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* 2) Dimensions (Standard Golden Age US, Standard Silver Age US, Standard Modern US; Digest; Tabloid, A3, A4, A5, 8.5" x 11", 21cm x 28cm)
* 2) Dimensions (Standard Golden Age US, Standard Silver Age US, Standard Modern US; Digest; Tabloid, A3, A4, A5, 8.5" x 11", 21cm x 28cm)
   
   
* 3) Paper Stock (Newsprint, Mando, Baxter)
* 3) Paper Stock (Newsprint, glossy, bond, Mando, Baxter)
   
   
* 4) Binding (Stapled, Saddle-stitched, Bound, Squarebound, Hardcover, Trade Paperback)
* 4) Binding (Stapled, Saddle-stitched, Bound, Squarebound, Hardcover, Trade Paperback)

Revision as of 14:20, 16 April 2010

Required field

  • This is a single field with five elements. The five elements are separated by a semi-colon.
  • 1) Color (Color, 4 Color, Painted, 2 Color, Black and White)
  • 2) Dimensions (Standard Golden Age US, Standard Silver Age US, Standard Modern US; Digest; Tabloid, A3, A4, A5, 8.5" x 11", 21cm x 28cm)
  • 3) Paper Stock (Newsprint, glossy, bond, Mando, Baxter)
  • 4) Binding (Stapled, Saddle-stitched, Bound, Squarebound, Hardcover, Trade Paperback)
  • 5) Publishing Format (On-Going Series, Limited Series, Miniseries, Maxiseries One-Shot, Graphic Novel)
For publishing frequency, the following was also suggested:
1) one-shot - intended as a standalone publication
2) limited series - intended as a finite series
3) ongoing series - intended as an open-ended series with no set endpoint
4) ongoing series [until MM/YYYY] - a formerly ongoing series that has ceased publication

  • Since you may not know all five elements, or they may change over the run of the series, there is some flexibility to this field.
  • Page counts do not belong in this field.
  • Any other special cases should be listed in the series notes field. Special cases would be things like "started as a limited series and became ongoing", "started referring to #75 as the final early on", "was supposed to be ongoing, but was canceled after one issue", etc.
  • Note that at some point the format will be associated directly at the issue level and this field will be eliminated.
  • Examples:
Color; Standard Modern Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going Series 
Color; Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US 
Black and White; Digest; Squarebound; Limited Series

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