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(Sorry for the long post but this is a complicated situation with many 'moving parts...) "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck" and "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" are not duplicates. However, the cover IS a duplicate. ------------------------ "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck" was a 2 issues series published by Fantagraphics in 2023 (CB does not have #2). Issue #1 covers Donald Duck and Bucky Bug from 1932-1935. Issue #2 covers Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf from 1935-1939. Note: These are 'Second Editions' of previous series of the same name from IDW printed in 2016-2017. The IDW series consisted of 4 issues (#1 1932-1935, #2 1935-1939, #3 1939-1942, and #4 1942-1945). (Not in CB). As far as I know, 'Fantagraphics' only did the first 2 issues. IDW title in MyComicShop: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=36400925 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Indicia for #1 from Fantagraphics: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1932-1935 Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck is copyright 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All contents copyright @ 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. unless otherwise noted. Text of "Introduction," and Introductory texts for individual stories, by J. B. Kaufman are @ 2023 J. B. Kaufman. All rights reserved. First printing: May 2023 ISBN 978-1-68396-701-9 Printed in China Library of Congress Control Number: 2022943408 EDITOR'S NOTE: The first edition of this anthology, released in 2016 by IDW Publishing under The Library of American Comics imprint, was compiled and edited by Dean Mullaney. David Gerstein. consulting editor on that release, wishes to thank Mr. Mullaney for supporting this revised edition. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Indicia for #2 from Fantagraphics: Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies 1935-1939 Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf is copyright @ 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All contents copyright @ 2023 Disney Enterprises, Inc. unless otherwise noted. Text of "Introduction," and introductory texts for individual stories, by J. B. Kaufman are 2023 J. B. Kaufman. All rights reserved. First printing: December 2023 ISBN 978-1-68396-890-0 Printed in China Library of Congress Control Number: 2022943408 EDITOR'S NOTE: The first edition of this anthology, released in 2017 by IDW Publishing under The Library of American Comics imprint, was compiled and edited by Dean Mullaney. David Gerstein, consulting editor on that release, wishes to thank Mr. Mullaney for supporting this revised edition. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ =========================================== "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" is a single issue covering the entire Silly Symphony from 1929-1939 published by Disney Books in 2016. Disney title in MyComicShop: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=39681821 This is a Revised and Updated title from a Italian Publisher 'La Cineteca del Friuli' (but in English text) in 2006 (Not in CB). https://stuartngbooks.com/products/walt-disneys-silly-symphonies-a-companion-to-the-classic-cartoon-series-en 'La Cineteca del Friuli' title in MyComicShop: https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=47482293 Description from Amazon for Disney publication: Launched by Walt Disney in 1929 as a "musical novelty" series to complement his recent success with Mickey Mouse, the Silly Symphonies soon became much more. This line of delightfully innovative, animated cartoons ran for ten years and produced such classics as Three Little Pigs, The Tortoise and the Hare, Music Land, and The Old Mill. Silly Symphonies won every Academy Award. From the authors of the prize-winning Walt in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney, this richly illustrated volume is a complete history of the Silly Symphonies including detailed entries for all the Symphonies along with a lengthy critical analysis and production history of the series. Note: I can't tell from the description (and can't find an