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Hi,

I have a question about the series below.

They are books that combine text and comic.

It really is a hybrid.

This one in comics:

https://www.lastdodo.nl/catalogus/strips/series -heroes / 2069053-niek-de-groot

and this one in both comics

https://www.lastdodo.nl/catalogus/strips/series-helden/1660787 -loser

as well as in books

https://www.lastdodo.nl/catalogus/boeken / series of books / 3431277-the-life-of-a-loser

And you also have, for example, this series

https://www.lastdodo.nl/catalogus/boeken/boeken Seriesen / 2153081-diary-of-a-hat

So the question is where should these comics / books be?

Gedo

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August 30, 2020 06:22

They are books, because they contain drawings, it is not a comic yet

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August 30, 2020 10:36

Okay, I understand that. Then a lot has to be converted.

But if I can play devil's advocate for a moment.

The publisher calls it Graphic Novels

https://www.graphic-novels.nl/

https://www.uitgeverijdefontein.nl/blog/kinderboeken/moeite-lezen-probeer-eens-graphic-novel/

Harper Collin also describes similar books as a comic-strip adventure

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/big-nate-goes-for-broke-lincoln-peirce?variant=32206361919522

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August 30, 2020 11:09

we live in the Netherlands and not in America

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August 30, 2020 11:19

https://www.graphic-novels.nl/

https://www.uitgeverijdefontein.nl/blog/kinderboeken/moeite-lezen-probeer-eens-graphic-novel/

is a Dutch publisher!

And the argument, 'because it contains pictures, it doesn't make a comic', is also reversible.

But the brief reaction on your part reveals that you do not really feel called upon to respond to this in terms of content. Or am I wrong.

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August 30, 2020 11:36

You are wrong

first have a look at the definition of a comic, that clarifies a few things

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Last Dodo uses the following for the definition of comics:

1.1 STRIPS

The Comics section is primarily intended for things you can browse through that are completely or largely filled with comics. The latter is essential. Something is not a comic because it contains pictures of a cartoon character. An encyclopedia with pictures of Suske en Wiske is exactly that, an encyclopedia with illustrations of Suske en Wiske. There is no comic strip and such a book does not belong in the Comics section. Picture and poster books are also generally not a comic, even if the maker is a celebrated comic book author. Rule of thumb: If the pictures still make a good running story by omitting all the texts, it is probably a comic.

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But have you ever read such a book? Those stories are incomplete without the comic part. It is a hybrid form. Let me make it clear that I am not advocating for them to be included in comics per se, I just want to highlight it after I found that they are scattered and duplicated in both categories. And in addition to the 'life of a loser' series, all similar ones (diary of a hat, Niek de Groot, etc.) are in comics. So I don't care where it is because it's both defensible but it's unclear and inconsistent now.
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August 30, 2020 13:28

I have them, at least my daughter ...

without reading the drawings perfectly

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Okay, lets agree to disagree. But is it an idea that all these books that are in comics are then migrated to books with a comic book curio link?
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August 30, 2020 13:40

The classic American comic form is the "comic". When, in addition to the comic, there was a need to publish comics (especially for the adult market) in a more classy way, larger format, better paper, etc., a name had to be added. That became the graphic novel. A form that we already had in Europe, that's simply called an album here.

So a graphic novel was classier than a comic. The Americans have now turned that idea around. If you publish something and it doesn't just contain text, you call it a graphic novel, because that's classy. We do not participate in pure marketing. We look at the content and then it is either a comic or an illustrated story.

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Ok but it is mainly the Dutch publisher who uses this term. The American uses the term comic strip
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August 30, 2020 14:06

@Pegag, I would have liked to say something like that too .. :-)

Graphic novel is from America

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Thank you for agreeing. But where the term comes from is of course irrelevant. The term comic strip is also American. The term cartoon is Dutch. In short, that can never be a valid argument. And as I said, I can be fine with it under books, but you are out of control. Will the misplaced comics / books / graphic novels be migrated or will we just leave it that way?

