Welcome to the Grand Comics Database!

We're a nonprofit, Internet-based organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world, and we're glad you're here! Give our search form a try, or take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site.

New Features for April 2012!

Major changes
  • We now use reprint links instead of reprint notes. A reprint link connects two sequences, a sequence and an issue, or two issues, respectively. It can be edited or added from both sides, and then displays the corresponding reprint information at both places.

    How to add reprint links to existing stories

    How to add reprinted stories

    How to edit reprint links

  • We added keywords.
  • Comic sequences in non-comic publications can be added to our database.
Other changes visible to all
  • Issue shows as indexed if more than 40% of total pages are indexed.
  • Added partial indexed status: at least one comic story is indexed.
  • Variants are not used in issue navigation.
  • Number of variants shows as *number in issue navigation dropdown.
  • Show on-sale date and barcode on series detail/timeline pages.
  • Several bug fixes.
Changes visible for contributors
  • One can remember a story, a cover, or an issue. This is particularly useful for reprint link editing. See the remember-link in the top right of a sequence box.
  • Issue import/export can be done in csv-format in addition to tab-separated.
  • Changeset comments are emailed to all who commented before.

We Need Volunteer Web Designers and Programmers!

Please contact the gcd-tech group if you can help with any of these roles:

  • Web designer / front-end developer (HTML / CSS / JavaScript)
  • Web Services API
  • Python / Django programming
  • Database Performance (MySQL)
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1,000,000 sequences!

The milestone of one million sequences was reached!

The index for Star Trek: Mirror Images #3 was approved recently and with its stories we passed the big number.

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375,000 covers uploaded!

The 375,000th cover was uploaded recently to the GCD!

Check out the cover which is part of the flip cover for Comix #10/2011, a monthly German comics anthology.

Take a look at our international statistics to see what else the GCD's been up to.

Disclaimer
The Grand Comics Database Project (GCD) is a volunteer project with the goal of documenting and indexing all comics for the free use of scholars, historians, researchers, and fans.
The GCD acknowledges that the all-encompassing research nature of the project may result in the posting of cover scans for comics with images that some may find objectionable.
Viewer discretion is advised.
The Grand Comics Database Team
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Statistics
6,883 publishers
4,052 brands
2,651 indicia publishers
63,353 series
767,168 issues
13,220 variant issues
164,945 issue indexes
387,257 covers
1,023,996 stories