Previews Spotlight #120 (Oct->Dec) Deadline: Sat AM, Oct 7

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, September 27th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, October 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.) This includes any profanity in the title or solicitation text.

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.

[bralinator]

December 2017 comic solicitations are beginning to trickle in. Here are a few:

Archie Comics
Avatar Comics
DC Comics
Marvel Comics
ONI Press

[MrAloha]

Dear Bralinator and gang,

Here are more December solicitations.
They are:

215 Ink Comics
AC Comics
Aardvark Anaheim Comics
Action Lab
Action Lab: Danger Zone
Amigo Comics
Aspen Comics
Blackbox Comics
Bongo Comics
BOOM!
Broadsword Comics
Caliber Comics
Chapterhouse
Coffin Comics
Dark Horse
Devil's Due/1First Comics
Dynamite
Image
Red 5 Comics
Rothic Comics
Space Goat Publishing
Valiant

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are my picks:

DC: DC Universe Holiday Special 2017 #1: A new Batman story by legendary writer Denny O'Neil, and a Sgt. Rock story.
Page 87

DC: Scooby-Doo Team-Up #33 by Sholly Fisch (W) and Dario Brizuela (A/C) Legion Of SuperHeroes!
Page: 131

Image: Elsewhere, Vol. 1 TP by Jay Faerber (W) and Ron Riley and Sumeyye Kesgin (A)
Page: 205

Archie: Marvel Comics Digest #4 by Various Writers and Artist.
Spotlight is on the X-MEN.
Page: 278

2017 Maui Comic Con
Page: 888

Shoutout clip
Page: 889

Aloha!

[bralinator]

My picks for Previews:

Rebels: These Free and Independent States TP
The Kamandi Challenge #12
The Divided States of Hysteria TPB by Howard Chaykin
Vision Director's Cut HC by Tom King
X-Men Grand Design #1 (of 2) by Ed Piskor
X-O Manowar #10-14 Pre-Order Edition Bundle

[Thedoh]

Hi, I would like to submit this month for the following:

Aquaman #31
Black Panther: Panther's Quest TPB
The Photo-Journal Guide to Comics

Thanks all!

-TODD

[alienal121]

Howdy,
This month I'm picking:
Dark Horse page 50 Hellboy: Krampusnacht One-Shot
DC page 126 Wildstorm: Michael Cray #3
Image page 228 Redneck #8
Marvel page 43 Defenders #8

Thanks!

[bralinator]

For those without the catalog this month, here is a link to the PDFs for the Marvel and standard versions of Previews.

http://www.alternateworlds.com.au/sites ... eviews.pdf

http://www.alternateworlds.com.au/sites ... eviews.pdf

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
Usagi Yojimbo #164
Sherlock Frankenstein And The Legion Of Evil #3 of 4

DC Comics:
Action Comics #993 & #994
Superman #36 & #37

Vertigo/DC Comics:
Astro City #50

Skybound/Image:
Invincible #143

[doctormo]

Dark Horse
Empowered & Sistah Spooky’s High School Hell #1 (of 6)

DC Comics
The Immortal Men #1

Image Comics
Youngblood #7

Lion Forge
Summit #1

[drew]

drew's clips:

Hawkeye 13
Giants 1
Assassanistas 1
Bonehead 1
Judas 1

[MrAloha]

Dear Todd,

Thank you for the shoutout on this episode.

I'm glad I your going to pick up Justice League Of America Annual #1 with the Kelly Jones art.

Aloha!
Jason