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August 30, 2020 14:42

@Gedo, dr are quite a lot of "comics" that need to be transferred to books. If you regularly read the forum then you know that Arco has also regularly mentioned this

Why are you so concerned about something that has been known for years, just reporting is enough, right?

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You speak with your mouthful of flour.
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And I worry because I ask a sincere question and then get sent into the reeds with a bunch. If you had immediately given a meaningful, substantiated answer, I would not have had to worry. But if the answer between the lines is 'it is so, you have to do it with it and you should not whine' then I am indeed worried. Sincere question yet. If this has been a problem for years, why hasn't it been solved yet? Is rebooking so complicated or labor intensive?
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Is rebooking so complicated or labor intensive?

Rebooking is complicated and labor intensive. Migrating items to other sections is a very painstaking job. You do not want any information to be lost. Only a limited number of administrators have the rights to do so.

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But that is easy to solve.

Surely more administrators are willing to do this?

And even if it has to be done accurately, it cannot be very difficult.

In this way the catalog feels rather unwieldy and not flexible.

Anyway, I'm not telling anything new with that.

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Think for yourself what it takes to turn a comic book into a poster ... (;-)

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Gedo, it is new to me that the catalog is unwieldy and inflexible, how cynical your comment sounds. I have collected all kinds of things and therefore more areas of interest than you, I have been able to put all of that in this catalog for more than 10 years. Perhaps that is why you underestimate the work of administrators, are you or have you ever been an administrator? Incidentally, a great subject about where something belongs best, but should it be so nasty now? You are of an academic level in terms of words, I have a form of dyslexia, but I am certainly not jealous of your style. I don't have a mouthful of flour, but I just ate some nice spaghetti. Very nice with my family.

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There are certainly examples of what a comic is and what is not. I know that old oblong daily newspaper issues were often placed under comics, especially because of the Matla catalog. But also frankly if something qualified as a comic "it was more valuable and more collectible"

An example: see the 3rd scan.

3580901

To use Morit's approach, you can follow this "comic book" 100% perfectly without the illustrations. But I think it's a comic strip myself. But the 1 will say no, it belongs under books, the other follows my "feeling".

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Dear Harry, as you have been able to read I did not start at all cynically and angrily on this thread. But you can also read that no effort was made to answer it seriously. And yes that does make me pissed off. I just ask for clarity and a reasonable substantiation.

After that I try to start a bit of a discussion, there should be some more life in this forum and this community, expose matters, examine them and see what could be improved. Because I find it a little bit stuck and not very infintive.

I'm not doing that because I like to moan and piss so much because I appreciate this catalog so much.

I certainly do not underestimate the work of an administrator, I myself have been for a while for the part Suske en Wiske but I stopped when I got rid of my collection.

By log I mean that fast conversions are apparently not possible while this should be easier with a little programming. Both categories have many identical fields.

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Dear Gedo,

You have a point in itself, short reactions where you can sense that they do not help you further is not fun. I was not familiar with the phrase "You speak with your mouthful of flour", but you were clearly angry. More life in the Forum stands or falls with enthusiasts who want to make an effort. And I suspect that the Zeitgeist is also responsible for the fact that many of the same (also old youngsters) participate. Apparently I read wrong, thought you didn't like the catalog in itself. What is going to be a problem for LD is the number of administrators, I mean someone has to feel like it and want to free up time and especially be able to deal with critical notes. Love work and old paper versus sometimes irritations and incidents gal over you (as an administrator) now that is a challenge for me. I can't (say the short fuse) so hats off to all administrators, try to contribute in a different way.

By the way, what do you think of my example "the Christmas sound"?

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Yes, 'the Christmas sound'. I also find that difficult. Kijk Mijnheer Prikkebeen and Olivier B. Bommel are also examples of comics created and released in this way. And there are many more examples of these early cartoons to be found. Often presented in strips, or strips. Now it looks like the book you mentioned is not in strip form, but does that make it not a strip? I think the label strip is subject to time. At the time it was considered a comic strip, it probably wouldn't be released at this time.
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