inside view) but this looks more like a book about Silly Symphonies as opposed to a book with Comic material. May (and I stress 'may') be better as a Book Type. ======================================= Questions/Decisions Needed: IDW and Fantagraphics: Should the "Walt Disney’s" possessive be at the beginning of the Title at as a parenthetical (Walt Disney’s…) at the end? Fantagraphics: Since the Cover title and Indicia do not indicate numbering and each have a unique indicia, should this be 2 Titles ("Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck" and "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1935-1939 Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf") or 1 Title ("Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies") which is how the IDW title should be handled (IDW issues are numbered and have a common title for all)? Disney: For "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)", since it is a 'Revised and Updated' version of the Italian book, should both be in one Title? Or in two Titles? (I lean towards two but...). To Summarize: Both of these reprint Comic strips (whether from the Comic Book or Newspaper strips I am not sure but defiantly Comic Book Type). IDW (Not in CB) "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies" with issues #1 1932-1935, #2 1935-1939, #3 1939-1942, and #4 1942-1945 published between 2016 and 2019. Fantagraphics: "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck" has Issue #1 in CB and does NOT have #2 in CB. (reprints (at least) the first two issues by IDW) published in 2023. La Cineteca del Friuli (Not in CB): "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" published in Italy in 2006 Disney: "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" Published in 2016. NOTE: Both of these appear from the description to be about the Animated films and not comic material (but can't confirm) and MAY belong in Book Type. Suggestions: Delete 1-HC.jpg from "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" as it is an incorrect duplicate of 1-HC.jpg in "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck". (for the following Titles, I am going to assume "Walt Disney’s" should be a parenthetical possessive (Walt Disney’s…). If you don't think it is, put it as the beginning.) IDW: Add (one of these) Title "Silly Symphonies (Walt Disney’s…)" OR "Silly Symphonies (Walt Disney’s…, IDW)" OR "Silly Symphonies (IDW, Walt Disney’s…)" Issues 1/HC 2/HC 3/HC 4/HC Title choice depends if the Fantagraphic reprints use a different Title name OR if it uses the same Title name (which would need Publisher to distinguish between them. Not sure of the order: (Possessive, Publisher) or (Publisher, Possessive) Fantagraphic: Change "Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck" To either (if multiple titles): "Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck (Walt Disney’s…)" AND "Silly Symphonies 1935-1939: Starring Donald Duck and the Big Bad Wolf (Walt Disney’s…)" Issue 1/HC for both of the above or (If a single Title) "Silly Symphonies (Walt Disney’s…, Fantagraphics)" OR "Silly Symphonies (Fantagraphics, Walt Disney’s…)" Issues 1/HC 2/HC (note the Fantagraphic issues are not numbered) Not sure of the order: (Possessive, Publisher) or (Publisher, Possessive) ============== NOTE: Both the La Cineteca del Friuli and Disney issues should 'probably' be changed to Type Books. But that is a guess. La Cineteca del Friuli/Disney Either single Title: "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…)" Issues 1/HC 1/HC-2 (or 1/HC-A. Depends on if a 'Revised and Updated' issue is a variant or second printing.) With a note regarding different publishers and being Revised and Updated. or Separate Titles La Cineteca del Friuli "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…, La Cineteca del Friuli)" OR "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (La Cineteca del Friuli, Walt Disney’s…)" Issue 1/HC and Disney "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…, Disney)" OR "Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Disney, Walt Disney’s…)" Issues 1/HC Not sure of the order: (Possessive, Publisher) or (Publisher, Possessive) Sorry to give so many choices but they all depend on editorial decisions.

