Clean up for 12/20/2024 content update

[Gregory Hecht]

This week's update added the Book title Oldguy. Superhero.  Based on the cover scan, it looks like this should really be titled Oldguy: Superhero .
•  Also, the item under this title is designated as "Single Issue Magazine".  If this is a single issue magazine, why isn't it indexed under the Magazine media category?  

The title Dinosaur Comics Sketchbook was added to the Comics category.  Does this actually contain any comic stories?  If not, what media category should this go into?  

[Randall J. Paske]

10 hours ago, Gregory Hecht said:

This week's update added the Book title Oldguy. Superhero.  Based on the cover scan, it looks like this should really be titled Oldguy: Superhero .
•  Also, the item under this title is designated as "Single Issue Magazine".  If this is a single issue magazine, why isn't it indexed under the Magazine media category? 

I added that one. I found the cover image on the Internet, but on the actual publication there is no punctuation on the cover. The image may have been a preliminary cover; I submitted it as a placeholder until I can make a scan of my own copy, because I couldn't find an image that matched mine exactly. The title I entered is how it's shown in the indicia, weird as it is. I'd prefer the colon, but that's not what they ended up using.

As to whether it is a book or magazine, it's one of those items that looks like a floppy comic but doesn't contain any comics. There's only one issue, so it's not a periodical. It also doesn't have articles of the kind that most magazines consist of. It has poems with accompanying text. To me, the contents and the one-time publication suggested it should be listed in the Books category. (Poetry magazines didn't cross my mind at the time.) Then I had to select a binding type, and "single issue magazine" seemed to be the closest available option to describe the binding. Why there is a "single-issue magazine" binding type in the Books category, I cannot say. But it is there, and it was the best descriptor I saw, so I used it.

I'm not sure how to classify these odd cases sometimes. It's fine with me if the binding type is changed or if it's moved to the Magazines category, even though that doesn't seem right to me. But please trust me on the title. I'd take a picture of the indicia for proof, but I'm hundreds of miles away from my copy right now. And I'm a couple of weeks away from submitting a true cover scan.

[Steven L. Dasinger]

On eBay, there are two different versions (both with Publisher Red Hen Press).

One published in 2016 with ISBN OF 9781597097413.
Cover has Oldguy standing with his back to the view and one foot on a park bench.
Cover has Vol. 1, $4.99 (it MAY be saddle-stitched (staple) but I can't find a copy that has a definitive picture).
Does NOT have 'The Complete Collection' on the cover and is 28 pages.

One published 2019 with ISBN OF 9781888996425.
Cover has Oldguy walking toward the viewer.
Description has it as a TPB with 88 pages.
(This is the one on the Publisher website and the Google/Amazon previews)

The publisher website has it as 'Oldguy: Superhero — The Complete Collection'.
Google Books preview of 28 pages. it has Old Guy: Superhero, The Complete Collection'.
Amazon Read Sample has just 'Oldguy: Superhero' on a single (title) page but 'Old Guy: Superhero, The Complete Collection' on what passes for an indica in a book.

The cover seems to have a space between 'Old' and 'Guy' as does the pseudo indicia but the publisher, title page, the text in the Acknowledgement and all the chapter titles has 'Oldguy' with no space.
Normally when a Title has one text over the other, there is an implied colon (or sometimes a comma). Since the Cover has the Text over Text and the inside uses a colon in all other places, there should probably be a colon in the title.
The 'The Complete Collection' should probably be added (with either the long-hyphen or comma) as that is used by the Publisher and pseudo-indicia.

This is all based on what I can find on-line from the Publisher and other sites. At a guess...

Either two Titles:
Title 1) 'Oldguy: Superhero' (possible 'floppy' comic format 'Staple') with 28 pages.
Title 2) 'Oldguy: Superhero — The Complete Collection' (TPB) 88 pages.
(with or without 'space' between 'Old' and 'Guy')
(two Titles since the TPB (probably contains the 'comic' and additional information (an extra 60 pages).

One Title with two Issues:
'Oldguy: Superhero'
Issue 'Staple' ( ? ) for the 28 page issue.
Issue TPB for the 88 page issue

PS The one in CB appears to be the earlier edition ('floppy comic' style with 28 pages, and Man with foot on bench on cover. And I would go with 'Staple' as Binding as it is accurate (if it is saddle-stitched) and less confusing.

If anyone has physical copies to verify or correct any of the above, I would defer to them.

[Randall J. Paske]

12 hours ago, Steven L. Dasinger said:

On eBay, there are two different versions (both with Publisher Red Hen Press).

One published in 2016 with ISBN OF 9781597097413.
Cover has Oldguy standing with his back to the view and one foot on a park bench.
Cover has Vol. 1, $4.99 (it MAY be saddle-stitched (staple) but I can't find a copy that has a definitive picture).
Does NOT have 'The Complete Collection' on the cover and is 28 pages.

