Gregory Hecht

See my comment over in the earlier Schiff's Shoes thread. I'm not sure that each shoe store should get its own variant designation. @Mark J. Castaneda: After reading these two threads, what is ComicBase's position on this?

Does the indicia for the Alan Moore edition include "by Alan Moore" in the title? Or does it just say "Absolute Swamp Thing"?

The variation and the printing number are separate fields... so you can have issue #1/A 3rd printing, for example. But in looking at the Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus title, it looks like it needs some clean up, so I am pinging @Mark J. Castaneda on this thread. 1. AFAIK, there were only two versions of volume 1 first printing. Issue #1 and Issue #1/B look like duplicates. One of those needs to go away. If it matters in the decision making, I believe that what is shown as #1/A was the DM variant (as indicated in the Notes field). 2. I am pretty sure that both versions of volume 1 had second printings and third printings. So those need to be added once Mark decides how to handle the above item. 3. Similarly, volume 2 had only two versions. Again, what is shown as #2/A is the DM variant (as indicated in the Notes field). The entry for #2/HC is superfluous. Volume 2 should be listed as either #2 and #2/A **or** as #2/A and #2/B. I recommend using the same convention as for volume 1 (so again, what gets used will be determined by Mark's decision re: volume 1). 4. I am pretty sure that both versions of Volume 2 have had second printings, and I think that third printings have either been solicited or they are expected to be solicited soon.

This week's update added two titles that look like they are reprints of the Family Circus comic: I Could Hear Chewing, It's Muddy Out Today, and Jeffy's Lookin' At Me! They were both added as Books, but they should really be in Comics. • This is the second instance this month where I have seen mmpb reprints of panel cartoons getting posted to the Books section of the database. So a heads-up on this to the beleaguered folks who field all of the user-generated CB data submissions. • Not sure why, but the Jeffy's Lookin' At Me title is acting wonky on the AA site. I can type "Jeffy" into the search box and it shows up as an option, but clicking on it takes me to an error page.

Yes, the Title comments would be a very helpful resource for somebody who is trying to track down those flipbook issues.

So in yesterday's Livestream, @Peter R. Bickford said that we should be posting our drink recipes. I checked with Pete, and he said the recipes should go in this thread rather than start a new one. My Gingerbread Old Fashioned recipe: • 1 part Bittermilk #7 (Bittermilk website; Amazon link for Bittermilk #7) • 4 parts bourbon whiskey or rye whiskey (with higher proof whiskeys, I will often 2 parts whiskey and 2 parts ginger ale) • stir and add ice • optional: garnish with an orange wedge and/or maraschino cherry You can also make a "Shirley Temple" version for people and/or occasions where alcohol not preferred: • add a generous drop of maraschino syrup to an old fashioned glass • 1 part Bittermilk #7 • 4 parts ginger ale • stir and add ice Stay tuned for Pete's Sugar Cookie Martini recipe! If he doesn't post it in a couple of days, I will start pestering him on Slack. I hope that everybody has a great set of holidays (no matter which ones you observe)!

In the mid-1990's, Caliber reprinted the Wordsmith series from Renegade. The first four issues were reprinted as their own title (and are correctly indexed in ComicBase) but issues 5, 6, 7, and 8 were reprinted as flipbooks as follows: • issue #5 in Searchers #3 • issue #6 in Raven Chronicles #10 • issue #7 in Nowheresville #3 • issue #8 in Silent Invasion #4 ComicBase currently double-lists issues #5-8 as issues of Wordsmith (Caliber), but they should be deleted. (Note that somebody is listing #6 for sale on AA.) The database also lists issue #9, and AFAIK that was indeed published as a separate issue and should therefore NOT be deleted.

Based on Steven's answer, this sounds a lot like March of Comics in that various retail stores would have their name and/or logo printed on the cover of the issues that they were giving away in their store. The database doesn't treat these as different variants and AFAIK the collector's market as a whole doesn't distinguish between the different retailers when determining a value for a particular issue. With that in mind, IMO the database probably shouldn't track each of the different shoe stores as a different variant for this title. (These shoe retailer issues should be tracked differently from the regular newsstand editions, certainly, just not an individual variant for each individual shoe store.)

Matthew, are you talking about a Thor Masterworks volume or some other trade paperback or hardcover? (Archive editions were DC's hardcover reprint series, so I suspect you're really asking about Masterworks or some other collected edition.)

