Template:Cite comic - Wikipedia

Full date of publication, also known as the 'cover date'.

Example

January 1, 2006

Title of the comic series; will display in italics. Use 'story' for the titles of individual releases. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed.

Title of a comic strip. Either 'strip' or 'title' must be filled out but not both; this will affect how other parameters are displayed.

Example

Peanuts

The title of the story within the comic book; will display in quotation marks. Pipe only if we have an article, and do not pipe if the url field is used.

Example

Fall of the Mutants

Issue number of the comic book.

Volume number of the comic book series if given.

Name of the publisher, or for a comic strip, the syndicator; may be wikilinked. Use name of company at time of publication.

Place of publication; generally not wikilinked.

Example

London, England

Title of the newspaper or magazine where a comic strip was published. In the case of a webcomic use the website where the strip was published, also giving the url, for example [http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot].

Example

[http://www.keenspot.com/ Keenspot]

If a comic strip was published in a supplement to the newspaper, the name or nature of the supplement

The URL of any web-based comic.

Used with URL, the full date when the original URL was accessed; do not wikilink.

The format of the URL.

Default

HTML

Example

PDF

Used for a work with only one creator. Enter in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Charles Schulz|Schulz, Charles]]

Writer's name; used for a work with separate writer(s) and artist(s). Enter in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Lee Falk |Falk, Lee]]

When citing a comic with multiple writers, or when citing an entire run that includes multiple writers, use this tag to identify up to two more writers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Mark Schultz]], not [[Mark Schultz|Schultz, Mark]]. If more than three writers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the writer tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'.

Example

[[Mark Schultz]], [[Cullen Murphy]] ''et al''

Artist's name; used for a work with separate writer(s) and artist(s). Enter in piped form so that it displays the artist in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Ray Moore|Moore, Ray]]

When citing a comic with multiple artists, or when citing an entire run that includes multiple artists, use this tag to identify up to two more artists. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Brant Parker]], not [[Brant Parker|Parker, Brant]]. If more than three pencillers contributed to the work, identify one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'.

Example

[[Brant Parker]], [[Johnny Hart]] ''et al''

Penciller's name; used for a work with separate artists for inking, penciling, or coloring. Enter in piped form so that it displays the artist in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Jack Kirby|Kirby, Jack]]

On a collaborative work, that has multiple creators, use this tag to identify up to two more pencillers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[John Byrne]], not [[John Byrne|Byrne, John]]. If more than three pencillers in total contributed to the work, identify one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'.

Example

[[John Byrne]], [[Walt Simonson]] ''et al''

Inker's name; used for a work with separate artists for inking, penciling, or coloring. Enter in piped form so that it displays the artist in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]

When citing a work that has multiple creators, use this tag to identify up to two more inkers. They should be entered in normal style, First name Last name rather than citation style, for example [[Joe Sinnott]], not [[Joe Sinnott|Sinnott, Joe]]. If more than three inkers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the inker tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase 'et al'.

Example

[[Joe Sinnot]], [[Terry Austin]] ''et al''

Colorist's name or colorist company's name; used for a work with separate artists for inking, penciling, or coloring. Enter in piped form so that it displays the artist in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[Tatjana Wood|Wood, Tatjana]]

Letterer's name or letterer company's name. Enter in piped form so that it displays the artist in citation style, Last, First

Example

[[John Constanza|Constanza, John]]

Use this field to enter the editor's name, again in piped form so that it displays the editor in citation style

Example

[[Julius Schwartz|Schwartz, Julius]]

Use this field to enter the other credits, again in piped form so that it displays the editor in citation style. Optionally add roles within parentheses.

Example

Gaudiano, Stefano (translator)

Page in the source that supports the content; displays after 'p.' If pages are not identified, count from first page, ignoring covers, and place the number in square brackets

Example

45

Pages in the source that support the content (not an indication of the number of pages in the source); displays after 'pp.'

May be used instead of 'page' or 'pages' where a page number is inappropriate or insufficient

Panel number, if referencing a specific panel. Panels should be identified by counting left to right, and top to bottom where necessary.

Use this field to enter an ISBN if known

Example

{{ISBN|0198749872}}

The URL of an archived copy, if or in case the URL becomes unavailable; requires 'archive-date'

Date when the original URL was archived; do not wikilink

If set to 'live', the title/strip display is adjusted; useful for when the URL is archived preemptively but still live. Set to "dead" for broken links.

Suggested values

dead live

Default

'dead' if an Archive URL is entered

Example

'dead' or 'live'

Relevant text quoted from the source; displays last, enclosed in quotes; must include terminating punctuation

ID for anchor; used with shortened footnotes

Suggested values

{{sfnref|Name|YYYY}}

Example

{{sfnref|Lee|1961}}

The language in which the source is written, if not English. Use a 2-letter ISO-639 language code, or if necessary, a 3-letter ISO 639-3 code. Do not use icons or templates; use only one language code.