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|+ [[Formatting Documentation]] Cheat Sheet | |+ English Language [[Formatting Documentation]] Cheat Sheet | ||
! [[Issue Numbers|ISSUE]] !! [[Published Date|PUBDATE]] !! [[Keydate|KEYDATE | ! [[Issue Numbers|ISSUE]] !! [[Published Date|PUBDATE]] !!colspan="2" | [[Keydate|KEYDATE]] | ||
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'''1''' (regular numbering)<br> | |||
'''[nn]''' (no issue number)<br> | '''[nn]''' (no issue number)<br> | ||
'''[nn] [1]''' (no | '''[nn] [1]''' (no number with made-up useful number)<br> | ||
'''v5#6''' ( | '''v5#6''' (restarted numbers & volumes)<br> | ||
'''v5#6 [30]''' (restarted | '''v5#6 [30]''' (restarted numbers & volumes + made-up useful number)<br> | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="5"| | ||
'''1945''' (year only)<br> | |||
'''January 1945''' (month & year)<br> | '''January 1945''' (month & year)<br> | ||
'''January 7, 1945''' (day/week of, in countries that use this style)<br> | '''January 7, 1945''' (day/week of, in countries that use this style)<br> | ||
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'''[circa 1950s]''' (really vague guestimate)<br> | '''[circa 1950s]''' (really vague guestimate)<br> | ||
'''March 9007 [March 2007]''' (obviously wrong indicia date with indexer-supplied correction)<br> | '''March 9007 [March 2007]''' (obviously wrong indicia date with indexer-supplied correction)<br> | ||
|rowspan=" | |rowspan="5" colspan="2"| | ||
Pattern is '''YYYY.MM.DD'''<br> | |||
1945.01. | used for chronological sorting in all but the cover galleries<br> | ||
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'''1980.02.00''' (February 1980)<br> | |||
'''1945.01.00''' (January 1945)<br> | |||
'''2002.06.09''' (June 9, 2002 or 9 Jun 2002)<br> | |||
'''1953.04.76''' (Four Color issue #476)<br> | |||
'''1941.01.00''' (Winter or Holiday 1940-1941, published in 1941)<br> | |||
'''1941.04.00''' (Spring 1941)<br> | |||
'''1941.07.00''' (Fall or Autumn 1941)<br> | |||
'''1941.12.00''' (Winter or Holiday 1941-1942, published in 1941)<br> | |||
'''1990.09.10''' (first bi-weekly issue in September 1990)<br> | |||
'''1990.09.20''' (second bi-weekly issue in September 1990)<br> | |||
'''1990.09.30''' (third bi-weekly issue in September 1990)<br> | |||
'''2001.10.10''' (first weekly with no day in October 2001)<br> | |||
'''2001.10.20''' (second weekly with no day in October 2001)<br> | |||
'''2001.10.30''' (third weekly with no day in October 2001)<br> | |||
'''2001.10.40''' (fourth weekly with no day in October 2001)<br> | |||
'''2001.10.50''' (fifth weekly with no day in October 2001)<br> | |||
'''1960.00.00''' (1960 or [circa 1960] or [circa 1960s])<br> | |||
'''1960.00.13''' (1960 or [circa 1960] published after a 1960 issue with a known date)<br> | |||
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! [[Cover Price|COVER PRICE]] | |||
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|Currency of country of publication.<br><br> | |Currency of country of publication.<br><br> | ||
USE:<br> | USE:<br> |
Revision as of 09:06, 27 March 2009
ISSUE | PUBDATE | KEYDATE | |
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1 (regular numbering) |
1945 (year only) |
Pattern is YYYY.MM.DD | |
COVER PRICE | |||
Currency of country of publication. USE: | |||
PAGE COUNT | |||
Cover: count of entire book, including covers | |||
SEQUENCE TYPES | TITLE | FEATURE | |
Cover (front cover, 1st indexed; use more than one for multiple version covers) Ad (Advertisement) |
Clash of the Titans (stated story title) [untitled] (untitled story) |
Name of strip; usu. on first page, examples: | |
CREATOR FIELDS | |||
Joe Kubert (use full name unless commonly known otherwise) Joe Kubert ? (use ? for uncertainty, with a guess, if any) | |||
GENRES | SCRIPT | PENCILS | INKS |
Adult (mature readers only) Adventure (realistic action, real heroes) |
writer, plotter, adapter, translator, etc. cover script field is generally left blank |
Layouts and full pencils; note if doesn’t Artist (painting) (format for painted art) |
Can also be used for assistants and other secondary artists |
COLORIST | LETTERER | EDITOR | |
coloring, separations, effects, etc. ex. (separations) | George Freeman; Digital Chameleon use typeset for any machine lettering, unless credited differently (A. Machine) |
if applies to whole book, use cover field; otherwise in each sequence | |
CHARACTERS | NOTES | ||
list all significant named characters that appear in story Jimmy Olsen (significant character) |
Cover: cover type (wraparound, gatefold,...), ISBN, circulation, 30th Anniversary issue, etc.
Other: edited reprint notes, story continues in..., story continued from ..., miscredited to... | ||
REPRINT | |||
from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #204 (September 1957); original title: Losing Face (issue reprinted from + title of original story) from Sandman, The (DC, 1989 series) #45 (January 1993) (issue reprinted from) |