I added that one. New York Comic Con is the unfortunately generic title in the indicia for an ashcan-sized comic from Virgin Comics that includes the first several pages of their then-new series Dock Walloper and Dan Dare. This info is in the Notes field of the entry I submitted.

Newly added Book title National Lampoon Comics: the contents of this appear to be comics based on an Amazon preview (and the CB title description calls it an "anthology of comics"), so I suggest that this should be moved to the Comics media category. Newly added Comic title Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney’s…): based on the cover scan, this looks to be a duplicate of the already existing comic title Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck. Newly added Comic title Unforegettable Con, The: note that this contains a spelling error (should be Unforgettable Con, The ). Newly added Comic title New York Comic Con: What is this? Is this a convention program, a comic, or a promotional pamphlet of some sort?

Delete or Move MC 1.jpg From: Pictures\M\M. K. Reed\Catfight (M. K. Reed's-)- Penny Pitch To: Pictures\M\M. K. Reed\Catfight- Penny Pitch (M. K. Reed's-) Delete or Move 1-A.jpg and 2-A.jpg From: Pictures\A\Archie\Cursed Library Part One, The- Alpha To: Pictures\A\Archie\Cursed Library, The Delete or Move ALL (1.jpg - 4-C.jpg) From: Pictures\I\Image\F\Fathom (Michael Turner's-)- Killian's Tide To: Pictures\I\Image\F\Fathom- Killian's Tide (Michael Turner's-) Delete or Move 1.jpg From: Pictures\A\Aspen\Fathom (Michael Turner's-)- Sourcebook To: Pictures\A\Aspen\Fathom- Sourcebook (Michael Turner's-) Delete or Move HO 2014.jpg From: Pictures\A\Aspen\Fathom (Michael Turner's-)- The Adventures of Ernie To: Pictures\A\Aspen\Fathom- The Adventures of Ernie (Michael Turner's-) Delete or Rename 1.jpg to 4.jpg then Move From: Pictures\S\Splatto\Jawbreakers Forever To: Pictures\S\Splatto\Jawbreakers Delete or Move 1-A.jpg From: Pictures\B\Blood Moon\Mud and Madness To: Pictures\B\Blood Moon\Mud + Madness Delete or rename then Move: 1.jpg to 1-A.jpg 1-A.jpg to ??? 2.jpg to 2-A.jpg 2-A.jpg to 2-D.jpg 2-B.jpg to ???? From: Pictures\B\Blood Moon\Mud + Madness To: Pictures\D\Dren Productions After Dark\Axa Classics (The ??? are unknown. The covers in my database do not match what Atomic Avenue or Midtown Comics have. I am just deleting them.) Delete or Move 1-HC.jpg From: Pictures\D\Disney\Silly Symphonies (Walt Disney's-)- A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series To: Pictures\D\Disney\Silly Symphonies- A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (Walt Disney's-) Delete or Move 1.jpg From: Pictures\D\Dark Horse\S\Sin City (Frank Miller's-)- One for One To: Pictures\D\Dark Horse\S\Sin City- One for One (Frank Miller's-) Delete or Move 1.jpg and Dlx 1.jpg From: Pictures\S\Scufprint\Trekker (Ron Randall's-)- Hunter's Moon To: Pictures\S\Scufprint\Trekker- Hunter's Moon (Ron Randall's-) Delete 1-C.jpg From: Pictures\H\Hack Shack\Black and White (Hack Shack) (duplicate of 1-2.jpg) Delete 1-6.jpg From: Pictures\W\Warp\Elfquest (duplciate of 1-5.jpg) Delete 4.jpg From: Pictures\A\Aspen\Santeria- The Goddess Kiss (duplicate of 4-A.jpg) Delete 1-V36.jpg From: Pictures\M\Marvel\T\Thor (6th Series) (duplicate of 1-A-3.jpg)

We'll report to the programming team to look into for you guys. Check back in a hour or two if they show up.

Hi. I’m also experiencing the same issue.

I have been saving my Collection Report to the cloud (ie. 'Save to Web' option), however in the past couple of weeks the reports have not been uploading. It appears to work, however they are still not being saved.

Suggestion - a new, boolean field to indicate whether a given book has actually hit the street, vs. has been solicited or announced but not yet shipped. And a visible effect for the grid, like, say, grey text, or italic text, or grey background, maybe only in the Issue number column, but something that visually clues you in to the fact that it does not exist yet as you peruse the grid.

The really hard one is a name that looks like a possessive but isn't. As a (made up) example: "Walt Disney's Life in Pictures" At first glance, it looks like it should be 'Life in Pictures (Walt Disney's...)' except... If the contents are look at, it is a book that some one wrote to tell the story of Walt Disney in a picture format. Because of that, it would just be "Walt Disney's Life in Pictures" as Walt Disney doesn't 'own' anything (as opposed to Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, etc.). Fortunately, there aren't too many like this but it does happen.

Even better. I wasn't sure it was the CB standard, though.

Actually, since it is not a possessive, it should not be in parenthesis and just be 'Jim Henson Presents'. (I have mentioned this to Mark).

