Adding your first comic

Contents:

• Introduction
• Creating your Database
• Adding your first Comic
• By Title
• By barcode

• Editing Comic Details
• Advanced

Introduction

The best way to catalog comics in Comic Collector is to use the Add Comics Automatically screen (see Figure 3 below). This provides you with detailed information from our online database such as artists, publisher, genre, characters, cover images, and much more.

We recommend searching by barcode as this will give an exact regional match but you can also search by series title. A title search will give you a list of all issues from that series, you can then select which issues you wish to add.

When you first try to add a comic you will receive a warning that you are using the Example Database, it's up to you how you proceed. You can try adding comics to the example collection to get a feel for how everything works, or you can get started immediately by creating your own database.

Creating your Database

To get started with cataloging your comic collection you'll need to create your own database.

1. Click File > New Database
2. Save your database by clicking: File > Save Database
3. Name your database, select a destination then click Save

By default your collection will save in your documents folder. You can find it here:

We recommend you save your collection in the default folder.

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Adding your first Comic

There are two primary methods for adding to your collection. Automatically and manually. Select a method below to learn more about the different ways you can catalog your comics.

• Adding Comics Automatically
• Title Search
• barcode Search
• Adding Comics Manually

Adding Comics Automatically

By now you may have already found the Add Automatically screen, if not, click the icon from the toolbar (figure 1 below) or click Edit > Add Comics Automatically (figure 2).

Figure 1: Add Comics Automatically Icon

Figure 2: Edit > Add Comics Automatically

Here you have the Add Comics Automatically screen. This enables you to search our database and download detailed information to your own personal database.

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By title Search

To search for a comic:

• Type the series title into the Title Field


• Click Search Now on the right, or press enter on your keyboard to start the search.


• Comic Collector will search our database for appropriate matches. A list of matching series will be shown.


• Click the + next to the result to view the issue list for that series.


• Double click on one of the search results to see a detailed preview on the right.


• Tick the box next to the issues you wish to add, or tick the box next to the series title to add the entire series.


• Once complete, click Add Selected.

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By barcode

Want to get organized super fast? Then simply scan the barcode of your Comic (you'll need one of our inexpensive barcode scanners...).

Here's how that works:

• Step 1. Scan the barcode
• Step 2. Click Add Selected.
• Step 3. You're done!

You can read more about searching by barcode here.

Click Here for a detailed guide of the Add Comics Automatically screen.

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Editing Comic Details

When you want to edit a Comic's Details, like add artists, change the physical location of where your comic is stored or add a personal note, you need the Edit Comic Screen.

• Select a comic from your list
• Click the Edit Comic button on the toolbar (third button from the left).
• Just browse through the different tabs and see what information can be added and edited.
• When done, hit the OK button and watch the Details panel change to reflect the changes you made.

More detailed information about editing comics can be found here.