ISFDB:Comics Cleanup

The Comics Cleanup page is used to keep track of rogue Comic Books and Graphic Novels that have made their way into the ISFDB. Once found, they will be deleted from the database with the exception of Comics-related fiction.

Keywords
The following words embedded in a Work's title have been known to lead to comics:


 * [The] Authority
 * Avengers
 * Captain America
 * [John] Constantine
 * Daredevil
 * DC Comic(s)
 * Demon Diary
 * Elektra
 * Fantastic Four
 * [The] Flash
 * Gen 13 (or Gen13)
 * Graphic novel(s)
 * Green Lantern (at least 1 legitimate novel)
 * Gundam
 * Hawkman
 * Hellblazer
 * Hellboy
 * Infinite Crisis
 * JLA
 * JSA
 * Justice League
 * Justice Society
 * King of Hell
 * Lucifer
 * Marvel
 * Outsiders
 * Passing Fruit (Passionfruit)
 * Power Girl
 * Punisher
 * Rave Master
 * Seven Soldiers of Victory
 * Sigil
 * Spider-Man (watch out for recently published Spiderman flavored novels)
 * Superboy
 * Superhero
 * Superman
 * Teen Titan(s)
 * Tom Strong
 * Transformers
 * X-Men
 * Ultimate [Fantastic Four/Spider-Man/Marvel/etc}

Publishers and Imprints
The following publishers and imprints specialize in comics and graphic novels:


 * AIT-Planet Lar
 * Anime Works
 * Broccoli Books (manga)
 * Client Distribution Services (?)
 * Dark Horse (some legitimate fiction lately)
 * DC Comics
 * DC Universe
 * Devil’s Due Publishing
 * Dynamic Forces
 * Eros Comix
 * First Classics
 * First Comics
 * General
 * Green Ronin
 * IDW Publishing
 * Image Comics
 * Marvel Comics
 * Media Blasters
 * NETCOMICS (usually all caps)
 * Panini UK Ltd
 * Public Square Books
 * Super Real Graphics
 * TokyoPop
 * Vertigo
 * VIZ Media LLC aka VIZ LLC
 * Wildstorm

Series
Uncanny X-Men

Author cleanup
The following Authors are responsible for numerous Comics and Graphic novels and can be used to trace other suspect Authors via collaborations:


