Name Type

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.

• 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

• Shop 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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