Previews Spotlight #129 (Jul->Sep) Deadline: Sat AM, July 7

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, June 27th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, July 7th. If you can get it in early that would be appreciated.

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 DC 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.

[doctormo]

Here are my picks for the episode.

AHOY COMICS
Wrong Earth #1

ARCHIE COMICS
Archie 1941 #1

DARK HORSE COMICS
BTVS SEASON 12 THE RECKONING #4

MARVEL
Mr. & Mrs. X #3

VALIANT
Harbinger Wars II: Aftermath #1

[bralinator]

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

+ Aardvark Anaheim
+ Archie Comics
+ Bongo Comics
+ Boom Studios
+ Chapterhouse Publishing
+ Dark Horse Comics
+ DC Comics
+ Devil's Due/1First Comics
+ IDW Publishing
+ Image Comics
+ Marvel Comics
+ Valiant Entertainment

[bralinator]

My picks

Star Trek / Transformers #1
Thanos Legacy #1
Silver Surfer Annual #1
Conan Omnibus v1
White Knight TPB
Analog TPB
Marilyn and the Monsters
James Bond Origin #1

After going though the Previews catalog, I changed a few of my picks. Nick, be sure to do a solid for Cover #1. I’m limiting myself to 8 picks this month!

[drew]

online catalog is up https://www.previewsworld.com/catalog

[alienal121]

Hey gang!
My clips for this month will probably be:
Image: Oblivion Song #7
Darkhorse: BPRD The Devil You Know #10
DC: Mister Miracle #12
Marvel: Domino #6/Domino Annual #1
T-Pub: Transdimensional #1

[jrphoenix]

Picks:

Dark Horse:
Stranger Things
World of Tanks Citadel
DC:
Wonder Woman Earth One Vol 2 HC
Super Sons Omnibus
Marvel:
Conan Omnibus
Dynamite:
Vampirella Dejah Thoris
Boom:
Low Road West
Insight:
Djinn
Titan:
Elric White Wolf
Low Road West

[NicksPicks]

I'm going to try and have my clips recorded by Friday, but here's a few things I might submit clips for. I'll edit with a more complete listing once I record.

*Updated final list of submissions:

+ Bully Wars #1 (Image) - Skottie Young humor for an all-ages audience
+ MCMLXXV (1975) #1 (Image) - Killer art, cab driver with an enchanted tire iron, monster fighting
+ War Bears #1 (Dark Horse) - Interesting premise?
+ Cover #1 (DC) - Brian Michael Bendis and David Mack
+ Action Comics #1003
+ Batman #54 - Matt Wagner!
+ Deathstroke #35
+ Jinxworld Sampler - I'll be picking up to sample some of Bendis' existing creator owned work
+ Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive #1 - I'm a sucker for pulp stories; also the Allreds and Rich Tommaso collaborating for this one
+ Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town #1 of 5
+ Over the Garden Wall Vol. 1: Distillatoria OGN

[SupermanFan]

Image Comics:
Hey Kids Comics #2
Dark Horse Comics:
Black Hammer: Age Of Doom #5
Quantum Age: From The World Of Black Hammer #3
Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #6 of 7
DC Comics:
Action Comics #1003
Superman #3

Since NicksPicks has also picked Action #1003 I will skip re-reading the solicit and just share why I'm looking forward to this issue.

[Thedoh]

Hi, I would like to submit for the following:

Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil -Deluxe Edition
Batman: Dark Knight Detective Volume 2
Batman: Kings Of Fear #2
Sandman Omnibus Vol. 3

-TODD

[drew]

Drew's Picks

Man-Eaters #1
Lowlifes #4
West Coast Avengers #2
Welcome to Wanderland #1
High Heaven #1
Mike Hammer #4

[CosmicTimes]

Here are our picks ...

D030 Hawkman #4 picked by Martin Pierro
P100 Stranger Things #1 picked by Martin Pierro
P104 MST3K #1 picked by Heidi Hess
P154 Batman/The Maxx #1 picked by Heidi Hess
P324 The Shepherd Vol 1 & 2 picked by Martin Pierro
P358 Marilyn's Monsters picked by Heidi Hess
P417 Doctor Who picked by Martin Pierro
P420 Newburryport & Hobbs picked by Heidi Hess