Previews Spotlight #092 (Jun->Aug) Deadline: Sun AM, May 31

[JohnMayo]

Previews will be coming out on Wednesday, May 27th. The deadline for sending in submissions to the Previews Spotlight is the crack of dawn on Sunday, May 31st.

Note the deadline is both a week earliest and on Sunday morning instead of Saturday morning. I'll be taking a vacation in June and in order to get the episode out on time, I've had to move the deadline earlier. Because of Comic-Con, the deadline next month will also be earlier.

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.

A couple of quick things that help out a lot in the organizing and producing of the episode:

Please featured item in a separate audio file. Exceptions can be made but the episode covers items in the order they are in Previews so listeners can follow along in Previews if they want to.

If possible, 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. Likewise, if you don't know the Previews page number, don't sweat it as I can look it up. Knowing the publisher of the item is a huge help when looking up an item so if that can be included at the end of the ItemName if the page number isn't known, that helps.
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.
YourName: All we need here is enough to properly credit you in the show notes.
Please do not include spaces in the filename. Not all of the tools we use to prep the clips for the episode handle spaces in filenames gracefully.

If it is something not in Previews (like The Private Eye), 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.

So, essentially, it use this:
p000-[M000-]ItemName-YourName.mp3

p000-: placeholder for the page number in Previews
M###-: placeholder for the page number in 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.

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.

At the very least, please include the full name of the item in the filename so it can be properly listed in the show notes. If you don't know the page number, that is fine. Just use "p000-" instead and I'll look it up. If you've posted the full title, issue number and publisher here in the thread, it doesn't take me long to look up the information. If I have to play through the clip to figure out exactly which item you are talking about, I can but it slows down organizing the files and preparing to record the episode.

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.

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.

Dark Horse: Dark Horse August 2015 Solicitations (Newsarama)
Dark Horse August 2015 Solicitations (CBR)
DC: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
IDW: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... on-11-more
Image: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations
Marvel: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

Archie (Dark Circle):
BOOM!/Archaia: http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... t-solicits
Valiant: http://www.newsarama.com/24551-valiant- ... tions.html

Links to the Diamond Consumer Order Form and Previews text file:
2015-06 Consumer Order Form: http://comicbookpage.com/ForumImages/JUN15_COF.txt
2015-06 Previews Text File: http://comicbookpage.com/ForumImages/JUN15_previews.txt

If you see online solicitations for any of the publishers that aren't linked to here in the thread, please post the link.

I know moving the deadline earlier makes it much more challenging to send in clips and I apologize for the inconvenience. I expect to be getting my Previews on May 29th so I understand how tight the deadline is which is why I went for Sunday morning instead of Saturday morning. (That and there is a good chance I'll be spending Saturday, May 30th working on whatever episodes will be going up while I'm on vacation.)

[bralinator]

This is a tight deadline for sure. I get my DCBS shipment monthly, so I doubt I will receive the next Previews catalog before it's time to record. However, there is a website that posts the Diamond Previews catalog as a PDF when it is released, so I will try that out when the time comes.

The weblink is here: http://www.comics2you.com/

A few more August Solicits including more than a few "back-of-the-book" selections:
IDW http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... on-11-more
Hermes Press http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=140110
Bongo Comics http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=140090
Boundless Comics http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=139372
Chapter House Publishing http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=140103
Space Goat Productions http://www.firstcomicsnews.com/?p=140113

[IanG]

Dark Horse August 2015 Solicitations

[drew]

Some DC
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

Marvel
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... where-more

[doctormo]

Marvel August Solicitations (in full)
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

Valiant Solicitations
http://www.newsarama.com/24551-valiant- ... tions.html

[doctormo]

Image Solicitations
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

[JohnMayo]

Thanks for the links!

[doctormo]

DC August Solicitations
http://www.comicbookresources.com/artic ... icitations

[MrAloha]

DC-Justice League: Gods and Monsters #1
DC-Earth 2: Society #3
Valiant-Book Of Death: The Fall Of Ninjak #1

[bralinator]

dibs:

Star Trek/Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive TPB
Dark Corridor #1
This Damned Band #1
Hopeless Savages: Break #1
P. Craig Russell’s Murder Mysteries and Other Stories: Gallery Edition

[clobberin_time_bs]

OLD MAN LOGAN #4

[JohnMayo]

FYI, I've posted links to the Diamond Consumer Order Form and Previews text file:
2015-06 Consumer Order Form: http://comicbookpage.com/ForumImages/JUN15_COF.txt
2015-06 Previews Text File: http://comicbookpage.com/ForumImages/JUN15_previews.txt

While those aren't as good as having Previews itself, it is the best I can do.

[Joe3c]

Not sure if this is of interest, but looks like Ultraman series begins in August.

http://www.viz.com/calendar/2015/08

[SupermanFan]

Dark Horse Comics:
Rebels #5

DC Comics:
Action Comics #43
Superman #43

Vertigo/DC Comics:
Astro City #26

IDW:
Long Distance #3 (of 4)

Image Comics:
Astronauts In Trouble #3
Invincible #122

Top Cow/Image:
Tales Of Honor: Bred To Kill #3

Abstract Studios:
Rachel Rising #36

TwoMorrows Publishing:
Back Issue #84

[JohnMayo]

Here are the Comic Book Page picks of the month:

DC

DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS #1
Written by MARGUERITE BENNETT
Art by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
Cover by ANT LUCIA
1:25 Variant cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
On sale AUGUST 12 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T • DIGITAL FIRST
Retailers: This issue will ship with two covers. Please see the order form for details.
The ultra-popular statues from DC Collectibles come to life in their own ongoing comic book series! Learn the story behind this alternate reality where the Second World War is fought by superpowered women on the front lines and behind the scenes! It all begins with the stories of Batwoman, Wonder Woman and Supergirl.

