Previews Spotlight #123 (Jan->Mar) Deadline: Sat AM, Jan 6

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, December 27th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, January 6th.

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.

[bralinator]

Here are some early solicits to start browsing

Aftershock Comics
Archie Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Circle Comics
DC Comics
Devil's Due/1First Comics
Scout Comics
Vault Comics

[MrAloha]

Dear Bralinator,

Here are more solicits coming in.
They are:

451 Media
Aardvark Vanaheim Comics
Amigo Comics
Bongo Comics
Boom! Studios
Broadsword Comics
Chapterhouse
Coffin Comics
IDW
Marvel
Oni Press
Valiant

If you see other solicits popping up, please feel free to post it on the forum.

Aloha,
Jason

[bralinator]

Thanks Jason!

Looks like several Marvel titles are getting cancelled according to the solicits and what I’m reading online.

Check out this article for a rundown. Some surprises in there.

[bralinator]

My picks for March:

Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites TPB (Dark Horse)
Immortal Men #1 (DC Comics)
Kamandi Challenge HC (DC Comics)
Agents of Atlas TPB (Marvel)
Countdown to Infinity #1 (Marvel)
Punisher Platoon TPB (Marvel)

[drew]

my picks

USAGI YOJIMBO #1-THE HIDDEN
JESSICA JONES #18
STAR WARS ADVENTURES #8
GIDEON FALLS #1
SHADE THE CHANGING WOMAN #1
TINSELTOWN #1
WELCOME TO PARADISE #1
QUANTUM & WOODY #4

[NicksPicks]

Just got my Previews catalog yesterday. I'll try to pick a few comics for submissions this afternoon, but probably something on the Young Animal second wave and the beginnings of one or two new story arcs from DC oncoming series. And I think there are some Image books that stood out this month.

[Thedoh]

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

Marvel Masterworks Captain America Vol 10
Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows
Milk and Cheese Dairy Products Gone Bad TP
Batman White Knight #6

Thanks! -TODD

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
Dr. Star And The Kingdom Of Lost Sorrows #1/4
Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #1/7
DC Comics:
The Terrifics #2
Action Comics #999
Superman #42 & #43
Vertigo/DC:
Astro City
Abstract Studios:
Strangers In Paradise XXV #2

[MrAloha]

Dear gang,

Where has the time gone?
I'm just going to do three clips.
They are:

1) Marvel: Infinity Countdown #1 by Gerry Duggan (W) and Aaron Kuder (A)
2) Shoutout clip
3) Encouragement clip Encouraging listeners (old and new) to submit clips for the new year and to join the Slack Channel.

Aloha,
Jason

[CosmicTimes]

... and here are the picks that Heidi and I came up with ...

Dark Horse
Doctor Star & The Kingdom of Lost Tomorrows #1 (Heidi)
IDW
Star Trek: Discovery - Annual 2018 (Martin)
The Crow: Memento Mori #1 (Heidi)
Wards Valley (Heidi)
Marvel
Iron Man: Hong Kong Heroes #1 (Martin)
Marvel 2 in One #4 (Martin)
Lion Forge
The Lost Path (Heidi)
Titan
Sea of Thieves (Martin)

Not much this month ... nothing really caught my eye.

[victorvondoom]

My clips
1. Scooby Apocalypse #23 DC
2. Bubba Ho-Tep #1 Idw
3. October Faction #1 Idw
4. X-Men Red #2 Marvel
5. Bruce Lee One Shot Darby Press

-Jerry

[drew]

My clips
1. Scooby Apocalypse #23
-Jerry

cool - glad somebody else is reading this - i think its getting pretty good

[NicksPicks]

In the spirit of the new year, I decided to branch out a little bit to some unfamiliar comics territory. Ended up submitting:

Astro City 51, Superman 42 and 43 from DC.
Infidel 1 of 5 from Image
Vampironica 1 from Archie
Puerto Rico Strong special from Lion Forge
Ballad of Sang 1 from Oni Press

Cheers and Happy New Years everyone!