Previews Spotlight #130 (Aug->Oct) Deadline: Sat AM, Aug 11

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, August 1st. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, August 11th. 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.

[drew]

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

[JohnMayo]

I'm pushing the deadline a week to August 11th since Previews came out a week late.

[bralinator]

Here are the latest solicitations. I will review these and make my picks.

+ Aardvark-Vanaheim
+ Action Lab
+ Aftershock Comics
+ Ahoy Comics
+ Amigo Comics
+ Antarctic Press
+ Archie Comics
+ Aspen Comics
+ Bongo Comics
+ BOOM! Studios
+ Chapterhouse Comics
+ DC Comics
+ Devil's Due/1First Comics
+ Dynamite Entertainment
+ IDW Publishing
+ Image Comics
+ Keenspot Comics
+ Legendary Comics
+ Lion Forge
+ Marvel Comics
+ Oni Press
+ Titan Comics
+ Valiant Comics

[NicksPicks]

Looks like some good #1s from Aftershock and Dynamite this month.

[jrphoenix]

Dead Rabbit (image)
Whispering Dark - dark horse
cursed comics cavalcade - dc
Batman hush omnibus - dc
lodger - idw
immortal hulk - marvel
venom annual - marvel
sons of el torro - boom
last space race - aftershock
vietnam war journal - caliber
infinity 8 HC - lion forge

[bralinator]

My picks

Punchline #1 (Antarctic)
Simpson Comics #245 (Bongo)
Spongebob Comics #85 (Bongo)
Planet of the Apes Time of Man (BOOM!)
Battlestar Galactica Classic #0 (Dynamite)
Vampirella Halloween One-Shot (Dynamite)
Tales from Vader's Castle 1-5 (IDW)
What If? The Punisher #1 (Marvel)
Thanos Infinity Conflict HC (Marvel)
Ms Marvel Omnibus (Marvel)

[NicksPicks]

My picks so far. I'll may remove or swap out titles still, and as always I'm open to swapping out some picks if other people are excited to talk about any of these.

+ Deathstroke/Yogi Bear Special (DC) - Oh my gosh, this looks wacky.
+ Nightwing #50-51 - The solicit for #51 mentions spinning out of Batman #55. Other Batman solicit text has mentioned Dick Grayson under the cowl. I'm wondering if the forces against Batman are going to force Bruce to take a break for a while, with Dick taking over as Batman for a time??
+ Mister Miracle TP (DC) - Whole 12-issue series for $24.99 or less with discounts.
+ Tales From Vader's Castle (IDW) - I see Bralinator has this miniseries down, but I'd still like to chime in and second his recommendation. It sounds fun. I found this link with more info from the author, for those who may be interested in the series: http://cavanscott.com/2018/07/27/introd ... ers-castle
+ Sparrowhawk #1 of 5 (Boom) - The tagline says "Teen Victorian fairy fight club," but the full press release from Boom has more to offer. Read more and see preview art at http://majorspoilers.com/2018/07/04/boo ... tias-basla.
+ Black Badge #3 (Boom)
+ Lone Ranger #1 (Dynamite) - Lone Ranger in the old West, plus setting is one of my old stomping grounds - the Texas Panhandle.
+ Lollipop Kids #1 (Aftershock) - Here's some more info from the Hollywood Reporter's interview with Adam Glass. I didn't read the part until after I submitted my clip, that Aidan Glass is Adam's 14-year old son who helped with this story. Pretty neat! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat- ... ds-1125752
+ Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror #1 (AHOY) - Mark Russell offers his take on Count Chocula
+ Jughead: The Hunger #9 (Archie) - FrankenMoose!

[SupermanFan]

Image Comics:
Hey Kids Comics #3
Dark Horse Comics:
Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #1
The Quantum Age #4
Black Hammer: Age Of Doom #6
Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #7 of 7
DC Comics:
Action Comics #1004
Superman #4
IDW/Top Shelf:
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Tempest #3 of 6
Abstract Studios:
Strangers In Paradise XXV #7

[alienal121]

Hi Folks,
My picks for this month are:
Image: Infinite Dark #1
Darkhorse: Seeds #3
DC: Wildstorm: Michael Cray #12 Final Issue
Marvel: X-Men Red #9
Archie: Marvel Comics Digest #9 X-Men and Wolverine

[Thedoh]

I would like to submit for the following this month:

Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound Special #1
Mystery Science Theater 3000 #2

Thanks. -TODD

[CosmicTimes]

These are the picks that Heidi & I had for this month ...

P040 Blackbird #1
P104 Stranger Things #2
P114 Ralph Breaks the Internet
D026 Catwoman #4
D037 Hawkman #5
P194 Battlestar Galactica #0
P218 Sparrowhawk #1
P262 Lollypop Kids #1
P301 Anne Bonnie #7
P319 Deep Space Tragedy #4
and
P406 Doctor Who #1

As well as all the stuff that is just always on my pull list.