Wow, I had no idea that Westfield was still around. I remember that they were one of the early mail-order subscription pioneers way back in the 80's (long before home internet was a thing).

I think that the three biggest online subscription services (in no particular order) are mycomicshop.com, dcbservice.com, and midtowncomics.com

The sale is posted here. I don't see an end date for the sale, but it does say order by 12/17 (that would be today) 2pm Central Time for guaranteed Xmas delivery. (I assume that is for postal delivery of scanners or disks).

The database includes a listing for Incredible Hulk Epic Collection #23. I don't believe that vol. 23 exists. Vol. 22 certainly does exist, and vol. 24 was recently solicited, but I can't find evidence that vol. 23 was published in Feb 2019 or at any other time.

The "New Book Titles" list for this week includes Sleeping Beauty,, The (Luna). Should that really have two commas? And the corrections for last week's content update still need to be addressed.

This week's update added Large and Lovable: Marmaduke to the Book category. Based on the cover, this looks like a reprint of Marmaduke comics. If this is true, then it should be moved to the Comics category. Simpsons One-Shot Wonders: Gramdpa was added to the database. Should that really be Simpsons One-Shot Wonders: Grampa ? [note spelling]

I'm not totally positive, but I believe that you can't have two of the same title in CB even if they are in separate categories. Best route for your book would be to include the publisher in your title. So I believe that your hardcover would go under the title Eye of the World, The (Tor) or something along those lines.

The database includes the title Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Missing Martian (published by Eternity in 1990) and Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Missing Martian (published by Caliber in 2022). The Caliber title is actually a trade paperback collecting all four issues of the Eternity title. With that in mind, the following updates shouuld be made: • issue #1 from the Caliber title should be moved to the Eternity title as Book #1; and • the Caliber title should be deleted.

Hi folks -- No Livestream today after Server Hardware and OS Issues teamed up to battle our heroes at Human Computing HQ. (Fortunately, no trips to the Lazarus Pit are necessary, everybody just needs a little time for their healing factor to kick in.) So kick back with some of those Thanksgiving leftovers and some of your favorite comics, and we expect to back next week.

"any content corrections" Content corrections that are pretty routine (including cover scans) can be sent directly from your database. Cover scans that don't upload from your database can be sent to support via email. There isn't a mechanism for sending deletions of titles or issues from your database. So those should either be emailed to CB support or posted on the message boards. Any sort of correction that seems unusually complicated, which has some level of uncertainty associated with it, or which might benefit from discussion from CB users (for example, "I can't find this... is it in the database?") should be posted to the message boards. @Mark J. Castaneda can correct me if I am wrong on the above.

One might argue that situation would be an incentive to buy more comics on Atomic Avenue!

Plus things like Amazing Heroes and even one issue of Comic Book Artist were comic sized, but they are clearly magazines and not comics. As you say, categorizing by size leads to obvious problems.

It isn't a question of size or physical format that makes something eligible for the Comic Book category, it is a question of what the content is.

There may well be items that were cataloged in ComicBase prior to the creation of the Book and Magazine categories that have escaped (so far) a move to the appropriate category. In the case of The Amazing World of Superman, that contains articles but also several comic stories. More than half of the pages are comics, so I assume that is the reason why HC decided to keep it in the Comic category.

Yes, correct on both counts. It has caused some consternation amongst users as things like Who's Who and OHOTMU have been moved over to the Magazine category, but in the long run I think it will make more sense. And (finally!!!) Atomic Avenue now handles magazines (and books) much more easily than it used to, so selling "formerly-comics-but-now-magazines" items is much easier than in the past. There will always be items that seem like they have a foot in both camps, but you can always post here on the boards to get help in sorting it out from the HC editorial team and from other CB users.

I am reviving this thread. The title Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites was deleted, but (as per my 4/11 post) it never should have been. I have resubmitted this title from my database. Also, the Beasts of Burden: The Gathering Storm Book #1/HC persists. It should be deleted for the reasons that I laid out upthread. EDIT: Never mind, I see that when the BoB: Animal Rites title was re-added, the URL at Atomic Avenue changed. So the title is there. What is missing is the softcover version of the book, and that should be included in the submission that I made from my database. My comments re: BoB: Gathering Storm HC still pertain. Thanks!