Clean up for 02/20/2025 content update

[Gregory Hecht]

Heavy Metal (3rd series) was added this week to both the Comic Book and the Magazine categories.  Since this will contain comics (much like Heavy Metal and Heavy Metal (2nd series)), the Magazine title should be deleted.  

New magazine title:  Ricky (Dell) 
The title description reads "Fan magazine full ov photographs and short articles."  That should be corrected to "Fan magazine full of photographs and short articles." 

New comic book title:  Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan
Should that be listed as Toxic Daughter: Chi-Chan (not sure if there is something in the indicia that dictates a lowercase letter after the hyphen)
 

[Steven L. Dasinger]

Just about all the sites I search for (that don't have it all in upper-case) has it as Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan (lower-case 'c').

Since it a pre-order, there are not insides looks that I can find to verify one way or the other.

[Randall J. Paske]

The 2/20 update also adds a new edition of Clyde Fans by Seth under that title. Previous editions of Clyde Fans are listed, correctly or incorrectly, under Palookaville as Bk 2/HC, CS 1, and CS 2, because the material was originally serialized in issues of that title.

For consistency, either those earlier versions of Clyde Fans should be moved to the new title, or the new edition should go under Palookaville with the others. For now, I've submitted item titles for the books listed under Palookaville, because they aren't really labeled as Palookaville and it's not obvious that they would be listed there.

[Mark J. Castaneda]

On 2/21/2025 at 9:19 PM, Randall J. Paske said:

The 2/20 update also adds a new edition of Clyde Fans by Seth under that title. Previous editions of Clyde Fans are listed, correctly or incorrectly, under Palookaville as Bk 2/HC, CS 1, and CS 2, because the material was originally serialized in issues of that title.

For consistency, either those earlier versions of Clyde Fans should be moved to the new title, or the new edition should go under Palookaville with the others. For now, I've submitted item titles for the books listed under Palookaville, because they aren't really labeled as Palookaville and it's not obvious that they would be listed there.

Yeah, we see what you mean that they aren't obviously intended to be listed together. Might be smart just to spin them into a separate title(s). Are you able to figure that out and submit new data for those Randall?

[Randall J. Paske]

6 hours ago, Mark J. Castaneda said:

Yeah, we see what you mean that they aren't obviously intended to be listed together. Might be smart just to spin them into a separate title(s). Are you able to figure that out and submit new data for those Randall?

OK, I just submitted updates for Clyde Fans. The publication history is even more tangled than I realized, so I had to make some changes and additions.

• I changed Palookaville CS 1 (actually titled Clyde Fans, Part 1) to Clyde Fans 1.
• Palookaville CS 2, it turns out, was never published (there is no book titled Clyde Fans, Part 2). 
• I changed Palookaville Bk 2/HC (actually titled Clyde Fans, Book 1) to Clyde Fans Bk 1/HC. There was at least one further printing of this edition, and possibly more. I added Clyde Fans Bk 1/HC-2 for the second printing, but more may need to be added if found in the future. (History repeated itself, and there is no book titled Clyde Fans, Book 2.)
• In 2019, the complete story (more than what was in Book 1, which was itself more than what was in Part 1) was printed in one hardcover volume simply titled Clyde Fans. I didn't find this in ComicBase. I added it as Clyde Fans Bk 1/A.
• In 2021, the 2019 hardcover was given a paperback edition. I didn't find this in ComicBase. I added it as Clyde Fans Bk 1/B.
• The solicited 2025 edition is, as far as I can tell, a new printing of the 2021 paperback. I changed it from Clyde Fans 1 to Clyde Fans Bk 1/B-2. It does not seem that the hardcover is getting a new printing.

If these changes are accepted, then Palookaville CS 1 and Bk 2/HC need to be removed to prevent duplication. CS 2 needs to be removed no matter what, having never actually been published.

[Gregory Hecht]

Since the contents of the Clyde Fans book changes significantly starting in 2019 but then remains consistent, I am wondering if it would be better for the 2019, 2021, and 2025 publications to be listed under a title Clyde Fans (2nd series).  

If you go this route, then...
•  the 2019 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1/HC
•  the 2021 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1
•  the 2025 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1/HC-2

This avoids using the A and B variations to designate hardcover vs. trade paperback editions.  IMO this way of cataloging these collections would be a little bit "cleaner" than lumping all of them into a single title.  

(and, just to be clear, I'm good with the first three bullets in Randall's list)

[Randall J. Paske]

2 hours ago, Gregory Hecht said:

Since the contents of the Clyde Fans book changes significantly starting in 2019 but then remains consistent, I am wondering if it would be better for the 2019, 2021, and 2025 publications to be listed under a title Clyde Fans (2nd series).  

If you go this route, then...
•  the 2019 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1/HC
•  the 2021 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1
•  the 2025 book becomes Clyde Fans (2nd series) Bk 1/HC-2

This avoids using the A and B variations to designate hardcover vs. trade paperback editions.  IMO this is would way of cataloging these collections would be a little bit "cleaner" than lumping all of them into a single title.  

(and, just to be clear, I'm good with the first three bullets in Randall's list)

I wrestled with what to do there, within the limits of the available ComicBase variations and types. I didn't think of what you suggested, which sounds fine to me. I did think about having separate title entries for Clyde Fans, Clyde Fans Part 1, and Clyde Fans Book 1, but that seemed messier than what I ultimately submitted.