What's new in CLZ Comics for Android? (page 2)
This it, the very last New Comic Book Day of 2023! This “between X-Mas and New Year” week, we only have half of the CLZ Team at the office, so we were quite happy to see that today was one of the smallest NCBDs of the year, with only 460 new releases. That is, when counting all variants. Without counting variants, the total comes to 181 actual new issues.
Rowdy and Justin did all the work this week and just an hour ago, they finished adding all 460 new releases to our Core online comic database. All entries have been made as complete as possible, with the actual cover art, variant descriptions, creator information (with correct Cover Artists listed for all variants), etc.. etc…
Phew, finally a “slower week”, with “only” 547 new releases. For a total of 273 actual new issues.
All of them have just been added to our Core online comic database by the CLZ Content Team (Rowdy, Justin and Taco). They have made the entries as complete as possible, with the actual cover art, variant descriptions, creator information (with correct Cover Artists listed for all variants), etc.. etc…
CLZ Comics 9 Feature Hilite: two new tools for quickly finding an issue
Here it is, the 3rd and final “v9 feature hilite” email. Today’s email is about two new tools we added for quickly finding a specific issue in your database:
- Issue Search: use the search box top right to search for a specific issue, e.g. “amazing 362”
- Jump to Issue button (aka, the “sniper” button”): tap, enter issue number, bam you’re there.
BTW: if you missed them, you can still read the first two v9 feature hilite emails on our CLZ blog:
- The new Check Value screen for quick checking a CovrPrice value, without having to add the comic to your app.
- The new Collections Tab Bar, for easily switching between collections using tabs at the bottom of your screen.
Over 600 (!!) new releases on this week’s New Comic Book Day! To be precise, 601 total variants, for 296 actual new issues.
The CLZ Content Team (Rowdy, Justin and Taco) just finished adding them all to our Core online comic database, as complete as possible, with the actual cover art, variant descriptions, creator information (with correct Cover Artists listed for all variants), etc.. etc…
Here’s my second “v9 feature hilite” email, about the next big feature of last week’s CLZ Comics v9 release.
(tip: if you missed feature hilite #1, you can read it here)
Today, we are going to discuss the new collections tab-bar.
It’s New Comic Book Day! 480 new variants this week, for a total of 214 actual new issues.
All these new comic books are now available in the CLZ Core database, complete with cover art, variant descriptions, creator info, etc… Just open the Add Comics screen and use the Pull List tab to browse the new releases.
What’s New:
- New “Delete CLZ Account” option in Settings
Last week, we released version 9.0 of the CLZ Comics mobile app, our biggest update ever! So big in fact, that you may not even have checked out all the new features.
To help you get started with all new stuff, I am going to do three “v9 feature hilite” emails, each one highlighting one of the three big features of this update.
Today, we’re gonna take a look at the CovrPrice related improvements, for getting comic values in your CLZ App.
New:
- Updated Values report now also has the CovrPrice Content bar with latest blogposts from the CovrPrice website
- Tablet: Value Lookup screen now has a full width CovrPrice Content bar
Fixed:
- Value Lookup screen: panel sizes weren’t remembered between sessions
v9.0: Check Value / Collection Tabs / Issue Search and more!
It is live, a major v9.0 upgrade for our CLZ Comics app. Looking at our history of app updates, I can safely say that this is our biggest update ever! Lots of new features and improvements, all in one go.
There is something for everyone: a big new tool for CovrPrice subscribers, new features for users with multiple collections and finally, something that all users will love and use every day: two new ways to quickly find a specific issue in your app.
Here’s what new in v9:
- New comic value features for CovrPrice subscribers:
- New Check Value screen: look up a CovrPrice value for a comic, without having to add it to your app!
- Value totals at the top of each issue list: see values per Series, or per Storage Box, per Publisher, etc…
- New features for users with multiple collections:
- Collection tabs: easily switch between collections using tabs at the bottom of the screen
- Improved Manage Collections screen
- Two new tools for quickly finding a specific issue:
- Issue Search: use the search box top right to search for a specific issue, e.g. “amazing 362”
- Jump to Issue button (aka, the “sniper” button”): tap, enter issue number, bam you’re there.
- Other:
- Improved main app menu (no more collection entries)
- Maintenance menu: new “Remove all unused pick list entries”
It’s New Comic Book Day! 510 new variants this week, for a total of 210 actual new issues.
All these new comic books are now available in the CLZ Core database, complete with cover art, variant descriptions, creator info, etc… Just open the Add Comics screen and use the Pull List tab to browse the new releases.
Join CLZ Comics on Facebook or Discord
Our “CLZ Comics” group on Facebook (over 22,000 members) and our new Discord server (169 members already!) are great communities for talking about the CLZ Comics app, about the Core online comic database or about comics in general.
Click here to join:
There we go again, our busiest day of the week: New Comic Book Day. 515 new variants this week, for a total of 247 actual new issues.
All these new comic books are now available in the CLZ Core database, complete with cover art, variant descriptions, creator info, etc… Just open the Add Comics screen and use the Pull List tab to browse the new releases.
NEW: CLZ Comics is now on Discord!
Our “CLZ Comics” group on Facebook is a huge success (over 22,000 members now) and a great place to talk about the app or about comics in general.
But of course, not everyone is on Facebook… So today we have started a CLZ Comics server on Discord!
»» Click here to join us on Discord! ««
It’s Wednesday, so… new comic books! Today brings us 470 new releases, counting all variants (224 actual new issues).
All these new comic books are now available in the CLZ Core database, complete with cover art, variant descriptions, creator info, etc… Just open the Add Comics screen and use the Pull List tab to browse the new releases.
TIP: join our “CLZ Comics” group on Facebook
(21,800 members!)
