Previews Spotlight #098 (Dec->Feb) Deadline: Sat AM, Dec 5
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 1:54 pm
Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, November 25th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, December 5th.
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.
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, "WolverineAndTheXMen1".
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.
Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ndoff-more
Archie (Dark Circle):
BOOM!/Archaia: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Valiant:
If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.
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.
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, "WolverineAndTheXMen1".
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
============
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.
Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... ndoff-more
Archie (Dark Circle):
BOOM!/Archaia: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Valiant:
If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.