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* If most issues in the series do NOT meet this guideline, we turn the is_comics_publication flag off.   
* If most issues in the series do NOT meet this guideline, we turn the is_comics_publication flag off.   
* If the series changes from mostly comics to mostly not comics or vice versa, check with an editor or on the main mailing list.
* If the series changes from mostly comics to mostly not comics or vice versa, check with an editor or on the main mailing list.
* Publications of single panel cartoons, comic panels, editorial cartoons and gag cartoons are considered comic publications that can be indexed.


For non-comics publications these limitations hold
For non-comics publications these limitations hold
* only comics sequences may be indexed
* only comics sequences may be indexed
* cover scans will not be accepted for any issue that is not 50 percent comics. If the cover has comic material, it may be indexed.
* cover scans will not be accepted for any issue that is not 50 percent comics. If the cover has comic material, it may be indexed.

Revision as of 03:21, 7 December 2012

Required field

  • A comics publication is one in which the majority (>= 50%) of the publication's content (excluding covers and advertising) consists of comics and/or cartoons.
  • If most issues in the series do NOT meet this guideline, we turn the is_comics_publication flag off.
  • If the series changes from mostly comics to mostly not comics or vice versa, check with an editor or on the main mailing list.
  • Publications of single panel cartoons, comic panels, editorial cartoons and gag cartoons are considered comic publications that can be indexed.

For non-comics publications these limitations hold

  • only comics sequences may be indexed
  • cover scans will not be accepted for any issue that is not 50 percent comics. If the cover has comic material, it may be indexed.