The “CLZ Comics” group on Facebook is THE best place to ask questions about the CLZ Comics app and the Comic Connect web-based software. You will get quick answers from other users OR from the CLZ crew.
To find the group, just do a Facebook search for “CLZ Comics” or use this direct link. After visiting the group page, click the “Join” button to join.
It’s our busiest day of the week again, the day our content team is preparing all of this week’s new comic book releases. Today’s NCBD we added 473 new releases for you (230 unique new issues).
TIP: use the Pull List feature to discover all this week’s new releases
- tap the + icon on the bottom right to open the Add Comics screen
- go to the Pull List tab (top right)
- within the Pull List tab, set the week selector (top left) to “This week”
- and go to the sub-tab called “Discover”
This will give you all NCDB releases, grouped by series. Or, tap the “All Releases” entry at the top to scroll them all in one big list!
Fixed:
- Problematic scroll behaviour in Add Comics screen, Series tab.
Changed:
- For new users: no more Demo Mode
Fixed on iOS:
- Edit screen: Picking something from a pick list: The search could mess up your choice
- The sync button could show on details view
- Custom Label foldering was broken
Yes another nice update for CLZ Comics app, version 8.10 already (time to start thinking about calling it version 9!).
In this update:
- Add Comics / Series : better “In Collection” indicators when using Hide Variants mode
- Two improvements to the Search box in main screen
- Lots of fixes for big and small problems that were reported by users
A relatively “slow” New Comic Book Day, with “only” 432 new releases (175 unique new issues).
All 432 new releases can now be found and added through the Add Comics screen, by series, by issue or by barcode. Alternatively, use the Pull List tab to browse all of this week’s releases in one list, and just add from there.
It is getting crazier and crazier: 677 new releases on this week’s New Comic Book Day!
Without counting variants, there are 290 unique new issues.
The CLZ content team has been working hard the past few days to make them all available in the CLZ Core, with cover images, variant descriptions and cover artist info. Enjoy!
If you have been active in our CLZ Comics group on Facebook, you are probably aware that many questions in the group can be answered with:
“Just use Manage Pick Lists”
Renaming Storage Boxes, Merging duplicate Series, fixing series sort problems, fixing typos in creator names, etc… it is all done in the Manage Pick Lists screen. An important and powerful screen, but… not so easy to find if you don’t know where to look or don’t even know what to look for.
With this update, we are trying to fix all that. We have made the screen much more accessible / discoverable AND we have made several improvements to the MPL screen itself.
We just back got from NYCC (check out some photos here) and are already at the office, completing all of today’s NCDB release in our Core online comic database.
It’s a long list today, with 580 new comics, counting variants. Without counting variants, there are 277 unique new issues.
All of them are now ready for you in Core, with cover images, variant descriptions and cover artist info.
TIP: use the Pull List feature to discover all this week’s new releases
- tap the + icon on the bottom right to open the Add Comics screen
- go to the Pull List tab (top right)
- within the Pull List tab, set the week selector (top left) to “This week”
- and go to the sub-tab called “Discover”
This will give you all NCDB releases, grouped by series. Or, tap the “All Releases” entry at the top to scroll them all in one big list!
This update is all about the Pre-fill screen, you know, the screen that appears when adding items and lets you pre-fill fields while adding, like Raw/Slabbed, Grade, Grading Company, Purchase Date/Store/Price, etc…
This Pre-fill screen was introduced in Jan 2021, with a fixed set of fields. Then a year later, in Jan 2022, it was made completely user configurable, so that *you* could choose which fields appeared on the screen.
This screen turned out to be a popular tool, but we’ve seen one problem with it:
Sometimes, users pre-fill a field for a specific comic (e.g. Purchase Price or Quantity), then forget to CLEAR it for the next comics they add. Causing lots of comics to be added with that same field set incorrectly.
So today, we are making another tweak to the Pre-fill screen:
- The Pre-fill screen now highlights filled fields in orange, so that they stand out more.
- Also, we added a “Clear” button, to quickly clear all Pre-fill fields.
Fixed
- iOS: iPad: Year folders: the wrong year folder could be selected sometimes.
It’s NCBD today and not only that, it’s NYCC week too. (Four members of the CLZ team will be present at the NYCC!)
This week, we added 538 new releases for you. That is, if we count all variants. If we do not take variants into account, we arrive at 241 unique new issues.
All of them are now available in Core, with cover art, variant descriptions and cover artists.
TIP: use the Pull List feature to discover all this week’s new releases
- tap the + icon on the bottom right to open the Add Comics screen
- go to the Pull List tab (top right)
- within the Pull List tab, set the week selector (top left) to “This week”
- and go to the sub-tab called “Discover”
This will give you all NCDB releases, grouped by series. Or, tap the “All Releases” entry at the top to scroll them all in one big list!
Again, a big NCDB this week, with 543 new releases, counting variants and a total of 229 unique new issues.
All of them are now available in Core, with cover art, variant descriptions and cover artists.
TIP: to discover all this week’s new releases from your CLZ Comics app:
- tap the + icon on the bottom right to open the Add Comics screen
- go to the Pull List tab (top right)
- within the Pull List tab, set the week selector (top left) to “This week”
- and go to the sub-tab called “Discover”
This will give you all NCDB releases, grouped by series. Or, tap the “All Releases” entry at the top to scroll them all in one big list!
It’s Wednesday, so…. New Comic Book Day!
A big week again, with 581 new comic books released today. That is 581 releases, including variants. If we don’t count variants, there are 255 actual new issues!
The CLZ content guys have been working to add and finalize all these entries in our Core online database. Ready for you to find them by series, by issue, by barcode, OR using the cool Pull List tab that lets you browse all new releases per week.
Most of the new comics and their variants now come complete with cover art, variant descriptions and cover artists.