One published 2019 with ISBN OF 9781888996425.
Cover has Oldguy walking toward the viewer.
Description has it as a TPB with 88 pages.
(This is the one on the Publisher website and the Google/Amazon previews)

The publisher website has it as 'Oldguy: Superhero — The Complete Collection'.
Google Books preview of 28 pages. it has Old Guy: Superhero, The Complete Collection'.
Amazon Read Sample has just 'Oldguy: Superhero' on a single (title) page but 'Old Guy: Superhero, The Complete Collection' on what passes for an indica in a book.

The cover seems to have a space between 'Old' and 'Guy' as does the pseudo indicia but the publisher, title page, the text in the Acknowledgement and all the chapter titles has 'Oldguy' with no space.
Normally when a Title has one text over the other, there is an implied colon (or sometimes a comma). Since the Cover has the Text over Text and the inside uses a colon in all other places, there should probably be a colon in the title.
The 'The Complete Collection' should probably be added (with either the long-hyphen or comma) as that is used by the Publisher and pseudo-indicia.

This is all based on what I can find on-line from the Publisher and other sites. At a guess...

Either two Titles:
Title 1) 'Oldguy: Superhero' (possible 'floppy' comic format 'Staple') with 28 pages.
Title 2) 'Oldguy: Superhero — The Complete Collection' (TPB) 88 pages.
(with or without 'space' between 'Old' and 'Guy')
(two Titles since the TPB (probably contains the 'comic' and additional information (an extra 60 pages).

One Title with two Issues:
'Oldguy: Superhero'
Issue 'Staple' ( ? ) for the 28 page issue.
Issue TPB for the 88 page issue

PS The one in CB appears to be the earlier edition ('floppy comic' style with 28 pages, and Man with foot on bench on cover. And I would go with 'Staple' as Binding as it is accurate (if it is saddle-stitched) and less confusing.

If anyone has physical copies to verify or correct any of the above, I would defer to them.

As stated earlier, I have a physical copy of the earlier "comic."

Its title in the indicia is just as I entered it in ComicBase: Oldguy. Superhero

I could not find an image that exactly matched the cover of my copy. The one I submitted is very close, but it includes a colon where the real thing has none. I will provide a correct image in a couple of weeks after I scan the cover of my copy.

Changing the binding type to "Staple" is fine. It makes me think of a single staple up in the corner, though, instead of the "floppy comic" format. Maybe a new binding type with a more accurate description is needed for items like this.

I do not have the later 2019 publication.

It would certainly help if the publisher were consistent.
 

[Gregory Hecht]

On 12/21/2024 at 2:38 PM, Gregory Hecht said:

The title Dinosaur Comics Sketchbook was added to the Comics category.  Does this actually contain any comic stories?  If not, what media category should this go into?  

Any updates on this?  This is still listed in the Comics category.  

[Mark J. Castaneda]

Im unable to dig up any info on what's inside. Don't know if there are B&W comic strip pages OR sketch/pinup pages. Anyone own a copy to confirm?

[Steven L. Dasinger]

I think this is a book containing nothing but blank pages.

It is to be used for you to draw your own images or get artists to draw on the pages.

And Dinosaur Comics Sketchbook isn't the only one that Antarctic press put out. There is a Horror Comics and a Jungle Comics.

Here is a link to eBay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226518857624?_skw=ANTARCTIC+PRESS+-+BLANK+SKETCH+COMIC+BOOK+-+DIY+-+CREATE+YOUR+OWN+-+NM+-+2016&itmmeta=01JJMGEX43ZGZ4AS0YHTK3Y4XR&hash=item34bd937798:g:WmsAAOSwe0hncXS0&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABMHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnL01GV1nLC4NkII%2BLjRW4pmhwdCttmX6niSIjZOi%2FCbGuK3Y09REQLuAWGpntgrP%2FV63QkD9dficBLjb3CORkJQAMY%2FidE9UM4XPkqjIk3L%2FWXFoGpcNg1CV%2Fd%2FkWzj%2BQz2tohS2Fl9IPTbUB5S%2BrisLg%2FsHSSZ1cvVgfC8VQvLU5%2BFSIZ8q40lG6j%2FxFOEEPcW8gWU1qtNbsFi1HCpkFvEOknRiWvUn%2Fp%2Fj7duSAZbQMvk3SM52ZHMVMnA304gweByzqkL%2FsjgJBKu1ecODWz9Rl5408GZGQKbWgCoWPIxo%2FDO45WLRmXS24wYYvCNUoNfop%2Br8XDiAZkQkeSnZGNIVbOwhDGQsCwQyXMptZQI3VgfD2Xc6upkzh9JDPEr5I%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5bSu5CVZQ

(a couple let you see the blank pages inside)