Previews Spotlight #122 (Dec->Feb) Deadline: Sat AM, Dec 9

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, November 29th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, December 9th.

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,

February's solicits are slowly rolling in.
Here are some:

Archie
Aspen
Dark Circle

To Brallinator and everyone, please post the solicits as they come out.

Aloha,
Jason

[doctormo]

February 2018 Solicitations

215 Ink Comics
451 Media Group
Aardvark Vanaheim
Action Lab
Aftershock
Amigo Comics
Black Box Comics
Black Mask
Bongo Comics
Boom!
Chapterhouse
Comix Tribe
Dark Horse
Devil's Due/1First Comics
DC
IDW
Image
Lion Forge
Legendary Comics
Magnetic Collection (part of Lion Forge)
Marvel
Moonstone
Oni Press
Red 5 Comics
Scout Comics
Space Goat Publishing
Storm King Productions
Valiant
Vault Comics
Viz
Zenescope

[doctormo]

Here are my Previews Spotlight picks

DC
The Terrifics #1 (resolicit)
JLA/Doom Patrol #1
Doom Patrol/JLA #1

Image
VS #1

Marvel
X-Men: Red #1

[drew]

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

[bralinator]

Thanks for the links Jason and Doctor Mo!

here are a couple more:

Dynamite Entertainment
Titan Comics

[bralinator]

My picks this month:

The Originals: The Essential Edition HC (Dark Horse)
Action Comics #1000: 80 Years of Superman HC (DC)
Sheriff of Babylon: Deluxe Edition HC (DC)
Moonshine #7 (Image)
Black Panther Annual #1 (Marvel)
Jim Henson's Labyrinth (BOOM!)
Afterlife With Archie Volume 2 TPB (Archie)
VS #1 (Image)

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are my picks for December's episode.
They are:

1) DC-Green Lantern: Earth One Vol. 1 HC by Gabriel Hardman and Corina Bechko (W) and Gabriel Hardman (A and C)
2) Image-Walking Dead #176 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, & Cliff Rathburn
3) Thanos: The Infinity Siblings OGN-HC by Jim Starlin (W/CA) and Alan Davis (A)
4) Shoutouts

Aloha,
Jason

[Thedoh]

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

X-Men Grand Design TPB
Master of Kung Fu Epic Collection
Cyanide and Happiness Guide to Parenting

Thanks! -TODD

[NicksPicks]

I'm back with a few submissions for this month's Previews Spotlight. Here are the issues I've submitted recordings for:
- Mata Hari 1 of 5 (p.41, Dark Horse)
- JLA/Doom Patrol "Milk Wars" crossover issues (p.74-76, DC)
- Brave and the Bold 1 of 6 (p. 81, DC)
- Aquaman 33 (p. 86, DC)
- Batgirl 20 (p. 88, DC)
- Batgirl and the Birds of Prey 19 (p. 88, DC)
- Batman 41 (p. 89, DC)
- New Superman and the Justice League of China 20 (p. 109, DC)
- Descender 27 (p.194, Image)
- Jazz Maynard Vol. 2 #1 (p.370, Lion Forge)
- A Wrinkle in Time TP (p.399, Square Fish)

[SupermanFan]

DC Comics:
The Terrifics #1(resolicit)
Action Comics #'s 997 & 998
Superman #'s 40 & 41
Action Lab Entertainment:
Athena Voltaire #1

[alienal121]

Hi folks!
My Previews Spotlight picks this month are:
1) DC: The Wildstorm #12
2) Image: Lazarus Sourcebook #3 : Vassalovka
3) Marvel: Mighty Thor #704
4) Alterna: The XII Number 1
Thanks!

[drew]

Drews Clips

Thanos 16
Vinegar Teeth 2
Punks Not Dead 1
Beef 1
Come into Me 1
Shiver Bureau 1

[victorvondoom]

My submissions for the month.
1. Marvel p2 XMenRed 1.
2. IDW p149 GI Joe vs Six Million
Dollar Man 1.
3. p322 Dynamite Pumpkinhead 1.
4. p377 Mad Cave Studios Battlecats 1.
5. p413 Titan Under TPB.
6. p440 Vault Cult Classic Return of The Graveyard Gang 1.
7. p454 Zenoscope Peek-A-Boo 1.

-Jerry-