![]() According to the site, ComicBase sets its prices using “hard market reporting, not just a price guide” and the software will update prices on titles as they change. You can even use your phone’s camera to take a picture of the comic’s barcode to add it to your collection.ĬomicBase also features grading notes that allows collectors to include information on condition. The latest version hosts information on “almost 600,000” comics and comes with a mobile app that allows you to take your collection with you on the go and automatic synch capability. ![]() This software is technically for Microsoft Windows only but can be run on a Mac with a little tweaking. Let’s start with one of the originals.Ĭreated back in 1992, ComicBase is now on version 17 with a Beta for version 18 available. Now collectors can sort their titles any way they’d like, easily access their want lists, view cover images of their comics and even sell them with the click of a button. Since then, comic collecting software has seen huge leaps in technology and ease of use. This meant hours of data entry and no pictures (which is what we buy comics for in the first place, right?). It wasn’t too long ago that collectors used to create complicated spread sheets using archaic word processing programs to catalog their massive collections. Keep in mind, these are not reviews I’m just simply giving you a few options to check out. So today we’ll be taking a look at a few different ways to catalogue, track and appraise your collection using comic book collecting software. As I discussed in my last article, “ Starting a Killer Comic Book Collection,”, a pile of comics does not a collection make. If you’ve been collecting comics for a while, then you know how quickly they can begin to pile up. It hosts information on “almost 600,000” comics and comes with a mobile app that allows you to take your collection with you on the go and automatic synch capability. They will have a limited supply of posters featuring the artwork of Marvel Artist Brian Denham (IRONMAN: Hypervelocity) and will be happy to answer any and all questions (but don’t ask Joe about the time he dressed up as Spiderman on his honeymoon and accidentally locked himself out of the motel room).First launched in 1992, ComicBase is now on version 17. You can meet Joe and Steve at the Orlando Comic Con booth # 415. “Comic books are truly a universal language,” says Butler, “and as we expand our reach and develop more uses for the CCL website, we hope to become the standard of the comic book industry.” The software has gotten great reviews from users around the world including CCL members in the U.K., South Africa, Germany, the Netherlands, and various locations throughout Asia and South America. “Steve’s knowledge of comics is amazing and we have plans in the near future to truly make CCL a place where comic book enthusiasts and collectors can ‘Experience Everything’.”Ĭomic Collector Live offers free software that helps seasoned and novice collectors alike to organize, group, track, appraise and buy and sell. ![]() “Steve has been an invaluable help in building our massive comic book database as well as helping ‘store’ owners to set up shop and sell their comics on Comic Collector Live,” says Butler. So we’re thrilled to have our booth and some materials to hand out, but most of all excited to talk with comic lovers and collectors and share the joy of comics with them.”Īlso attending the Orlando convention is CCL’s comic book expert and Research Specialist Steve Boyd. “We’ve been so busy adding features to the software and adding flexibility to the website ( ) that we haven’t had time to really get out and meet the comic book fans as we would like. Joe Butler, creator of Comic Collector Live, is excited about the convention. ![]() Hendersonville, TN, Septem-( PR.com)- Even though Comic Collector Live has had a presence at the New York Comic Con and partnered with Silent Devil and Antacrtic Press in San Diego-its real ‘coming out’ party is scheduled for September 21-23rd at the Orlando Comic Con.
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