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|+ English Language [[Formatting Documentation]] Cheat Sheet
|+ English Language [[Formatting Documentation]] Cheat Sheet
! [[Issue Numbers|ISSUE]] !! [[Published Date|PUBDATE]] !!colspan="2" | [[Keydate|KEYDATE]]
! [[Issue Numbers|ISSUE]] !! [[Published Date|PUBDATE]] !!colspan="2" | [[Keydate|KEYDATE]]
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|- valign="top"
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'''1''' (regular numbering)<br>
'''1''' (regular numbering)<br>
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'''1980.02.00''' (February 1980)<br>
'''1980.02.00''' (February 1980)<br>
'''1945.01.00''' (January 1945)<br>
'''1945.01.00''' (January 1945)<br>
'''2002.06.09''' (June 9, 2002 or 9 Jun 2002)<br>
'''2002.06.09''' (June 9, 2002 or 9 June 2002)<br>
'''1953.04.76''' (Four Color issue #476)<br>
'''1953.04.76''' (Four Color issue #476)<br>
'''1941.01.00''' (Winter or Holiday 1940-1941, published in 1941)<br>
'''1941.01.00''' (Winter or Holiday 1940-1941, published in 1941)<br>
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'''1960.00.00''' (1960 or [circa 1960] or [circa 1960s])<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>
'''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]]
! [[Cover Price|COVER PRICE]]
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|- valign="top"
|Currency of country of publication.<br><br>
|Currency of country of publication.<br><br>
USE:<br>
USE:<br>
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! [[Page Count|PAGE COUNT]]
! [[Page Count|PAGE COUNT]]
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|- valign="top"
|'''Cover:'''<br>
|'''Cover:'''<br>
count of entire book, including covers<br><br>
count of entire book, including covers<br><br>
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! [[Type|SEQUENCE TYPES]] !!colspan="2" | [[Title|TITLE]] !! [[Feature|FEATURE]]
! [[Type|SEQUENCE TYPES]] !!colspan="2" | [[Title|TITLE]] !! [[Feature|FEATURE]]
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|rowspan="3"|'''Cover''' (front cover, 1st indexed; use more than one for multiple version covers)<br>
|rowspan="3"|'''Cover''' (front cover, 1st indexed; use more than one for multiple version covers)<br>
'''Ad''' (Advertisement)<br>
'''Ad''' (Advertisement)<br>
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!colspan="3" | CREATOR FIELDS
!colspan="3" | CREATOR FIELDS
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|colspan="3"|'''Joe Kubert''' (use full name unless commonly known otherwise)<br>
|colspan="3"|'''Joe Kubert''' (use full name unless commonly known otherwise)<br>
'''Joe Kubert ?''' (use ? for uncertainty, with a guess, if any)<br>
'''Joe Kubert ?''' (use ? for uncertainty, with a guess, if any)<br>
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! [[Genre|GENRES]] !! [[Script|SCRIPT]] !! [[Pencils|PENCILS]] !! [[Inks|INKS]]
! [[Genre|GENRES]] !! [[Script|SCRIPT]] !! [[Pencils|PENCILS]] !! [[Inks|INKS]]
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|rowspan="5"|'''Adult''' (mature readers only)<br>
|rowspan="5"|'''Adult''' (mature readers only)<br>
'''Adventure''' (realistic action, real heroes)<br>
'''Adventure''' (realistic action, real heroes)<br>
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! [[Colors|COLORIST]] !! [[Letters|LETTERER]] !! [[Editing|EDITOR]]
! [[Colors|COLORIST]] !! [[Letters|LETTERER]] !! [[Editing|EDITOR]]
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|- valign="top"
|coloring, separations, effects, etc. ex. (separations)
|coloring, separations, effects, etc. ex. (separations)
|George Freeman; Digital Chameleon<br>
|George Freeman; Digital Chameleon<br>
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! [[Character Appearances|CHARACTERS]] !!colspan="2" | [[Notes|NOTES]]
! [[Character Appearances|CHARACTERS]] !!colspan="2" | [[Notes|NOTES]]
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|list all significant named characters that appear in story<br>
|list all significant named characters that appear in story<br>
'''Jimmy Olsen''' (significant character)<br>
'''Jimmy Olsen''' (significant character)<br>
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!colspan="4"|[[Reprints|REPRINT]]
!colspan="4"|[[Reprints|REPRINT]]
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|colspan="4"|'''from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #204 (September 1957); original title: Losing Face''' (issue reprinted from + title of original story)<br>
|colspan="4"|'''from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories (Dell, 1940 series) #204 (September 1957); original title: Losing Face''' (issue reprinted from + title of original story)<br>
'''from Sandman, The (DC, 1989 series) #45 (January 1993)''' (issue reprinted from)<br>
'''from Sandman, The (DC, 1989 series) #45 (January 1993)''' (issue reprinted from)<br>

Revision as of 09:19, 27 March 2009

English Language Formatting Documentation Cheat Sheet
ISSUE PUBDATE KEYDATE

1 (regular numbering)
[nn] (no issue number)
[nn] [1] (no number with made-up useful number)
v5#6 (restarted numbers & volumes)
v5#6 [30] (restarted numbers & volumes + made-up useful number)

1945 (year only)
January 1945 (month & year)
January 7, 1945 (day/week of, in countries that use this style)
7 January 1945 (day/week of, in countries that use this style)
Late January 1945 (late/early)
January-February 1945 (bimonthly)
December 1945-January 1946 (across 2 years)
Spring 1945 (quarterly)
Winter 1945-1946 (quarterly across years)
Holiday 1945-1946 (quarterly across years)
[January 1945] (known but not in book)
[January] 1945 (partially known, some in book)
[circa 1910] (guestimate)
[circa 1950s] (really vague guestimate)
March 9007 [March 2007] (obviously wrong indicia date with indexer-supplied correction)

