those who can't wait for the catalog, here is a free version you can download in PDF format.

http://www.alternateworlds.com.au/preorder-catalogues

[bralinator]

My picks so far:

Dark Horse
American Gods: Shadows #1 (pg56)

DC
Green Lantern/Space Ghost Annual #1 (pg126)

Marvel
Man-Thing #1 & #2 (pg12)

Archie Comics
Little Archie One-Shot (pg296)

Chapterhouse Comics
Die, Kitty! Die! (pg336)

Oni Press
Redline #1 (pg402)

Titan Comics
Anno Dracula #1 (pg424)

Valiant
X-O Manowar #1 (pg452)

[ToddC]

Hi, I would like to submit the following clips:

Doom Patrol Silver Age Omnibus
Captain America and Falcon: Secret Empire TPB
Royal City #1
Animosity Volume 1
Hero-A-Go-Go Twomorrows SC

Thanks! -TODD

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
Rebels: These Free And Independent States #1 of 8
Black Hammer #7
DC Comics:
Superman #18 & 19
Action Comics #975 & 976
Superwoman #8
Vertigo/DC:
Astro City #43
Skybound/Image:
Invincible #134
Abstract Studios:
Motor Girl #4

[MichaelCastle]

Hey guys I'm going to try and submit clips for the following :

Hillbilly Volume 1
Underwinter #1
Glitterbomb volume 1
Rough Riders : Riders on the Storm #2
Thanks! Can't wait to hear everyone's picks!!

[drew]

And for those who can't wait for the catalog, here is a free version you can download in PDF format.

http://www.alternateworlds.com.au/preorder-catalogues

oooh Adult Previews - thanks bralinator...mine eyes have seen the glory