I know it was a long wait, but here it finally is: CLZ Comics 8.5, with the long awaited editing tools for your creator and character lists!

The entire CLZ development team has been working on this major feature for several months. A huge project that we have been postponing for many years, because of the complexity and the enormous amount of work. But today we can finally go public with it, resulting in a major 8.5 update for the CLZ Comics mobile app:

As of today, it is finally possible to modify the CREATORS and CHARACTERS lists of your comic entries! And of course, to sync your customized lists to and from the CLZ Cloud.

Modifying the Creator list for a comic

To modify the creator list, use Edit Comic, then the Creator tab. Flip the toggle to Custom Creators to enable edit mode.

Now you can:

  • Easily add creators by searching our central (e.g.) Cover Artist / Writer lists in Core. Just type a few letters of the person’s name and the Find Cover Artist / Writer screen will show you the most popular persons that match what you typed (the bars on the right are popularity indicator bars, based on the number of comics he/she worked on and the popularity of those comics)
  • Drag and drop creator entries to change the order (just drag the drag icon on the left)
  • Remove creator entries (using the “x” on the right)

Modifying the Character list for a comic

Modifying the Character list is also done in the Edit Comic screen, on the new Character tab. At the top, flip the toggle from “Core Characters” to “Custom Characters”. This will change the character list to edit mode.

Now you can:

  • Easily add characters by searching our central character list in Core. Just type a few letters of the character’s name and the Find Character screen will show you the most popular character that match what you typed (the bars on the right are popularity indicator bars, based on the number of comics this character appears in and on the popularity of those comics)
  • Drag and drop characters to change the order (just drag the drag icon on the left)
  • Remove characters (using the “x” on the right)

Improved display format for characters

Previously, characters were shown as one text, with their name and their optional “real name” between brackets, e.g. “Spider-man (Peter Parker)”.

But with this update, we also changed the way characters are stored in the database and have separate the Name and the Real Name into separate fields. Which makes it possible to improve the way characters are listed on screen, with the actual character name displayed more prominently (like in the folder panel screenshot below) or even as separate columns (like in the screenshot of the details page).


Recent changes

v9.9: Several improvements and fixes Sep 27, 2024 v9.8 Subscribe to CovrPrice as an In-App purchase, straight from the CLZ app Sep 19, 2024 v9.7.3 Further tweaks based on your feedback Sep 12, 2024 v9.7: Various improvements for Add Comics, Statistics and Main screen Sep 02, 2024 v9.6.2 New “search for…” suggestions when adding by Series or Issue Aug 08, 2024 v9.5: Improved barcode scanner, no more AUTO/EXT toggle! Jul 19, 2024 v9.4: Re-design of Pull List feature (and now called “NCBD”) Jul 03, 2024 v9.3: CLZ Comics is now free to use up to 250 comics Jun 04, 2024 v9.2: Improved “Updated Values” screen, after updating from CovrPrice May 16, 2024 v9.1 Use Edit Multiple to set Creators & Characters Mar 28, 2024 v9.0: Check Value / Collection Tabs / Issue Search and more! Nov 30, 2023 v8.10: Improvements for Search box and Hide Variants mode Nov 02, 2023 v8.9: Easier access to Manage Pick Lists tool Oct 25, 2023 v8.8: Pre-fill screen: Orange highlights and a Clear button Oct 16, 2023 v8.7.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 14, 2023 v8.7.1: New in-app getting started tips Sep 13, 2023 v8.6: New Sync button on main screen Sep 06, 2023 v8.5: Modify the Creators and Character lists of your comic entries! Aug 21, 2023 v8.4: Use multiple folder levels May 21, 2023 v8.3: A new look for slabbed comics, plus 3 new slab-related fields Mar 06, 2023 v8.2: New report after Updating Key Info Jan 24, 2023 v8.1.4: New features for the Update Values report screen Nov 09, 2022 v8.1.3: New features for the Update Values report screen Nov 08, 2022 v8.1 Two improvements to the CovrPrice integration Oct 24, 2022 v8.0: Get comic values from CovrPrice! Oct 04, 2022

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