I usually wait to hop on to one of @Gregory Hecht's posts, but he hasn't done one for the 1/09/2025 content update yet, so I guess I'll start: The book title The Marvel Art of David Finch was added. This should follow the usual format of Marvel Art of David Finch, The. The comic book title All in Saga was added. When "in" is used as a preposition in a title, it should not be capitalized. But here, I believe "in" is being used as an adverb, and as such it should be capitalized in a title. So it should be All In Saga. The title Avengers: Assemble TPB was added to the Comic Books category. Should this book be instead listed under one of the existing Avengers: Assemble series? The title DC X Sonic the Hedgehog was added. I confess that I find the relatively recent convention of using "X" instead of "&" or "/" a bit annoying, but I wonder if it's meant to be "X" (uppercase) or "x" (lowercase) or "×" (multiplication symbol). I don't know if there's even a way to tell. In the new title Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe III, the word "the" should not be capitalized. The title Drumming Up an Appetite With Vinnie Paul was added to the Comic Books category, but it appears to be a cookbook, not a comic book. In the new title Free For All, the word "for" should not be capitalized. In the new title Heroes Of Echo Company, the word "of" should not be capitalized. The new title Presents (Jim Henson’s…) should be Presents (Jim Henson…)--no possessive. The title Romero’s Axa Classics was added. I only see this elsewhere as Axa Classics. But if Romero's is part of the title, then the ComicBase convention would be Axa Classics (Romero's…) . The new title Smurfs, The: Who’s Is That Smurf? should be Smurfs, The: Who Is That Smurf? . The magazine title Hero Special Edition Vol 3 was added. From what I can tell, this should instead be listed as Hero Illustrated (Volume 3). I'm basing this on the model of Hero Illustrated (Volume 2) and its existing entry.

accidentally overlooked this post.. we'll address everything with the upcoming content update.

New laptop, new install, new configurations... Twice now, my system has hung up for several minutes shortly after closing ComicBase. Mouse pointer doesn't move, YouTube video playing stops, nothing reacts for like 3 minutes. Both times, I clicked Ctrl-Alt-Delete to bring up the Task Monitor (with even bringing up the menu for that selection waiting until the pause ends). When activity resumes, mouse is responsive, YouTube restarts playing, and the Task Monitor opens, the 7-zip Standalone package is running at some double-digit processor load, compacting a database backup, I believe. My operating database is located on my local SSD drive, but my backups directory is located in a OneDrive folder, with settings of 5 copies, Compression and Save to Cloud. I thought this was the better way to balance live performance with multiple backup options, and was not expecting total system temporary lockup. Thoughts?

The Notes field for 21 Down Deluxe Set #1 still need to be corrected.

This still needs to be done.

Marc indicated back in the fall that this was going to be taken care of (note his response to my post), so it is a little curious that this was either still hanging around or came back.

Thank you for your reply. Obviously, I would love to have perfect behavior, and I understand why that might be impossible/out of your hands. But I think we should at least be trying to get consistent behavior. For example, in the preferences window in "New Pref Right.jpg", why is the text neither all 'tiny' or all 'normal', but instead is a mix of 'tiny' and 'regular'? This makes me think that some of the Check Boxes and Radio Buttons have a "do not resize for Windows Scaling" text setting enabled and are being shown at native, 'tiny' size, while other have the setting disabled and are being allowed to be resized and appear at 'regular' size. I think this setting needs to be hunted down and made consistent, at least across similar elements on a window, if not across the whole program.

Just picked up... The UPC 7 59606 21190 6 06511 currently is associated with a CB entry of "The Amazing Spider-Man: 65 Deaths" #1. The indicia reads "The Amazing Spider-Man No. 65.DEATHS, March 2025" and is part of the storyline "The 8 Deaths of Spider-Man". As ComicBase apparently doesn't support an issue number of #65.DEATH, I suggest that this should be entered as "The Amazing Spider-Man (6th Series)" #65.1 with notes indicating the proper issue number is 65.Deaths.

