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Yoc:
Hi Gang,
You might notice we're working on adding the wonderful Grand Comic Database Information listings for each issue to the site.
This is very early days.  It will be formatted more as time goes on so don't be shocked if sometimes it looks odd or might even disappear occasionally.
But I'm SUPER excited to see this happening.

-Yoc

Drusilla lives!:
Wow, you mean they're finally letting folks do this? 

I recall CB+ doing something like this... for a while that is... but then it seemed to me they were running into sporadic problems and eventually, for a time there, I think they suspended the feature.  I think it's back now... somewhat.

Personally I haven't really used the GCD for a few years now.  It's a great concept I suppose and the folks over there should be commended for their accomplishments... and I'm sure many of them are well meaning and sincere in their efforts.  But I had gotten the impression that they really weren't interested in sharing the information they had amassed as openly and freely as they seemed to project to the public at large... for whatever reasons they might have had.  Rather off-putting in my opinion... to the point that I've actually lost interest in the information they're offering. 

As most things in life, putting something into practice has it's limitations, no matter how good the theory behind it appears.

Meh, why sugarcoat it... they suck (IMO of course)... why bother (again, just my opinion).

Yoc:
Hi DL,
Thanks for adding your thoughts.  Like any site, your results and feelings may vary with the GCD.  I've heard the same kind of thing about DCM over the years from a thankfully small number that felt we didn't do enough in their eyes.  But personally I believe like DCM, the GCD site provides an immense service to our hobby.  It's just packed with an incredible amount of information on comics and like DCM dependent on a small army of wonderful members like yourself for its lifeblood.  AND they actually do freely offer it up for use on sites like DCM and CB+.  You can read HERE ON GCD how they are very generously sharing their data with sites like us.
By including their data on DCM it's going to open up a whole range of possible new features on the site.  We've already started to work on improving the SEARCH bar feature.  Give it a look!  It's very early days on both projects but CaptDJ has some exciting ideas for making DCM not just a library of scans but a real resource for information AND scans on each book, publisher and IMO most importantly ARTISTS and WRITERS that were the creators of these almost forgotten pulp treasures.
We are in a Golden-Age of information gathering and sharing.  Since 2000 I'd bet more new books, magazines and websites have gone live than ever before devoted to keeping these old sometimes glorious, often outrageous and frequently culturally insensitive but always interesting old comics we all love so much!  Working together with GCD's data I predict great things to come in DCM's future which I'm sure you will find helpful.  I'm over the moon excited about seeing this long held dream for me finally starting to take shape.
Stay tuned DL, we plan to make your faith in what we are doing on DCM really pay off!

-Yoc
your excited monkey admin

Drusilla lives!:
I'll assume you're referring to "bandwidth issues" when you mention hearing "the same kind of thing" about DCM... but there's a big difference between DCM's problems and those of the GCD as far as a limited bandwidth argument goes. 

Their problem has never been bandwidth, but one of ducking copyright issues... as the text that your link points to makes clear.  And as far as the "data" they offer, well that belongs to "them," not "us."   Again, as the text you've linked to states.

My opinion is to let those who are interested seek "them" out, as they can and have always done.  Again, just one persons opinion here.

SuperScrounge:

--- Quote from: Drusilla lives! on September 18, 2017, 09:25:30 AM ---Wow, you mean they're finally letting folks do this? 

I recall CB+ doing something like this... for a while that is... but then it seemed to me they were running into sporadic problems and eventually, for a time there, I think they suspended the feature.  I think it's back now... somewhat.

Personally I haven't really used the GCD for a few years now.  It's a great concept I suppose and the folks over there should be commended for their accomplishments... and I'm sure many of them are well meaning and sincere in their efforts.  But I had gotten the impression that they really weren't interested in sharing the information they had amassed as openly and freely as they seemed to project to the public at large... for whatever reasons they might have had.
--- End quote ---


I am an indexer at the GCD and this is the first I've heard about them not letting people use the data.


As far as I know CB+ never suspended the feature. I know Mark has occasionally had technical problems with it, but I hadn't heard about any problems between CB+ & the GCD about it.


A few years ago on their email list they were wondering who was using their data & I pointed out CB+ to them and they seemed to be fine with it.


The only time I recall seeing any annoyance with others using the data was a copycat site that had a different name, but otherwise looked pretty much the same as the GCD.


For that matter, many indexers use DCM and CB+ in indexing. I've even used both sites when trying to track down artwork used for a reprint cover that appeared in an internal story.

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