Previews Spotlight #128 (Jun->Aug) Deadline: Sat AM, June 9

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, May 30th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, June 9th.

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###-[D###-][M###-]ItemNameAndIssueNumber-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.
D###: If the item is in the DC Previews, use the first even page number in Previews for Marvel with the page number in the DC Previews. If the item is not in the DC Previews, skip the D###- part of the file naming convention.
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.
ItemNameAndIssueNumber: 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.

Examples:
Non DC/Marvel Title: p030-ItemFromDiamondPreviews13-YourNameGoesHere.MP3
DC Title: p128-D003-DcTitle3-YourNameGoesHere.MP3 (presuming the first even page in the DC section in the main Previews is page 128)
Marvel Title: p172-M004-MarvelTitle1-YourNameGoesHere.MP3 (presuming the first even page in the Marvel section in the main Previews is page 172)

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.

[jrphoenix]

DC: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/21 ... gust-2018/
Marvel: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/05/22 ... gust-2018/

[drew]

Online June 2018 Previews Catalog (for products in shops August 2018 and beyond) catalog is up https://www.previewsworld.com/catalog

[bralinator]

I'm seeing some solicitations rolling in - please add any you find to this thread:

+ Aardvark Anaheim
+ Action Lab
+ Aftershock Comics
+ Alterna Comics
+ Amigo Comics
+ Antarctic Press
+ Archie Comics
+ Aspen Comics
+ Avatar Press
+ Bongo Comics
+ BOOM! Studios
+ Chapterhouse Publishing
+ Dark Horse Comics
+ DC Comics
+ Devil's Due/1First Comics
+ Dynamite Entertainment
+ IDW Publishing
+ Image Comics
+ Marvel Comics
+ ONI Press
+ Scout Comics
+ Titan Comics
+ Valiant Entertainment
+ Zenescope Comics

[bralinator]

My picks:

+ Adventures of the Super Sons #1 (DC)
+ Pearl #1 (DC)
+ Scarlet #1 (DC)
+ Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Venom (Marvel)
+ Back to the Future: Tales from the Time Train (IDW)
+ Frankenstein Alive, Alive: The Complete Collection (IDW)
+ G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero Omnibus, Vol. 1 (IDW)
+ James Brown: Black and Proud (IDW)
+ Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons #1 (IDW)
+ Star Wars: A New Hope Graphic Novel (IDW)
+ Hey Kids, Comics! #1 (Image)
+ Beyonders #1 (Aftershock)
+ Rags #1 (Antarctic)
+ Mercy Sparx Omnibus (Devil's Due/1First)


Attention Drew. Be sure to carefully peruse the Devil's Due solicits. You may see something you'd like to chat about... just sayin'

[NicksPicks]

Still finalizing my list (I still want to browse the printed Previews yet), but here's a few placeholders for possible clip submissions. I'll probably trim a few, especially if anyone else wants to submit clips on these. So I'll edit this again as I finalize the submissions.

Image:
-Gideon Falls #6 (first arc conclusion)
-Ice Cream Man #6 (continuing the weird)
-Isola #5 (first arc conclusion; returns Jan 2019)
-Spawn #289 ("countdown to the giant-sized 300th issue begins here"; Jason Shawn Alexander art)
-Weatherman #3
-Cold Spots #1 (5 issue mini; a Cullen Bunn premise that hooks me)
Dark Horse:
-Complete Angel Catbird TP (never read this, but it looks hysterical and is now in one collection)
-The Massive TPBs 1-5 (may not do clip, but this was a unique series with some interesting twists)
BOOM:
-Black Badge #1 (Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins, black ops Boy Scouts? Yes please)
DC:
-Catwoman/Twenty & Sylvester Special
-Batman #52-53 (Lee Weeks!!! Also Dick Grayson under the cowl! And Mr. Freeze!)

[NicksPicks]

After hearing it mentioned on the April comics sales episode that a lot of clips are for new #1s each month, I thought it would be fun to pick some end of arc issues this month (see my post above)! But seriously, don't forget you can always highlight an ongoing series you are enjoying and encourage the other listeners to jump into the middle or go back to the beginning of a title or big story arc

[drew]

Examples:
Non DC/Marvel Title: p030-ItemFromDiamondPreviews13-YourNameGoesHere.MP3
DC Title: p128-D003-DcTitle3-YourNameGoesHere.MP3 (presuming the first even page in the DC section in the main Previews is page 128)
Marvel Title: p172-M004-MarvelTitle1-YourNameGoesHere.MP3 (presuming the first even page in the Marvel section in the main Previews is page 172).

So not capital M or D instead of the the lowercase p but in addition to? Why is this still so hard for me to master after 70+ months of submissions

[bralinator]

Yep, I’ve been screwing this up too, apparently. I’ve been formatting mine this way the whole time, M031-TitleOfSeriesAndIssueNumber-bralinator,mp3

[alienal121]

Hey gang! My chosen clips for this month are:
Image - Paper Girls #23
DC - p.126 or 128? Who knows? I don't have the catalogue. The Unexpected #3
Marvel p. 168? X-Men Grand Design Second Genesis #2
Darkhorse p. 86 The Seeds #1

Alright, I'll worry about the page numbers later...

[drew]

my picks

Beauty #22
World of Tanks #4
X-men Red #7
Crossed +100 Mimic #5

[jrphoenix]

Image: Age of Bronze TP
Dark Horse: BPRD HC 3 / Colossal Conan The Cimmerian
DC: Scarlet, Before Watchmen Omnibus, Damage Annual
Marvel: Fantastic Four, Infnity Wars, Web of Venom Ve-nam
Aftershock: Dark Ark
Aspen: Dissension War Eternal
Lion Forge: Jazz Maynard

[Thedoh]

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

Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1
Blackwood #4

Sense a pattern?

-TODD

[NicksPicks]

Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1
Blackwood #4
Sense a pattern?

Titles that start with "B?"

[SupermanFan]

Image Comics:
Hey Kids Comics #1
Dark Horse Comics:
Black Hammer: Age Of Doom #4
The Quantum Age #2
Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #5 of 7
DC Comics:
Action Comics #1002
Superman #2
Marvel:
Fantastic Four #1
Abstract Studios:
Strangers In Paradise XXV #6