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About the GCD

The Grand Comics Database (GCD) is a nonprofit, Internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Learn more about the GCD through these articles. If you still have questions, send us an email at GCD Contact List. We look forward to hearing from you. Frequently Asked Questions Searching The GCD IMPs -- the most common way to become member! How can you contribute? New Users: New users can jump right in by contributing in a variety of ways: Index Join a mailing list Report Errors Join the Tech Team Join a Committee Donate Members: Membership is defined by The GCD Charter which opens up some additional ways to contribute: Vote! Become a Coordinator Join the Board Become an Editor

In the News Comic Book Resources (brief mention by Paul Levitz, November 26, 2012) Springfield News-Sun (January 12, 2012) How-To Videos Add Variant Reprint Link Editing & Confirmation Copying reprinted sequences

Information on Indexing

The primary way to contribute is to become an Indexer and add data for comics or upload cover scans we don't yet have. Here are some links to get started! OI Tutorial: The best way to get started! Indexing FAQ Indexing Offline Indexing Measuring Points (IMPs): Get credit for your work! A list of some publications that don't qualify for the GCD Reporting Errors with the Error Tracker Still looking for more to do? Help the GCD by cleaning up our database through any one of our Special Projects! Formatting Documentation Entering data into the GCD must follow guidelines established by the gcd-policy list. Those rules can be found in the Formatting Documentation which is updated regularly. Formatting Documentation Formatting Documentation Cheat Sheet Official Genres List Adding to the GCD The following links will walk Indexers through adding new content to he GCD. Adding a Missing Publisher Adding an Indicia/Colophon Publisher Adding a New Brand Adding a Missing Series Series Skeleton Requirements Adding a Missing Issue Adding or Improving Covers

Resources There are several resources to help indexers. Glossary of Common Terms Jerry Bails' Who's Who (No longer updated, but invaluable!) Until the updatable Who's Who is developed, please store corrections on our People page. Examples of GA artists' work Other Useful Resources and Links User's Guide to Publishers Variant Characters (alternate Earths, Timelines, etc.) (the best explanation if you want to know why a given index does or does not mention that the character is in some way a variation on another character)

Editors Indexers may eventually become editors, who review the work of Indexers and the incoming error reports and make corrections to existing data. List of Editors Editor Documentation

GCD Organizational Structure

The GCD Charter The Board Parliamentary Rules Coordinators Technical Coordinators Committees

GCD Organizational Structure

Technical Details

We are currently heavily involved in improving our new web-site for the GCD. The links in this section outline some of the changes going on. If you would like to help, please contact the gcd-tech group and see what you can do to help.

• Technical Volunteer Requirements (learn what's involved in doing tech work for the GCD!)
• Web Site Project Page
• Creator Table Specifications Committee

Software Developer's Guide to the Code List of Used Packages best to just follow the instructions in these documents: GitHub (Mac or Linux) GitHub (Windows) Code Reviews Bugzilla for Technical Issues New Site Testbed (not always running!)

GCD ERD Diagram

Database Data Distribution FAQ Data dumps: http://www.comics.org/download/ Guidelines for developers re-using the GCD data Current Schema (v0.3 "Dr Festus" - Feb 2010) New Fun Schema (v1.0 is still a Work in Progress) Historical "new schema"

Other Projects

Bigger Projects Publisher Names: Project lead by the comics-pub list. Comic Book Distribution

Other On-Going Efforts Bell Features reprint list Characters People Special Data Cleanup Projects