Entering creators who use nicknames

Entering creators who use nicknames
solarno Posts: 166 2/14/2019	solarno Posts: 166 I'm curious to know if it's possible to expand the creator search function when entering creator data for individual issues to also look for nicknames as some artists rarely have their actual name in the book credits. Recent example: Jock - artist and cover artist for Batman Who Laughs When I've entered previous issues of Batman Who Laughs I've just searched for Jock and Jock by itself came up. It appears that the listing for Jock has now been updated to include his full name and reads as Mark "Jock" Simpson. This is great, but the search function now ignores "Jock". I didn't know his full name so couldn't look for Mark Simpson. I ended up going to previous books with Jock credits to find out that the name had been updated. I've noticed this also with artists Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (which I knew so I could search for Lau), and Michele "Msassyk" Assarasakorn (which I didn't and it took a deep google dive to find). There are many artists who go by nicknames, or have in the past, so it's great the mega computer allows for nicknames inside of actual names. It would be nice though if the search function looked for those nicknames. I would think that would lessen missing creator submissions. Cheers! Jim
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solarno

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2/14/2019

solarno

Posts: 166

I'm curious to know if it's possible to expand the creator search function when entering creator data for individual issues to also look for nicknames as some artists rarely have their actual name in the book credits.

Recent example: Jock - artist and cover artist for Batman Who Laughs
When I've entered previous issues of Batman Who Laughs I've just searched for Jock and Jock by itself came up. It appears that the listing for Jock has now been updated to include his full name and reads as Mark "Jock" Simpson. This is great, but the search function now ignores "Jock". I didn't know his full name so couldn't look for Mark Simpson. I ended up going to previous books with Jock credits to find out that the name had been updated.

I've noticed this also with artists Stanley "Artgerm" Lau (which I knew so I could search for Lau), and Michele "Msassyk" Assarasakorn (which I didn't and it took a deep google dive to find).

There are many artists who go by nicknames, or have in the past, so it's great the mega computer allows for nicknames inside of actual names. It would be nice though if the search function looked for those nicknames. I would think that would lessen missing creator submissions.

Cheers!
Jim

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