Talk:Capital Mysteries

Illustrators, publishers
Volumes 1–2 (2001-2002) were illustrated by Liza Woodruff, published by Golden Books; volumes 3–14 (2003-2012) were illus. Timothy Bush (illustrator), publ. Random House. Library of Congress catalog records make this clear for the first editions, which we always cover if possible and usually cover alone in the infobox.

So I replaced infobox book series | illustrator =  and similarly for | publisher = As formal references I provided the four LCCat records for first editions of volumes 1-3 and 14 only. For illustrator Greg Swearingen, LCCat search hits records for the Maximum Boy series written by Dan Greenburg (7 vols?) and four other books by four distinct writers, none by Ron Roy. I suppose that Swearingen is some mistake by previous editors, such as a cover artist. Certainly a first-edition cover artist should be named in the infobox. A later-edition cover artist or interior illustrator should be mentioned in prose somewhere.
 * from: Timothy Bush and Greg Swearingen
 * to: Liza Woodruff (books 1-2); Timothy Bush (from book 3)
 * from: Random House
 * to: Golden Books (books 1-2); Random House (from book 3)

LCCat records show also that first Random House editions of vols 1-2 were published in 2003 with illustrations by Liza Woodruff and 336-page Capital Mysteries collection omnibus edition of vols 1-4 was publ 2004 "[illustrations, Timothy Bush]".
 * RH lists Timothy Bush alone as the illustrator of Capital Mysteries Collection, August 2009 trade paperback edition
 * --P64 (talk) 22:50, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

I guess that the former records are correct and that the bracketed note is a mistake. We should confirm or correct that, and say in the article whether Bush eventually illustrated all 14 volumes for RH.

FYI, library/authority records for the illustrators named here-- Woodruff (1970– ), Bush, Swearingen (1976– ) in that order: --P64 (talk) 22:24, 6 April 2014 (UTC)