New Releases Skeletons

From GCD
Revision as of 19:46, 11 October 2020 by Mikia2 (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Back to Special Projects

We try to make a coordinated effort to add issue skeletons for new releases to improve GCD completeness in listing recent comics and, in particular, so that cover uploaders and users of my.comics.org can easily find them.


For US comics, the general process is:

  • Visit comiclist.com on Tuesday
  • There is usually no need to research anything beyond what is listed. One-shots and limited series runs (e.g. issue 1 of 5) are usually indicated.
  • Issue variants need to be added after the base issue is approved.
  • You can click on issues to get cover prices, barcodes, writers, artists and cover artists.
  • Include on-sale date to improve the GCD new-releases feature.
  • Include the barcode or ISBN in order to disambiguate common titles in GCD search results.
  • Optionally, for trade paperbacks and hard-covers you can look for additional information on publishers' websites or Amazon - the latter sometimes has previews of back covers and copyright pages.

An alternative source for comics shipping through Diamond is Previews World New Releases.


If you are interested in signing up for or taking over a particular set of skeletons then post on the Main chat group.


Members who participate in this project include:

New English-language releases
Mike N. Aftershock, Archie, and Black Mask
Ron S. Alterna Comics, Action Lab Entertainment (all ages titles), Big Head Press, and IDW
CTGarry Vault
Adam K AWA, Boom!
Miki A. Dark Horse (including graphic novels), Dynamite (including graphic novels), C- and D- publishers except DC
Juan Abstract, DC
Ruben Marvel, Image, Oni Press
Steve J. Rebellion (including 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine)
Derek Heroic Publishing, Valiant Entertainment
Wayne A. Lion Forge
Laura C. Graphic novels including Hermes, Joe Books
Steven S. Fantagraphics, First Second, Humanoids, Kodansha, Scholastic, Seven Seas, Sublime, Tokyopop, Udon, Vertical, Viz, Yen Press
Currently
Unclaimed

Titan
Manga including Tohan
Small Press and Self-Publishing including Amigo, Red 5, Kenzer

International
Antonio C. Assorted Brazilian publishers
Ramon S. new Dutch releases
Karsten S. new German releases
Jan R. H. new Norwegian releases
Per S. new Swedish releases