News: all updates for our software and apps

Thank you all for the feedback on last week’s version 9.7 of the CLZ Comics app! Most users absolutely loved the update, but there was some negative feedback too, by email, on our Club CLZ forum and in the CLZ Comics group on Facebook.

So in today’s 9.7.3 update, we are addressing most of the complaints and suggestions.

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SNIKT! NCBD is here!

But first, check it out, we’re getting ready to launch another update for CLZ Comics with updates and tweaks to the Confirm popup, based on your feedback. We hope to push it live tomorrow. You can check out some preview screenshots on Club CLZ!

Back to your NCBD! We have prepared 198 new releases with a total of 482 overall releases. Wolverine is back in a new #1, now with an old enemy re-emerging as a new villain who will bring Logan to the brink of his berserker rage. Don’t forget to pick up the final issue of Star Wars #50. Dead Eyes also sees his return in: Dead Eyes: The Empty Frames #1. John McCrea’s (Hitman) art sucks you right back into this universe. Jason Aaron’s TMNT run last month started off solid, now the turtles are back with #2. Hopefully this issue answers some questions we had. What are you picking up this week?

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Here it is, your weekly NCBD overview!

But first, did you already update to this week’s CLZ Comics 9.7 update? This new version brings you a couple of new features and lots of small improvements all over the app!

Check out the full what’s new list here, with lots of screenshots.

Today’s new comic book day we’re seeing “only” 171 actual new issues, but still resulting in a total of 411 new variants 🙂

Such an exceptional week for stories that are an absolute must read. Marvel gives us a new #1 with Exceptional X-Men which continues the post Krakoa stories. Another Marvel fun read: What If…? Donald Duck Became Thor #1, this branches out the What If title further. DC is giving us Absolute Power #3 with a great homage cover to Todd’s Incredible Hulk #340 drawn by Dan Mora. Jeff Lemire is back in Minor Arcana #1 brought to you by Boom Studios. Joe Benitez is back as well with a new Lady Mechanika titled: Lady Mechanika: The Devil in the Lake #1. Happy reading!

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Fixed:

• Edit screen: After cropping a cover, the app would sometimes still show the non-cropped version in the edit screen

Fixed:

• Edit screen: After cropping a cover, the app would sometimes still show the non-cropped version in the edit screen

Fixed:

• Edit screen: After cropping a cover, the app would sometimes still show the non-cropped version in the edit screen

Today, a big v9.7 update for your CLZ Comics, with a couple of new features and lots of small improvements all over the app, including a resolution for something that has annoyed many users for over 23 years!

Here’s what’s new:

• Add Comics screen:
  • New “Hide Owned” toggle on Series tab, for hiding all issues that you already own
  • New snappy “Confirm” popups replace the old and slow Preview pages
  • New look for issue cards on Issue tab
• Statistics screen:
  • Removed the “Comics by Creator” top list, and replaced it with:
  • New Top Artists list, that includes all artist type roles
  • New Top Writers list, that includes all writer type roles
• Main screen:
  • List and Card View now include the Variant Description for each comic
  • Several layout improvements to the comic details page
  • New folder options “All Artists” and “All Writers”

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Alwin here, the CLZ guy, with your CLZ news for August 2024.

It’s holiday season, so members of the CLZ team are taking their well-deserved vacations. But still, we have been able to introduce a big improvement to the Add by Title features of both the mobile and web editions of our movie, game and comic products.
The new “search for…” suggestions will save you a lot of time and typing.

We have also completed a big 9.7 update for the CLZ Comics app, which we planned to release before the end of the month. But the last stretch, tweaking and tuning the UI, took more time than we anticipated. So we will release this new version early next week.
You can find a sneak preview of v9.7 below.

The news for August 2024:

• CLZ Movies and Movie Connect: New “search for…” suggestions when adding movies by Title
• CLZ Games and Game Connect: New “search for…” suggestions when adding games by Title
• CLZ Comics and Comic Connect: New “search for…” suggestions when adding comics by Series or by Issue
• Coming up next week: CLZ Comics 9.7, with lots of improvements all over the app!
• CLZ Core updates:
  • Core for Games: “Check Covers” project, 95.6% cloud coverage!
  • Core for Movies: “Check Covers” project, 78.0% cloud coverage!
  • Core for Comics: New Comic Book Day summary, 2,113 new releases

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It’s that time again….NCBD! This week we prepared 258 new issues with 579 releases overall.