I'm afraid this one's likely insoluble given the current technical display framework (Windows Forms 4.8) and your hardware setup. Briefly, Windows has always struggled mightily to handle multiple resolutions and magnifications across different screens, and Windows Forms v4.8 does... a just sorta OK in most circumstances... job of handling it. If you want to see the whole thing to to heck in a handbasket, however, drag a form across multiple monitors with different magnifications. Wild things occur, and it's not within our capabilities to satisfactorily resolve them. I know Microsoft keeps trying different techniques for addressing this (the current one is "per monitor dpi awareness v2", but until they crack it (or ComicBase migrates to an entirely different display architecture [don't hold your breath on the latter--it would break many of the components used by ComicBase]) try to limit your use to configurations with only one DPI scaling percentage.

It's the never ending challenge of tracking variants... there are so many out there from different sources it's hard to find them all and get them indexed into ComicBase. We'll add this one to the upcoming content update. Thanks for the heads up.

Summarizing with more understanding: Original Setup, all three screens have roughly equal physical pixel size, about 0.01"x0.01". The new laptop has a physical pixel size of about 0.0062"x0.0062". With all the original laptop and side monitors operating at 100% scale, the interface looks consistent and 'normal' across the entire main window and the entire preferences window, regardless of which screen it is on. When the new laptop is running on its own at 100% scale, the interface looks consistent and 'tiny' across the entire main window and the entire preferences window. When the new laptop is running on its own at 150% scale, the interface looks consistent and 'normal' across the entire main window and the entire preferences window. With all the new laptop and side monitors operating at 100% scale, the interface looks consistent across the entire main window and the entire preferences window, but the text looks 'normal' on the side screens and 'tiny' on the main screen. However, With the new laptop at 150% scale and the side monitors at 100% scale, this is where weird things happen. You would expect that text would be consistent across the entire main window and the entire preferences window, and further expect that it would look 'normal' regardless of which screen it was on. Instead, I get inconsistent text sizing on the same window. On the laptop in the main window in the grid, it looks like most data columns are scaled at 150% and look 'normal', but the header row and the Issue number data column are scaled at 100% and look tiny. I also think that the windows menu text, the ComicBase menu Text and issue information look 'larger' than I expected, (maybe double scaled?), but the Comic Book Title ("Absolute Batman") looks 'normal', so 150%. The preferences screen appears to be a combination of some text at a 'tiny' 100% and a 'normal' 150%. I agree, this is occurring because my system is operating with multiple scale settings. However, I believe that this is the proper configuration for my system, so that I have a roughly equal text size regardless of which monitor a given window is on. The frustrating thing is, ComicBase is behaving what I would call 'correctly' on parts of the various windows. Most of the grid is producing text at what I think is the expected size; why is the grid header and issue numbers in the same grid not being scaled? The ComicBook Title appears to be properly sized; why is the rest of the interface being over-scaled? Some of the preference labels and data are producing text at what I think is the expected size, why are the other labels and data on the same window not being scaled? It would be one thing if the text was consistent across the window but looked different from screen to screen. But what I'm seeing is text that is inconsistent across the window, and consistently looking inconsistent in the same way from screen to screen.

It doesn't appear to be in CB yet (they can get all variants, especially when they are from 'specialty' stores (like Unknown Comics)). I think it would be the next variant letter as Anl 1/H with an Item Description of Unknown Comics Foil Virgin Variant Cover by David Nakayama, a UPC of 75960620691900119 and a current Cover Price of $40.00 Information from Unknown website https://unknowncomicbooks.com/products/foil-scarlet-witch-annual-1-unknown-comics-david-nakayama-exclusive-virgin-var-06-21-2023?_pos=2&_sid=f39c4d5df&_ss=r

SCARLET WITCH ANNUAL #1 UNKNOWN COMICS DAVID NAKAYAMA EXCLUSIVE VIRGIN VA