What happened to Comicogs

Comicogs was a community-built database of comics — a Discogs for comics, issue by issue and printing by printing. It went offline with the rest of the -ogs sites, but the database was kept, and it is back here as the comics catalog.

What happened to Comicogs?

It shut a few years ago, as Bookogs, Filmogs, Posterogs and Gearogs did. None of the contributions were lost.

Is the Comicogs data gone?

No. The comics catalog holds about 55,000 comics across 8,000 series, with nearly 4,000 publishers, 21,000 credits and 69,000 images.

Is ctlgs a Discogs for comics?

Issue by issue and printing by printing, yes. An issue is not one object: a first printing, a second printing and a variant cover are three things a collector would price differently, and each gets its own entry with its own date, printing and cover. Your own copies then sit under them, one record each, with its condition and where you keep it.

Why not just use the Grand Comics Database?

Use both. The GCD is the deepest comics bibliography there is and it is not trying to be anything else. ctlgs is pointed at a different question: not what was published, but what you own — which printing, in what grade, in which box. If you are documenting comics history, the GCD is the place. If you are documenting a collection, this is.

Are comics separate from books here?

Yes. Comics is its own catalog, agreed that way in the forum: graphic novels, strips and manga belong here, not in books. The dividing line is where the story happens — if the action and dialogue are in illustrated panels it is a comic, and if illustrations decorate a text narrative it is a book.

Is my old collection still there?

Not automatically — it is done by hand. Say on the forum what you were called on Comicogs, and your contributions, collection and wantlist come back to you.

Do I need a new account?

Yes. Sign in with a forum account at forum.ctlgs.org. The old password does not work here.