Previews Spotlight #124 (Feb->Apr) Deadline: Sat AM, Feb 10

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, January 31st. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, February 10th.

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.

[MrAloha]

Dear gang,

The April Solicitations are slowly rolling in.
They are:

Aspen Comics
Chapterhouse
DC
Dark Horse
Rebellion Comics
Vault Comics

If anyone sees more April Solicits, please feel free to post them.
Aloha,
Jason

[MrAloha]

Here are a couple of things I plan to record for this episode.
They are:

1) Aliens: Dust to Dust by Gabriel Hardman (W/A/Cover)
2) Shoutouts

Jason

[bralinator]

I always enjoy your shout-outs, Jason. Thanks for being such a consistent encourager.

[MrAloha]

I always enjoy your shout-outs, Jason. Thanks for being such a consistent encourager.

Dear Bralinator,
Mahalo for the kind words.
Aloha,
Jason

[drew]

Previews Online Catalog is up:
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog?p ... MICS&cat=1

[drew]

DREW's Picks:

Black Hammer #1
Astro City #1
Lazarus #27
Manifest Destiny #36
Thanos Annual #1
LiveWork #1
Survival Fetish #1
DayGloAyHole #1

I rarely read solicits so please feel free to duplicate my selections if you like and are so inclined...

[bralinator]

+ Action Lab
+ Aftershock Comics
+ Amigo Comics
+ Archie Comics
+ Aspen Comics
+ Bongo Comics
+ BOOM! Studios
+ Caliber Comics
+ Chapterhouse Comics
+ Dark Horse Comics
+ DC Comics
+ Devils Due/1First Comics
+ Dynamite Entertainment
+ IDW Publishing
+ Image Comics
+ Marvel Comics
+ ONI Press
+ Rebellion Comics
+ Scout Comics
+ Titan Comics
+ Valiant Entertainment
+ Vault Comics
+ Zenescope Comics

[bralinator]

My picks

+ Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1 (Dark Horse)
+ Analog #1 (Image)
+ Thanos: Annual #1 (Marvel)
+ Animosity Vol 1 HC (Aftershock)
+ Robocop: Citizens Arrest #1 (BOOM!)
+ Swashbucklers: The Saga Continues #1 (Dynamite)
+ Yellow Submarine HC (Titan)
+ The Prisoner #1 (Titan)

I'm prone to drop one or two of these before recording day, so feel free to duplicate any of them.

[alienal121]

DREW's Picks:

I rarely read solicits so please feel free to duplicate my selections if you like and are so inclined...

Well, yeah, I would've probably picked 2 or 3 of Drew's picks, but I am of the mind that if someone's gonna make that clip already, it doesn't need to be duplicated. AND it just makes me look further afield in the catalog for other juicy picks
My picks this month are:
DC: Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #21 page 92
Image: Elsewhere #6 page 224
Marvel: Domino #1 page 9 in the Marvel catalog

[drew]

DREW's Picks:

I rarely read solicits so please feel free to duplicate my selections if you like and are so inclined...

Well, yeah, I would've probably picked 2 or 3 of Drew's picks, but I am of the mind that if someone's gonna make that clip already, it doesn't need to be duplicated. AND it just makes me look further afield in the catalog for other juicy picks
My picks this month are:
DC: Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #21 page 92
Image: Elsewhere #6 page 224
Marvel: Domino #1 page 9 in the Marvel catalog

yeah i get that - i just feel bad if someone is hyped about a book and i got it on my list - but i guess it would be pretty boring if we all picked the same handful of titles

[bralinator]

I think it's a chore to listen to the Previews podcast when there are 2-3 spots on the same comic. If I haven't decided to pick up a book after the first one, a second or third solicit of the same book is unlikely to persuade me to change my mind. Just saying. Maybe I should do less recordings so people can have more choices to solicit what they want?

I'd be more than happy if John dropped any of my recordings where there were duplicates of it from someone else. I'm more concerned about the enjoyment of the podcast for others than just hearing my recordings. I couldn't care less about hearing my own voice again.

Just my two cents.

[Thedoh]

Hi, I would like to submit recordings this month for:

Jack Kirby Prisoner Original Art Edition
Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #2

Thanks,

-TODD

[drew]

I think it's a chore to listen to the Previews podcast when there are 2-3 spots on the same comic. If I haven't decided to pick up a book after the first one, a second or third solicit of the same book is unlikely to persuade me to change my mind. Just saying. Maybe I should do less recordings so people can have more choices to solicit what they want?

I'd be more than happy if John dropped any of my recordings where there were duplicates of it from someone else. I'm more concerned about the enjoyment of the podcast for others than just hearing my recordings. I couldn't care less about hearing my own voice again.

Just my two cents.

agreed - feel free to replace mine if duped

[doctormo]

Here are my picks.

DC:
WILD STORM #13

Image:
ISOLA #1
DEAD HAND #1

Black Mask:
BLACK [AF]: WIDOWS & ORPHANS #1

Marvel:
X-MEN:RED #3