Pattern is YYYY.MM.DD
used for chronological sorting in all but the cover galleries

1980.02.00 (February 1980)
1945.01.00 (January 1945)
2002.06.09 (June 9, 2002 or 9 June 2002)
1953.04.76 (Four Color issue #476)
1941.01.00 (Winter or Holiday 1940-1941, published in 1941)
1941.04.00 (Spring 1941)
1941.07.00 (Fall or Autumn 1941)
1941.12.00 (Winter or Holiday 1941-1942, published in 1941)
1990.09.10 (first bi-weekly issue in September 1990)
1990.09.20 (second bi-weekly issue in September 1990)
1990.09.30 (third bi-weekly issue in September 1990)
2001.10.10 (first weekly with no day in October 2001)
2001.10.20 (second weekly with no day in October 2001)
2001.10.30 (third weekly with no day in October 2001)
2001.10.40 (fourth weekly with no day in October 2001)
2001.10.50 (fifth weekly with no day in October 2001)
1960.00.00 (1960 or [circa 1960] or [circa 1960s])
1960.00.13 (1960 or [circa 1960] published after a 1960 issue with a known date)

COVER PRICE
Currency of country of publication.

USE:
0.10 USD

NOT:
10 cents

$0.10
0.10

PAGE COUNT
Cover:

count of entire book, including covers

Other records:
count of sequence; decimals ok

SEQUENCE TYPES TITLE FEATURE
Cover (front cover, 1st indexed; use more than one for multiple version covers)

Ad (Advertisement)
Letters (letters pages)
Story (standard strip feature)
Cover Reprint (interior reprint of cover)
Photo Story (photos replace most art)
Text Story (prose story, may have illos.)
Text Article (text nonfic may have illos.)
Bio (text article but biographical)
Recap (summary of previous stories)
Profile (character profile, ala whos who)
Pinup (page of art outside of story)
Backcover (if not part of wraparound, preferably indexed as pinups)
Filler (short 1-3 comic strip but not regular feature)
PSA (Public Service Announcement)
Promo (house ad, subscr offer, preview, teaser, hero resume, editor’s soapbox)
Activity (game, activities)
Insert (non-comic item: cards, posters)

Clash of the Titans (stated story title)

[untitled] (untitled story)
[When Titans Clash] (made up title)
[“It was a dark and stormy night...”] (untitled/first line of story used)
Clash of the Titans; (When Titans Clash part 47) (stated; part of longer story, indiv. title)
When Titans Doth Clash [part 4] (stated; part of longer story, no indiv. title)

Name of strip; usu. on first page,

examples:
Superman
Justice League of America
Asterix
Haunted Tank
Superman and Batman (regular feature, like in World's Finest)
Superman; Asterix (irregular feature, like DC Presents, or Brave and Bold)

CREATOR FIELDS
Joe Kubert (use full name unless commonly known otherwise)

Joe Kubert ? (use ? for uncertainty, with a guess, if any)
Gene Colan [as Adam Austin] (use real name [as pseudonym] for pen names and aliases)
? [as A. Nony Mouse] (use ? and pseudonym for aliases you don’t know real name for)
Vince Colletta; Murphy Anderson (Superman heads) (elaborate role)
Jack Kirby (1-5 20-22); Alex Toth (6-19) (elaborate pages done)
Stan Lee (plot); Dennis O’Neil [as Sergius O'Shaugnessy] (script) (alias/role together)
Freddy Milton; Dwight Decker (translation) (translations)
William Shakespeare (original story); Fred Hembeck (adaptation) (adaptations)
Frank Giacoia (see notes) (usually for contested credits, complex elaborations)
Frank Giacoia; Mike Esposito; Alan Weiss [all as Diverse Hands] (group credits)
? (completely unknown, but there was someone in this role)
none (inapplicable, n/a, colorist for b&w stories, etc.)

GENRES SCRIPT PENCILS INKS
Adult (mature readers only)

Adventure (realistic action, real heroes)
Animal (realistic animal, Lassie, etc.)
Bio (biographies of real people)
Car (auto centered; hot rods, etc.)
Celebrity (fictional stories about real celebrities)
Children (stories about/for kids-Casper)
Crime (realistic about crimes)
Detective (about particular detective)
Drama (realistic stories not covered by other types)
Fact (factual; meant to teach)
Family (humor about family life)
Fantasy (elves, fairies, magic, etc.)
Funny Animals (animals as people)
Gags (short stories w/ punch lines)
Horror (horrific, gruesome)
Humor (humorous not in other genres)
Jungle (set in jungles)
Kung fu (involve martial arts)
Medical (about medical profession)
Monsters (people vs. creatures)
Occult (supernatural; magic; ghosts)
Period (historical, not war or western)
Political
Religious (proselytizing)
Romance (love, romance; one-shots)
Satire
Science Fiction
Sitcom (domestic/work comedy)
Soap (love, romance; ongoing)
Sports
Spy (espionage, intrigue)
Superhero
Sword and Sorcery (swords & occult)
Teen (humor about teenage life)
War (armed forces in wartime)
Western (period about American West)

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)
Jimmy Olsen (origin, death) (w/roles)
Red Tornado [Ma Hunkel] (cameo); Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (multiple with clarification, role)

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)
from Mickey Mouse Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 1946.06.16 (for reprints from newspaper strips)
from Mickey Mouse daily (King Features Syndicate) 1935.03.04 - 1935.06.01
in Donald Duck & Co. (Hjemmet, 1948 series) #16/1958; reprint title: [Donald Duck i minneparken]
from ? (use if you know it’s reprinted but not from where)
from ? Atlas Horror circa 1958 (use if you have a guess of where it’s from)