ASTRO CITY #26
Written by KURT BUSIEK
Art by BRENT ANDERSON
Cover by ALEX ROSS
On sale AUGUST 5 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T
It’s the big 20th anniversary issue! It all began in 1995 with a look at Samaritan’s dreams of flight. But what’s Samaritan dreaming about now—and how will it affect Astro City’s future? This self-contained issue features a host of Astro City characters, setting the stage for major developments to come. Whether you’re new to the book or you’ve been reading all along, this issue is not to be missed.

IDW

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SEVEN PER-CENT-SOLUTION #1 (OF 5)
David & Scott Tipton (w) • Ron Joseph (a) • Kelley Jones (c)
The best-selling Sherlock Holmes novel by writer/director Nicholas Meyer comes to comics! The real story behind Sherlock Holmes’ final confrontation with Professor Moriarty is at long last revealed! Who is the real Moriarty? Why did Holmes disappear for so long? The game is afoot!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

IMAGE

PHONOGRAM: THE IMMATERIAL GIRL #1 (OF 6) - GEM OF THE MONTH
STORY: KIERON GILLEN
ART / COVER: JAMIE McKELVIE & MATT WILSON
AUGUST 12 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
The team behind the New York Times bestselling and Eisner-nominated smash hit THE WICKED + THE DIVINE return to the acclaimed urban-fantasy where they first made their names. Nearly a decade ago, Emily Aster sold half her personality for the power to rule a coven of phonomancers. I'm sure nothing could go horribly, monstrously wrong now. In a world where Music is Magic, a song can save or ruin your life. In THE IMMATERIAL GIRL, we discover what a video can do.

MORNING GLORIES #50
STORY: NICK SPENCER
ART: JOE EISMA
COVER: RODIN ESQUEJO
AUGUST 19 / 48 PAGES / FC / M / $4.50
SPECIAL FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION! Celebrating five years of mind-bending mysteries with a blockbuster Season Two finale! It's our biggest issue yet—with an ending that will leave EVERYONE talking. A true can't-miss moment in one of the longest-running epics in comics today.

MARVEL

S.H.I.E.L.D. #9
MARK WAID, AL EWING, STAN LEE (w)
LEE FERGUSON, JACK KIRBY (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
HOWLING COMMANDOS VARIANT BY ART ADAMS
VARIANT cover by JACK KIRBY & JIM STERANKO
BLACK & WHITE VARIANT BY JACK KIRBY JIM STERANKO
THE MAN CALLED D.E.A.T.H.!
Oversized Anniversary Issue! Waid! Ferguson! Kirby! Steranko!
• A commemorative 50th Anniversary story that spans the past and the present, and unites Phil Coulson and Nick Fury, Sr. in a unique cross-time adventure to answer a riddle that lies at the heart of the origins of SHIELD: who is The Man Called D.E.A.T.H.? Includes a sequence penciled by Jack Kirby and inked by Jim Steranko that has never seen print as part of a story before!
• Plus: The return of Dum Dum Dugan and the birth of the new Howling Commandos! The very first SHIELD story from 1965! And the pilot presentation sequence that inspired the creation of SHIELD!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99

OTHER PUBLISHERS

GRAPHIC INDIA PTE. LTD

BLACK TIGER ONE-SHOT
(W) Chuck Dixon, Sharad Devarajan (A/CA) Graham Nolan
From the legendary Detective Comics creative team of Chuck Dixon and Graham Nolan, comes their newest superhero collaboration – Black Tiger! As a kid, Rajan Shah lost his parents to a hit-and-run driver. Resigned to a life of poverty, Rajan is stunned when a mysterious benefactor pays for his education. Determined to make the most of his good fortune, Rajan becomes a lawyer to fight for justice. But Rajan quickly learns his benefactor is not what he seems and that some forms of justice must take place outside the law! Available with covers by Nolan and Mukesh Singh. (STK678724)
REGULAR COVER—32pgs, FC $2.99
MUKESH SINGH COVER—32pgs, FC $2.99

ONI PRESS

STRINGERS #1
(W) Marc Guggenhein (A/CA) Justin Green Wood
Paul and Nick are the guys who shoot the news. Filming car chases, fires, and shootouts in their busted-up rig, they put their (uninsured, unsalaried) lives on the line every night so that the good citizens of Los Angeles can get their daily update. But when a firefight between the LAPD and the MS-13 goes wrong, Nick and Paul find themselves on the run.
32pgs, FC $3.99

TITAN COMICS

DOCTOR WHO EVENT 2015: FOUR DOCTORS #1
(W) Paul Cornell (A/CA) Neil Edwards
What shocking past event brings three Doctors together — to combat an unknown foe with three incarnations in its sights? The five-part Doctor Who event of 2015 begins here in a tale written by Doctor Who novelist Paul Cornell and illustrated by Neil Edwards that brings together the tenth Doctor and Gabby, the eleventh Doctor and Alice, and the twelfth Doctor and Clara! (STK678346)
EDWARDS COVER—32pgs, FC (1 of 5) $3.99
SUBSCRIPTION PHOTO COVER—32pgs, FC $3.99
BLACNK SKETCH COVER—32pgs, FC $3.99