Name Type
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See the Credits page for rules for entering the GCD Official Name.
For all other names entered for any creator, choose a type of name from the drop-down list.
The type can be left blank in case no determination can be made to which type a name corresponds.
- Name at Birth - first names and family name at birth
- Changed Name - first names and family name due to legal change (including marriage or gender change)
- Pen Name - any known signature, alias, abbreviation, or collaboration
- Common Alternative Name - regularly used minor deviations of normally credited names
- Examples:
- Walter Simonson credited as Walt Simonson
- Ed Herron credited as France Herron
- Robert Kanigher credited as Bob Kanigher
- Examples:
- Studio Name - name of shop or studio worked for
- House Name - signature worked under (currently not available pending policy decision)
The following ones are deprecated and need to be removed
- Given (birth) Name – first name and any other legal names other than family name
- Family Name – surname
- Native Language Name
- Other Language Name – name as used in comics as spelled in characters other than our officially adopted language of record. Probably should have a 2 nd field attached, giving the ISO language codes for this
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Policy Votes Affecting This Topic
https://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/388/ - 2020-03-07
https://www.comics.org/voting/ballot/363/ - 2019-11-23