Fred Slota

Clarification - Item Description is used to identify an issue variation from the other variations of the same issue #. As such, it mostly focuses on details of the cover that would distinguish it from other variations. Yes?

I have other programs that patch and update without this issue though. Microsoft manages it with it's products, yes?

Is there any way to allow the program to update without invalidating pre-existing shortcuts? I had long ago given up pinning a shortcut to my Taskbar, because every program update required me to remake the link.

Thank you. I did finally get the time to do the housekeeping on my side to upgrade to '24.

As we transition to the new year, ongoing titles should be listed as running through "Present", while finished series should be listed as running through "2023" or "2024", yes? I have a support spreadsheet that recognizes series with Present to assumptively differentiate between a concluding series hole vs. an ongoing series not-yet-released future issues.

Sorry, I wasn't clear. Scorched Earth was apparently corrected from initially bein dashed to properly coloned, which prompted my question about the seemingly similarly punctuated Battle Lines. Thank you.

So, I updated the content, looked at the unrecognized issues and found 1 reported: Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War—Scorched Earth I do a search in ComicBase for Batman/Catwoman, and see the following titles: Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Prelude—Batman Day Special Edition Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Red Hood Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War: Scorched Earth Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War—Battle Lines Batman/Catwoman: The Gotham War—Scorched Earth My question - Colon vs. Dash. If Scorched Earth's sub-subtitle is being prefaced by a colon, should Battle Lines as well? What about the sub-sub-subtitle for the Batman Day Special Edition?

Anyone with solutions?

When I upgrade a version of CB, I take the time for a yearly archive and cleaning. It might not take time to install, but I do. However, having been on vacation, I have a 3-week backlog of issues to enter, and a 3-week out-of-date database to update before entering, and would really like to continue using CB2023 at the moment. I would really like to just apply the content update at the moment without doing the upgrade, which I seem to not be able to do. Holding down the Shift or Ctrl key while Checking for update does not bypass the Program update prompt.

I'm not quite ready with my time to switch over to CB2024. I've been away for a few weeks, and just want to apply the content update to my current CB2023 database. Internet | Check for Updates, and I'm presented with the "Program Update Available" window, presenting 2 choices, "Update" or "Not Now". I don't wish to update, so I choose "Not Now", and... nothing. Shouldn't it proceed to the content update?

Thanks, it always looks odd when the database has internal gaps.

Wither goest #137?

Two Livestream suggestions... 1) Re-re-re-request a tour of what it looks like from the editor's point of view when they process additions/corrections/new cover scans. 2) Demonstrations of cover attributes... Standard, wide, wraparound, gatefold, Ptych, Binding types, special covers...

Dealing with names is something that is being worked on. With the recent addition of a full unicode(?) alphabet, so ability to use many foreign alphabets, diacriticals, etc, they've been working on standardizing spelling, accenting and various other multiple naming. I'm not sure if the final form is to have a in-program list of aliases backing up a single, definitive form of a name, or if that is something to be cleaned up in the mothership's editorial. Feedback is a good thing. Ideas is a good thing.

Either. Keep in mind, I believe if the software is set, and attempts to download new pictures, it can notice that the directory no longer exists and will remake the directory. In other words, deleting the folder(s) doesn't prevent future pictures from being downloaded; you need to change settings to prevent any from returning.

Ummm, delete them, then change settings to prevent the ongoing downloading of new images. The program is perfectly capable of operating without pictures.

Where's Waldo style very busy wraparound double-gatefold cover. The variants each have a different character hidden amidst the others. Artist-signed, artist-distressed covers. Comes with a certificate of authenticity for both the signature and the ripping/folding. Or maybe the artist signs by scratching their name on the cover. Crowd-sourced authentication. Signed numbered issues with number CoAs, but the books ship with randomly included CoAs. Ooops all covers. I don't mean like a collected book of cover reprints. I mean, a book binding standard single-panel cover-stock covers, with internal indicia and back cover ads. The variant has the cover intentionally attached inversely; so the front shows what the normal issue has as the inside back ad, and the normal cover is instead in the inside back. Sketch cover drawn in one-time (non-reversable) invisible ink.

No prob.

Actually, that's not the solution you think it is, looking deeper... I do weekly updates. I do yearly installs, starting each year with that year's fresh picture install discs. According to the backup I made 12/27/2022 before I did that year's upgrade fresh install, the pictures were flipped. These were almost 3 years old issues at this point; it has probably been flipped for that long. My current official scans show the reversed images, with file timestamps of 12/28/2022, when I did the install. I just renamed that title's directory and redownloaded the scans, and the scans are now correct. This appears to have been officially corrected in the last 8 months. Weekly updates wouldn't have dealt with this, yes? That's why we have these weekly Cover Scan Correction posts, for the manual modifications needed for those who want complete accuracy. Not that I had checked before my post, but while there is a posting of a manual cover change of Aggretsuko covers, it wasn't for these issues.

A little mixy-uppy I don't know how they match up to the Cover Artists and exclusivities, but at least in the case of #1/C and #1/E, the cover scans show UPC codes that show they are swapped for their entries. The entry for 1/C has a UPC that ends 131, and should have the mostly blank cover, while the entry for 1/E has a UPC that ends in 151, and should have the split background/split 3D head cover. Additionally, I am holding the 131 book, and the nearly white cover is a cardstock cover that is fully blank on the back and on both insides. This cardstock cover is apparently over a standard 1/A cover, complete with a UPC ending 111 and standard indicia on the inside front cover.

Did I notice a new stage of reporting, so possibly a new stage of processing, when it came to checking for new pictures? I think I saw it giving feedback something along the lines of "checking if Title/issue needs picture" before it started downloading 2,922 ComicBook pictures. I don't recall noticing this stage of messages before.

Yes, that's what I was referring to, and yes, I am aware of why it has the double dash... I posted about the need for the colon that produced the third dash that caused that move.

Ah, the rare double dash... Actually impressive how many there have been. Looks like that's the 56th title with multiple consecutive dashes.

Variant covers on the free solicitations listing? I asked my store when I saw it, and he said they hadn't been told that this was happening. The issues get given away for free. They get n issues for free for the store. But, if they want more than n, they have to pay for the additional copies.

Just completed the weekly update, and I see this got half updated. Still needs a ":" after Dark.