Previews Spotlight #107 (Sep->Nov) Deadline: Sat AM, Sep 10

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, August 31st. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, September 10th.

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.)

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.

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 solicits for November.
They are:

AC Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=226333

Aspen Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=231815

Dark Horse: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... rides-more

Moonstone Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=226828

I know there will be more November solicitations coming out soon. Please post them on the forum.

Aloha!

[bralinator]

Hmm. Ether #1 from Dark Horse might interest Drew. Matt Kindt is writing.

[drew]

Hmm. Ether #1 from Dark Horse might interest Drew. Matt Kindt is writing.

I'll check it and we'll see whether it's good kidnt (mind mgmt) or meh kidnt (dept h)

[bralinator]

More solicitations

Click here:

Amigo Comics
451 Media Group
Aftershock Comics
Archie Comics
American Gothic Press
American Mythology
Bongo Comics
BOOM! Studios
Chapterhouse Comics
DC Comics
Devil's Due/1First Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
Image Comics
Marvel Comics
Titan Comics
Valiant Entertainment


More to come?

[IanG]

I'll grab this trade from Dark Horse for the Previews Spotlight. The art in this book is amazing if you like a painted style digital art like I do. This series was only released in print for issues #1 - #3. The next 3 issues will be released digitally only by DH. I think only issue 6 is left. I've only read issue #1.

Check out a preview here.

The Shadow Glass TP
Aly Fell (W/A/Cover)
On sale Jan 4
FC, 200 pages
$19.99
TP, 7″ x 10″
A young student to England’s greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn’t her father, she ignores his warnings about the terrible secrets of her own past and seeks answers from childhood teacher Dr. John Dee, the queen’s occult adviser. Collects The Shadow Glass #1–#6.

[IanG]

Image Comics' November 2016 Solicitations (Comic Book Resources)

This comic look interesting from Hickman. I remember reading about him drawing his own comic awhile ago, maybe a year or so. Did it take him a year to do one double size issue?

FRONTIER #1 - GEM OF THE MONTH
STORY / ART / COVER: JONATHAN HICKMAN
NOVEMBER 16 / 56 PAGES / FC / M / $4.99
SERIES PREMIERE
"TRANQUILITY"
Double-sized first issue!
The planets have aligned, and the prodigal son has returned! For the first time in eight years, JONATHAN HICKMAN (EAST OF WEST, BLACK MONDAY MURDERS, Secret Wars, Avengers) is both writing and drawing a new comic series: FRONTIER.
It's like Star Trek, but super depressing.
Seriously. Not a joke. The final frontier...is a total bummer.
Each issue contains galaxy-expanding bonus content like star maps, breakdowns of alien races, interstellar factions, and detailed spaceship schematics. FRONTIER is a brand new science fiction story about utopia lost, and how we might just gain it back.

[bralinator]

My picks

Dark Horse
Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire

BOOM!
WWE: THEN. NOW. FOREVER. (One Shot)

Dynamite
SHERLOCK HOLMES OMNIBUS VOL. 1 TPB

DC
CATWOMAN: ELECTION NIGHT #1
SUPER POWERS #1

IDW
Comic Book History of Comics #1 (of 6)

IMAGE
VIOLENT LOVE #1

Marvel
Guardians of the Galaxy by Jim Valentino omnibus

[doctormo]

Here are my pics!

Dark Horse
Serenity: No Power in the ‘Verse #2

DC Comics
Superwoman #4

Image
The Wicked + The Divine #23

Valiant
Harbinger Renegades #1

[JohnMayo]

Here are the ComicBookPage picks of the month:

• DC
• NIGHTWING #9
• SUPERMAN #10

• IDW
• BATMAN/TMNT ADVENTURES #1 (OF 6)
• COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF COMICS #1 (OF 6)

• MARVEL
• OCCUPY AVENGERS #1

• ABSTRACT STUDIOS
• MOTOR GIRL #1

• ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
• ATHENA VOLTAIRE AND THE VOLCANO GODDESS #1

• TITAN COMICS
• MASKED #1 (OF 4)

• VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
• HARBINGER: RENEGADES #1

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are picks for this month's episode.
They are:

1) IDW: Star Trek Vol. 13 Trade Paperback. This collects the story arc of 'Legacy of Spock" from issues #55 to #58 and "Altered Encounters" from issues #59 to #60.
These stories were done by Mike Johnson (W) and Tony Shasteen (A)

2) Image Comics: Paper Girls Vol.2 Trade Paperback by Brian K. Vaughan (W), Cliff Chiang (A), and Matt Wilson (C)

3) Marvel: Civil War #8 by Brian Michael Bendis (W) and David Marquez (A)

4) Guardians Of The Galaxy #14 by Brian Michael Bendis (W) and Kevin Maguire (A)

5) Shout Out clip

It seems I have trend running through most of my clips this month and they are unintentional. Two are recommendations for trades and two are for Brian Michael Bendis comics that I will be picking up.

Aloha!

[Thedoh]

Hi, I would like to submit for:

Forbidden Brides of etc. etc.
Milk and Cheese/Eltingville Glass Set and Lunch Box
Jack Kirby Fantastic Four Artist Edition
A.D. After Death Book 1
Red Sonja Funko Pop

Thanks! -TODD

[drew]

Comics for Fun & Profit Picks:

Batman Annual #1
Nailbiter #26
Foolkiller #1

[drew]

My Picks:

Black Hammer #5
Scooby Apocalypse #7
Chew #60
No Angel #1
Overstreet Guide to Collecting Video Games

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
BLACK HAMMER #5
USAGI YOJIMBO #159

DC Comics:
ACTION COMICS #'S 967 & 968
SUPERMAN #'S 10 & 11 (And a shout out to SUPERMAN ANNUAL #1, which I wasn't able to squeeze into my budget this month)
SUPERWOMAN #4
FUTURE QUEST #7

IDW:
ATOMIC ROBO AND THE TEMPLE OF OD #4 of 5

Image Comics:
INVINCIBLE #133

Abstract Studios:
MOTOR GIRL #1