 * Ken Akamatsu (deleted)
 * Takao Aoki (deleted)
 * Yuya Aoki (also some fiction, cleaned up)
 * Rando Ayamine (deleted)
 * Mark Brooks (also some fiction, cleaned up)
 * Kurt Busiek (also some fiction, cleaned up)
 * Duncan Cameron (deleted)
 * Angel Cheng (deleted)
 * A very prolific collective manga Author/"presenter", see Clamp (manga artists) (deleted)
 * (mostly comic books, but some novels as well)
 * (artist of graphic novel, included at the moment because of connection to Chris Claremont)
 * Gene Colan (artist, cleaned up)
 * Gerry Conway
 * Kevin P. Croall (deleted)
 * Peter David (appears to be mostly spec-fic)
 * Geof Darrow (artist of graphic novel, included at the moment because of connection to Frank Miller)
 * (linked to Alan Moore, only one title)
 * (cleaned up, only spec-fic work left)
 * Nunzio DeFilippis (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * Flint Dille (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * - The Transmetropolitan series is 100% comics and will need to be moved some place else or deleted. Most of the other titles are comic books too, but according to his Wikipedia article, Crooked Little Vein is a bona fide novel with some SF elements
 * Steve Englehart
 * (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * (deleted)
 * Simon Furman
 * Ian Gibson
 * (a lot of media related fiction as well)
 * Georges Jeanty
 * Paul Jenkins
 * Bob Kahan
 * Akimine Kamijyo
 * Bob Kane
 * Gil Kane
 * Joe Kelly
 * Barbara Kesel
 * Barry Kitson
 * (some media fiction too)
 * Neal McPheeters
 * Mike Mignola
 * Frank Miller
 * - watch out, Watchmen got a Hugo and he has a novel or two
 * Steve Niles
 * Kevin Nowlan
 * Jerry Ordway
 * Jimmy Palmiotti
 * George Perez
 * Cliff Richards
 * Darick Robertson
 * (possibly some novels? be careful)
 * Steve Rude
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Bill Sienkiewicz
 * Kevin Sharpe
 * Joe Shuster
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Roger Stern
 * Dave Stewart
 * Michael S. Teitelbaum
 * aka Roy L. Thomas
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * (some media fiction too)
 * Neal McPheeters
 * Mike Mignola
 * Frank Miller
 * - watch out, Watchmen got a Hugo and he has a novel or two
 * Steve Niles
 * Kevin Nowlan
 * Jerry Ordway
 * Jimmy Palmiotti
 * George Perez
 * Cliff Richards
 * Darick Robertson
 * (possibly some novels? be careful)
 * Steve Rude
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Bill Sienkiewicz
 * Kevin Sharpe
 * Joe Shuster
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Roger Stern
 * Dave Stewart
 * Michael S. Teitelbaum
 * aka Roy L. Thomas
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * George Perez
 * Cliff Richards
 * Darick Robertson
 * (possibly some novels? be careful)
 * Steve Rude
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Bill Sienkiewicz
 * Kevin Sharpe
 * Joe Shuster
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Roger Stern
 * Dave Stewart
 * Michael S. Teitelbaum
 * aka Roy L. Thomas
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Roger Stern
 * Dave Stewart
 * Michael S. Teitelbaum
 * aka Roy L. Thomas
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Michael S. Teitelbaum
 * aka Roy L. Thomas
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Marv Wolfman
 * Kim Kang Won
 * Kim Kang Won

Cleaned up Authors
comics)
 * Christian Alamy
 * Alfredo Alcala
 * Jeff Anderson
 * Chuck Austen
 * Mike W. Barr
 * Mark Bagley
 * Scott Beatty
 * Brian Michael Bendis
 * Brian Bolland
 * Dan[iel] Brereton
 * Ed Brubaker
 * Bob Budiansky
 * Mike_Carey
 * Joe Casey
 * John Cassaday
 * Matthew Clark
 * Steve Hartly
 * Dan Jurgens
 * Howard MacKie
 * Lee Stan (corruption of "Stan Lee")
 * Marvel Comics Group
 * Josh Middleton
 * Fabian Nicienza (misspelling of Fabian Nicieza's name)
 * Whilce Portacio
 * Tom Raney
 * Ivan Reis
 * John Romita
 * Jr. John Romita - mis-named, no more present
 * Alex Ross - comics delete 2008-06-22, some legitimate cover/interior art kept
 * Munier Sharrieff
 * Joe Shuster
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Louise Simonson
 * Walter Simonson
 * James Sinclair
 * Frank Springer
 * Roger Stern
 * Wilson Tortosa
 * Daniel Way
 * Christina Weir
 * Anthony Williams
 * Bill Willingham
 * Judd Winick
 * Woo (sic)
 * - only his series tie-in books now remain (if he ever had much of a problem with
 * Joe Shuster
 * Jerry Siegel
 * Louise Simonson
 * Walter Simonson
 * James Sinclair
 * Frank Springer
 * Roger Stern
 * Wilson Tortosa
 * Daniel Way
 * Christina Weir
 * Anthony Williams
 * Bill Willingham
 * Judd Winick
 * Woo (sic)
 * - only his series tie-in books now remain (if he ever had much of a problem with
 * Judd Winick
 * Woo (sic)
 * - only his series tie-in books now remain (if he ever had much of a problem with
 * - only his series tie-in books now remain (if he ever had much of a problem with
 * - only his series tie-in books now remain (if he ever had much of a problem with