Enjoyed Alien Romulus? Marvel is here to have the Xenomorphs fight the Avengers in Aliens vs. Avengers #1. Image and Skybound are resurrecting a horror icon in: Universal Monsters: Frankenstein #1.

DC’s Zatanna goes full Alice in Wonderland trip mode with: Zatanna: Bring Down The House #3. This issue focusses on her miss-use of her magical powers. Don’t forget to pick up BRZRKR: The Lost Book of B #1. This time taking place in the 13th Century fighting for Ghenghis Khan!

Enjoy!

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New Comic Book Day is here, with 275 new issues! Of course, most issues come with multiple variants (up to 27!), so the total number of new books we added for you comes to 532!

Looking at our “Most Anticipated” list, most of you will be getting Ultimate Spider-Man #8 today. Check the full list of below.

Did you know you can do the same sorting by “popularity” in your app too?
Just open the Add Comics screen, go to the NCBD tab, set it to “This week”, then tap the 2nd button from the top right, with the “arrow pointing up” icon, to sort the new issues list by popularity.

Enjoy!

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There we go again, new Wednesday, so new comics!
One of our content managers, Rowdy, is on vacation, so Justin and Taco started extra early today, so that they would still be able to get all Core entries for the new releases added and perfected before your LCS opens its doors!

For today’s NCBD, we added 231 new issues. Counting all variants, the total comes in at 517 new releases. Ouch!
The biggest “offender” today is Jonny Quest #1, with 28 different variants (check the pics below).

All new releases are of course directly accessible through your Add Comics. Either browse all new releases on the NCBD tab, or use Series, Issue or Barcode tabs to find them that way.

Speaking about the Series and Issue tabs, what do you think of the subtle but powerful new “Search for.. suggestions” we added there in last week’s updates to the CLZ Comics app?

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New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

Fixed:

• A crash could occur when searching by title
• For items with very big images, the Edit screen could crash

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

Fixed:

• A crash could occur when searching by title
• For items with very big images, the Edit screen could crash

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

Fixed:

• A crash could occur when searching by series/issues
• For items with very big images, the Edit screen could crash

New:

• Better indication and handling of “subscription expired” status

Fixed:

• For items with very big images, the Edit screen could crash

In today’s Comic Connect update, two changes that will save you a lot of typing when adding new comics by Issue or by Series. Also, we added support for the new CGCxJSA label for slabs.

• New “Search for…” suggestions when adding comics by Series
• New “Search for…” suggestions when adding comics by Issue
• Support for the new “CGC x JSA Authentic Autograph” Label Type

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In today’s update for your CLZ Comics app, two changes that will save you a lot of typing when adding new comics by Issue or by Series. Also, we added support for the new CGCxJSA label for slabs.

• New “Search for…” suggestions when adding comics by Series
• New “Search for…” suggestions when adding comics by Issue
• Support for the new “CGC x JSA Authentic Autograph” Label Type

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It’s Wednesday, so lots of new comics to be added to our CLZ Core online comic database. Today’s score: 485 new variants for 182 actual unique new issues.

Today sees the release of issue 1 of Venom War, a brand-new series centering on Eddie Brock and his son Dylan in their battle to be the one true Venom!
In Gotham City Sirens, Vol. 2 Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy and Catwoman join forces again. This time to battle DC’s newest villain foursome ‘The Nasty Boys’.
And Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood is yet another new series. Get ready for a brand new tale involving Spider-Man’s iconic black costume!

As always, to browse all of today’s new comics, open your tried and trusted Add Comics screen and at the top right, switch to the NCBD tab.

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Today, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Games screen that will save you a lot of typing.

As you know, when you start typing in the Title box, the app always shows you a dropdown with 5 suggestions for the most popular matching games. Tap one of these to instantly select that game.

In this update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart search suggestion. Basically it tries to “auto complete” what you are typing.
Tap that box to do a Title search on those words.

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Today, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Movies screen that will save you a lot of typing.

As you know, when you start typing in the Title box, the app always shows you a dropdown with 5 suggestions for the most popular matching movies. Tap one of these to instantly select that movie.

In this update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart search suggestion. Basically it tries to “auto complete” what you are typing.
Tap that box to do a Title search on those words.

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In today’s Movie Connect update, a smart tweak to the “Title” tab of the Add Movies screen that will save you a lot of typing.

When you start typing in the Title box, it has always showed you a dropdown with 5 matching movie suggestions to pick from. But in today’s update, we added a new “Search for …” entry at the top of that dropdown, with a smart auto-completed search suggestion.
Click that box (or hit down arrow on your keyboard, then Enter) to do a search for that auto-completed search term.

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