Template:Cite comic/doc

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Purpose
To format references to comic books in a consistent and legible manner.

Usage
For a comic book with one creator:

For a comic book with a writer and separate artist performing both pencilling and inking duties:

For a comic book with separate creators:

For a citation involving multiple creators, for example due to a story arc crossing over into other series:

Description of parameters

 * cartoonist: Use this field for a work with only one creator, for example, Bone by Jeff Smith. It needs to be entered in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First.  Example,  Smith, Jeff .
 * writer: On a collaborative book, use this field to enter the writer's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Lee, Stan . (This field is ignored if the Cartoonist field is used)
 * cowriters: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, 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  Roy Thomas , not  Thomas, Roy .  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, as follows:  Roy Thomas, Grant Morrison et al .
 * artist: On a collaborative book, use this field to enter the artist's name, where the artist has provided both the pencilling and the inking, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Byrne, John . (This field is ignored if the Cartoonist field is used)
 * coartists: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, 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  Frank Miller , not  Miller, Frank .  If more than three artists in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the artist tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows:  Frank Miller, Sergio Aragonés et al .
 * penciller: On a collaborative book, use this field to enter the penciller's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Kirby, Jack .
 * copencillers: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, 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  Byrne, John .  If more than three pencillers in total contributed to the work, identify three, one using the penciller tag, two using this tag, and follow with the phrase et al, as follows:  John Byrne, Walt Simonson et al .
 * inker: On a collaborative book, use this field to enter the inker's name, again in piped form so that it displays the author in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Sinnott, Joe   (This field is ignored if the Cartoonist field is used)
 * coinkers: When citing a story arc that has multiple creators, perhaps due to crossing over into other titles, or being a collection of such a story arc, 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  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, as follows:  Joe Sinnot, Terry Austin et al .
 * colorist: On a color book, use this field to enter the colorists's name, again in piped form so that it displays the colorist in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Wood, Tatjana . If the colorist is a company enter their name, using piped form as required. Example,  Olyoptics 
 * letterer: Use this field to enter the letterer name, again in piped form so that it displays the letterer in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Constanza, John . If the letterer is a company enter their name, using piped form as required. Example,  Comicraft 
 * editor: Use this field to enter the editor's name, again in piped form so that it displays the editor in citation style, Last, First. Example,  Schwartz, Julius .
 * story: The title of the story within the comic book. Example: Fall of the Mutants. Pipe only if we have an article, and do not pipe if the url field is used.
 * title: Title of the comic book. This is a required parameter. This may be linked in pipe form unless a url is entered and the story field is not used.
 * url: the url of any web-based comic. Note this field will turn either the story field or the title field into an external link, so it is important not to wikilink those fields using piping when using the url field. Note: Wikipedia does not link to sites which violate the copyrights of others. Linking to websites that display copyrighted works is acceptable as long as the website has licensed the work. See guidance for more details.
 * format: the format of the url. Do not enter HTML as this is the default. Example,  PDF .
 * volume: Volume number of the comic book series if given.
 * issue: Issue number of the comic book.
 * date: January 1, 2006 (US), 1 January 2006 (non-US). Full date of publication, found in the indicia. Also known as the "cover date". This is a required parameter.
 * publisher: Publisher of the comic book. Use name of company at time of publication.
 * location: Geographical place of publication.
 * page: 45&amp;ndash;7, 45&amp;ndash;51, 145&amp;ndash;7, 145&amp;ndash;51, front cover, inside back cover, etc.: First page, and optional last page. If pages are not identified, count from first page, ignoring covers and adverts, and place the number in square brackets, [].  The variant pages also works.
 * panel: Panel number, if referencing a specific panel. Panels should be identified by counting left to right, top to bottom for American and European works, and right to left, top to bottom for Japanese and other foreign language works where appropriate.
 * id: Use this field to enter an ISBN or ISSN if known, in the form ISBN 0123456789 (don't link it – the MediaWiki software will do that for you) or &#91;&#91;ISSN&#93;&#93; 0123-4567.
 * ref: ID for anchor. By default, no anchor is generated. The ordinary nonempty value ID generates an anchor with the given ID ; such a linkable reference can be made the target of wikilinks to full references, especially useful in short citations like shortened notes and parenthetical referencing.

Full citation of a comic book
For example, citing the second panel of the third page of The Fantastic Four issue 1:

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Citation of a story in a multi story issue
For example the first chapter of Zenith:

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A citation of a work with one author
For example the first issue of Bone:

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Citation of a story arc within a series
For example The Death of Gwen Stacy from The Amazing Spider-Man: ↓

Citation of a collection of a story arc
In some instances, where storylines span separate titles it is usually better to cite the collection if one exists, for example "The Death of Superman":

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Citation of an original graphic novel or trade paperback
For example the trade paperback collection of Watchmen: ↓

Citation of a column from within a comic book
For example, to cite one of Mark Gruenwald's Mark's Remarks columns: ↓