1. Clean Up¶
The first step is to clean up the imported comics. This is quick but theres a lot of steps to take. Therefore we make 8 smart lists where each lists is just a small step in the overall process.
Folder Structure
1.1 Commit Proposed Values¶
Download smart list: 1.1 Commit Proposed Values.cbl
First step when importing comics is to commit the proposed values. Whenever a comic is added, ComicRack tries to guess some of the values based on the filename and properties of the file. These values should be committet to the file, such that we can use them for tagging later on.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Proposed Values |
Action
Right-click -> Automation -> Commit Proposed Values
Scripts
None
1.2 Page count too low - delete¶
Download smart list: 1.2 Page count to low - Delete.cbl
Sometimes when you get a comic collection from HumbleBundle etc. it is one big zip file with folders, covers, pdfs and so on. I just extract the whole thing into my 0day folder and then use ComicRack to clean it up. Therefore anything with a too low page count is deleted.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Pages |
Action
Delete files
Scripts
None
1.3 PDF files - Delete.cbl¶
Download smart list: 1.3 PDF files - Delete.cbl
Same as above, if we find PDF files, we delete them. I expect all PDF files to either have copy in cbz/cbr format or be a file i don't need. I will check them manually before deleing.
Column Layout
| State | Series | File Format |
Action
Delete files
Scripts
None
1.4 Missing name remove and rescan¶
Download smart list: 1.4 Missing name remove and rescan.cbl
If there isn't a name, then 1.1 Commit Proposed Values failed. The files should be removed from ComicRack and rescanned.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Title |
Action
Delete files from ComicRack, restart ComicRack and rescan.
Scripts
None
1.5 remove leading numbers¶
Download smart list: 1.5 Remove Leading Numbers.cbl
Some files will have dates or other leading numbers that we don't want. This list is a way to remove those numbers.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Title |
Action
Right-click -> Automation -> Remove Leading Number
Scripts
None
1.6 remove language¶
Download smart list: 1.6 Remove Language.cbl
One of the fields that sometimes gets pupolated by ComicVine and sometimes doesn't is Language. I have comics in multiple different languages but i honestlly never sort or search by language. So in order to get them cleaned up and so that other scripts that uses the language field wont get confused, i just remove the language from new comics.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Language |
Action
Right-click -> Info -> Delete language
Scripts
None
1.7 remove covers¶
Download smart list: 1.7 Remove Covers.cbl
I've bought some comics that contains multiple alternative comics and sometimes they are seperate. You can do one of two things;
- Merge the extra covers to the correct comic file manually (open zip/rar, add covers, zip/rar comic)
- Delete the extra covers.
I always choose to delete the extra covers.
Column Layout
| State | Series | Cover | Pages |
Action
Delete Files
Scripts
None
1.8 Convert to CBZ¶
Download smart list: 1.8 Convert to CBZ.cbl
I am a firm believer that CBZ is the better format for comics. It is zip-based and therefore nearly universal. I convert all comics to this format.
Column Layout
| State | Series | File Size | File Format |
Action
Right-click -> Export -> Export as CBZ
Scripts
None