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 January 2011!

  • Since we now have a reasonable amount of data in our new ISBN field we have added it to our advanced search. You can also link to a comic with an ISBN: http://www.comics.org/isbn/<ISBN>/.

New Features for December 2010!

  • Deletion support: All indexers may delete items from the database.
  • Wraparound and gatefold cover support: You can now upload and display wraparound and gatefold covers.
  • Newly uploaded landscape covers are shown larger in the full cover view.
  • Advanced search for covers: Searches for covers now show the cover images.
  • Multiple issue changes support: You can make changes to the issue information across multiple issues at the same time through Advanced Search results.
  • ISBN support: We've added a field to track ISBNs.
  • Improved sequence insertion: It's now easier to insert or reorder sequences anywhere in an issue.
  • International statistics and a Daily Changes page: See what's changed daily.
  • Change history view: Detailed item change history since December 2009 is now visible. Pre-December 2009 change history (to the extent that it was recorded) will be imported in the near future.
  • Number of indexed issues per series: In all series lists we now display the number of indexed issues to easily find series which need work.

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)
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
Statistics
6,751 publishers
2,936 brands
1,439 indicia publishers
55,230 series
633,525 issues
148,033 issue indexes
320,497 covers
883,821 stories