Previews Spotlight #121 (Nov->Jan) Deadline: Sat AM, Nov 4

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, October 25th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, November 4th.

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,

Here are some of the January solicitations,

AC Comics
Aftershock
Archie Comics
Aspen Comics
DC Comics (Thank you Dr. Mo for the heads up on the Slack Channel.)
Dark Circle
Dark Horse
Devils Due/1First Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
Image (Thank you Dr. Mo for the heads up on the Slack Channel.)
Marvel (Thank you Mister Ferro for the heads up on the Slack Channel.)
Oni Press
Valiant

If you see more solicits coming out for January, please feel free to post them on this thread.

Aloha!

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are my picks for this episode.
They are:

1) DC: Detective Comics Annual #1 by James Tynion IV (W) and Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira (A/C)
2) DC: Swamp Thing Winter Special #1 by Tom King (W) and Jason Fabok (A).
And a final story by the late Len Wein (W) and Kelly Jones (A). This story is going to be Amazing!
3) Dynamite Entertainment: Battlestar Galactica vs. Battlestar Galactica #1 by Peter David (W) and Johnny Desjardins (A)
4) Dynamite Entertainment: Swords Of The Swashbucklers by Bill Mantlo (W) and Jackson Guice, Geoff Isherwood, and Colleen Doran (A)
Format: Hardcover
I'm tempted to pick this up.
5) Image: The Walking Dead #175 by Robert Kirkman (W) and Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn (A)
“NEW WORLD ORDER,” Part One

6) Shoutouts

Aloha

[bralinator]

Some remaining solicitations that Jason hasn't already shared

+ 451 Media Group
+ Aardvark Vanaheim Comics
+ Action Lab Entertainment
+ Action Lab Danger Zone
+ Amigo Comics
+ Avatar Press
+ Blackbox Comics
+ Bongo Comics
+ BOOM! Studios
+ Chapterhouse Comics
+ IDW Publishing
+ Red 5 Comics
+ Space Goat Publishing
+ Titan Comics

[bralinator]

My picks for this month are:

Vinegar Teeth #1 Dark Horse
The Terrifics #1 DC Comics
Punisher Max by Garth Ennis Omnibus Vol. 1 HC
Cosmo #1 Archie Comics
Saucer State TPB IDW Publishing
Ninjak Vs the Valiant Universe #1

[MrAloha]

Dear Bralinator,

Thank you for posting the rest of the solicits.

Nice pick on the Ninjak Vs the Valiant Universe.

Aloha,
Jason

[Thedoh]

Hi all. I would like to submit recordings for the following:

Aquaman by Peter David Book One
Snagglepuss Chronicles #1
Planet of the Apes: Ursus #1

Thanks. -TODD

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
Sherlock Frankenstein And The Legion Of Evil #4 of 4
Usagi Yojimbo #165

DC Comics:
The Terrifics #1
Action Comics #995 & #996
Superman #38 & 39

Skybound/Image:
Invincible #144 FINAL ISSUE

Abstract Studios:
Strangers In Paradise XXV #1

New England Comics:
The Tick #3

[alienal121]

My picks this month are:
DC Motherlands #1 p.135
Image Kill or Be Killed #15 p.198
Marvel Champions #16 p.030
Archie The Archies #4

[drew]

Drew's Picks

Old Man Hawkeye #1
Abbot #1
Amped #1
Hungry Ghosts #1
Sex Criminals #21

[MrAloha]

5) Image: The Walking Dead #175 by Robert Kirkman (W) and Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn (A)
“NEW WORLD ORDER,” Part One

Dear Gang,
A minor detail, you won't be hearing my clip on The Walking Dead #175 in this episode because I simply forgot to record one.

Sorry about that.

But if you guys get a chance, pick up The Walking Dead #175. It is the start of a brand new story arc. And that cover looks AWESOME! I might buy two copies.

Aloha,
Jason