Previews Spotlight #110 (Dec->Feb) Deadline: Sat AM, Dec 10

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, November 30th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Saturday, December 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, "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.

[IanG]

We got Dark Horse previews.

Dark Horse Comics February 2017 Solicitations

This HC looks interesting. Gary Gianni hasn't don't sequentials in a long while. I hope it's 50% off because it's expensive for just 56 pages. I plan to submit a clip on it for the Previews Spotlight.

Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea HC

Mike Mignola (W/Cover), Gary Gianni (W/A), and Dave Stewart (C)
On sale Apr 19
FC, 56 pages
$14.99
HC, 7” x 10”
Hellboy sets sail from the wreckage of a deserted island only to cross paths with a ghost ship. Taken captive by the phantom crew that plans to sell him to the circus, Hellboy is dragged along by a captain who will stop at nothing in pursuit of a powerful sea creature. Following the events of Hellboy: The Island, Gary Gianni draws Hellboy in a brand-new graphic novel.
Original hardcover graphic novel!

[IanG]

Archie Comics February 2017 Solicitations

I might check this Riverdale comic out. I was planning to check out the TV show that comes out in January.

RIVERDALE #1
From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade. Features interior art by up-and-coming artist Alitha Martinez (Black Panther).
Script: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Various
Art: Alitha Martinez
Cover: Alitha Martinez
Variant Covers: Elliott Fernandez, Francesco Francavilla, Peter Krause, Djibril
Ship Date: 2/1
On Sale Date: 2/15
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

[bralinator]

February Solicit Links

Aftershock Comics
American Gothic Press
American Mythology
Avatar Press
Bongo Comics
Boom! Studios
Chapterhouse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Devil's Due/1First Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
IDW Comics
Image Comics
Lion Forge Comics
Marvel Comics
ONI Press
Spacegoat Publishing
Valiant Comics
Vault Comics
Titan Comics
Z2 Comics

[doctormo]

DC Comics
http://www.newsarama.com/32089-dc-comic ... tions.html

[doctormo]

My picks for the episode:

1). THE WILD STORM #1 (DC)
Written by WARREN ELLIS • Art and cover by JON DAVIS-HUNT

2). JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA: REBIRTH #1 and JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 (DC)
Written by STEVE ORLANDO • Art and cover by IVAN REIS and JOE PRADO

3). BATWOMAN: REBIRTH #1 (DC)
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT and JAMES TYNION IV • Art by BEN OLIVER and STEVE EPTING

4). THE OLD GUARD #1 (Image)
Written by GREG RUCKA • Art and cover by LEANDRO FERNANDEZ

[MrAloha]

Dear Gang,

Here are more February solicitations.
They are:

Devil's Due/1First Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/devils-d ... citations/

Chapterhouse Comics: http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/chapterh ... citations/

American Mythology : http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/american ... citations/

To Brallinator, Ian, and Doctor Mo,
Thank you for posting some of the February Solicits.

Aloha!

[bralinator]

I am going to try to do solicits for the following:

+ Bedtime Stories For Impressionable Children #1 (Jim Shooter), American Mythology

+ Planet of the Apes/Green Lantern #1, BOOM! Studios

+ Death Be Damned #1, BOOM! Studios

+ The Power of the Dark Crystal #1 (of 12), BOOM! Studios

+ Letter 44 Vol 1 TPB, Oni Press

+ Highlander: The American Dream #1, IDW

+ Star Wars, Vol. 1, IDW

+ Super Sons #1, DC

[MichaelCastle]

Going to submit clips for these books coming in February 2017.
Page 203 Sex Criminals #16
Page 212 Manifest Destiny #26
Page 255 Animosity #6
Page 398 Forever War #1
Marvel page 2 Kingpin #1

Thanks for letting be part of the Previews Spotlight each month I know my clips don't sound the greatest but they are so much fun to make and I look forward to hearing the episode and everyone's pics!!

[bralinator]

The more the merrier, Michael!

[drew]

Going to submit clips for these books coming in February 2017.
Page 203 Sex Criminals #16
Page 212 Manifest Destiny #26
Page 255 Animosity #6
Page 398 Forever War #1
Marvel page 2 Kingpin #1

Thanks for letting be part of the Previews Spotlight each month I know my clips don't sound the greatest but they are so much fun to make and I look forward to hearing the episode and everyone's pics!!

all our clips sound crappy next to bralinator

but I love all the variety and great books folks recomend

[drew]

My Picks

Ether #4
Walking Dead #163
Rough Riders #1
Slam #4

[bralinator]

Going to submit clips for these books coming in February 2017.
Page 203 Sex Criminals #16
Page 212 Manifest Destiny #26
Page 255 Animosity #6
Page 398 Forever War #1
Marvel page 2 Kingpin #1

Thanks for letting be part of the Previews Spotlight each month I know my clips don't sound the greatest but they are so much fun to make and I look forward to hearing the episode and everyone's pics!!

all our clips sound crappy next to bralinator

but I love all the variety and great books folks recommend

I'd be happy to add some background noise, and leave in all my mistakes if that would make for more enjoyable podcast... I'm too nitpicky. It's my background I guess.

[SupermanFan]

DC Comics:
SUPER SONS #1
ACTION COMICS #973 & #974
SUPERMAN #16 & #17
SUPERWOMAN #7

Vertigo/DC Comics:
ASTRO CITY #43

Image Comics:
INVINCIBLE #133

Fantagraphic Books:
LOVE & ROCKETS #2

[ToddC]

Todd Cassel here, forced to create a new account because previous one both exists and doesn't exist at same time. But enough of my problems.

I'd like to submit clips for the following:

Forever People Artist's Edition
The Belfry
Revival #47
Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus Vol 2
Gigantic Series Godzilla 2001 Figure

-TODD