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Yesterday, I shared with you one of the many sites I uncovered in my attempts to find a medium for keeping track of my comic inventory. While that site did have a lot of the features I was looking for, I was on the hunt for a service that had an app, for accessing and updating my comic inventory on the go.
My husband, John, actually discovered the site we are now both using. The name is pretty epic:
Yes, you read that right. League of Comic Geeks. And it’s beautiful, a resource I’ve become quite obsessed with over the last several days.
First, let’s look at the account dashboard:
Beautiful, isn’t it? In one screen, you see new titles you’ve added to your collection, titles that are pulling this week, and more. Additionally, if you get into the community/social aspect of this site, you can post a status message to your followers and the rest of the community.
The search feature is also quite robust. You can customize your view, but I love that you can see the issue covers in the search result. Very handy if the issue you are logging has variant covers.
I did a search for Ms. Marvel and look at all the beautiful results that came in:
Another feature I particularly enjoyed is the browse feature. I’m always looking for new comics to try out. Using this site, you can browse by week, publisher, popular issues and more:
One of my most favorite aspects of this site allows me to maintain a budget for my comic buying. Stats for your pull list! It breaks down cost by week and month, allowing you to have a fairly good idea of how much you will be spending a given week. In addition, it shows you trends in your comic buying. No surprise here, but you can see that over 50% of the comics in my pull list are from Image.
You can drill down even further to see the specific titles on your pull list for each week. I have it pretty easy this week; only three titles ($10.48) of my comic buying budget spent this week:
That’s not even the best of it. *Cue the angel choir* Yep, there’s an app with that. And it’s beautiful. And free. With all the functionality of the web site. The two sync wonderfully. You can add an issue to your account on you computer and within moments you can view it on your phone or tablet.
As you can see, I’m quite fond of this app/site. I have no fear of purchasing duplicate copies of issues/volumes (unintentionally, that is!). This is definitely a resource that makes my comic reading and collecting even more enjoyable!! The best part: I’ve just touched the surface of all the features available.
These two sites are certainly not the only comic inventory resources out there. There are dozens, including paid sites/apps with pretty robust and advanced features. As with anything I post on this site, this is simply my own personal opinion.
So what do you think? If you are a comic reader, do either of these sites appeal to you? Or, what method do you use to keep track of your comic collection?
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