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Fan created comic database

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RedRaven

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errr, I'll float this out there but It'll probly sink ...

How about a fan created data-source for comicbooks...

Say an excel file for instance, freely distributable and maintained by us nebs on one of our web sites...Everyone contributes a lil of their time to enter a title and in a few months we'd probly have a fairly complete datasource...

 

As a programmer I'd love to use this to feed my webscripts!

Open source ebay tools and the like would come along also Im sure....

 

Just for consideration.

 

 

 

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chromium

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I'm always up for a little typing... my programming skills suck, but I can type like a little monkey... confused-smiley-013.gif

wasnt there a simpsons episode about that?

 

Isn't there a Simpsons episode about everything.... 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

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RedRaven

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Sort of like this one? http://www.comicsdb.com/comicsdb/

 

ComicsDB has been around about 3-4 years, at least.

 

negative , unless I missed the part where they distribute their database..

 

THat site strikes me as a bit crass ... here all you fans build this database but we get to keep the source.

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thecomicsheet

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So are you thinking like a fairly simple table with maybe:

title, volume, issue #, variant, publisher, year, month

 

possible additional info:

writer, artist, cover artist, interesting info (like "1st appearance Wolverine")

 

picture links to sample copies (thumbnail and big picture)? (Need to set up guidelines for #pixels resolution and size of files.)

 

Available as a downloadable Excel spreadsheet?

Available as an online database (mysql, sql server?) that you can query and download as comma separated file?

Available as a downloadable Access database?

Available as a downloadable comma separated file?

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fantastic_four

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I find this to be a worthwhile project that I might contribute to, but I would first approach the ComicsDB guy to see if he's willing to share his data instead of creating a competing web site. His web GUI for entering data is really nice and full-featured.

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RedRaven

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So are you thinking like a fairly simple table with maybe:

title, volume, issue #, variant, publisher, year, month

 

possible additional info:

writer, artist, cover artist, interesting info (like "1st appearance Wolverine")

 

picture links to sample copies (thumbnail and big picture)? (Need to set up guidelines for #pixels resolution and size of files.)

 

 

Havent fleshed the fields out yet but all those you mention would definitely be in there .... Guest appearances etc ...

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