Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/European comics work group
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Welcome to the European comics work group of the Comics WikiProject!
Scope
[edit]This task force/work group would deal specifically with the characters, publications, storylines, locales, and, to a lesser extent, creators of European comics, as well as these characters, etc., appearances in other media.
Participants
[edit]To join the European comics work group, edit this section and add *{{User|yourusername}} and any comments to the following list of members in alphabetical order by username. Please add your username to Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Participants also.
- John Carter 00:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- Murghdisc. 06:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
- Emperor 14:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
- Fram 08:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
- Zoli79 11:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Pah777 17:58, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Member userbox
[edit]You may place {{User European comics work group}} on your user page to display the following userbox:
 | This user is a member of the European comics work group. |
This template will add your user page to:
Guestbook
[edit]If you are sympathetic to the cause of this project, but for whatever reason choose not to commit yourself to becoming a regular member, please feel free to show your support by signing the list below!:
Tagging and assessment
[edit]European comics work group assessment statistics
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Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding |European-work-group=yes to the {{Comicsproj}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:European comics work group articles.
Templates
[edit]- For main project templates, see the project's main template page.
- {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub}}
- {{Europe-comics-creator-stub}}
- Userbox: {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/Outreach/User COMICS European comics work group}}
- Talk page header (adjust to suit):
- {{Comicsproj
- |class=stub
- |importance=low
- |image=yes
- |infobox=yes
- |European-work-group=yes
- }}
Categories
[edit]To-do
[edit]- Tagging needed
- Start tagging relevant pages by adding
|European-work-group=yesto the {{WikiProject Comics}} banner on talk pages.
- Tag articles.
- Recruit interested editors.
- Collect categories, resource links, and templates.
- Expand the open task listing above.
- Expand European comics creator article stubs
- Add things here!
Resources
[edit]Reliable independent sources
[edit]- Lambiek Comiclopedia A chief English language reliable source covering European comics, see Lambiek for general background
- International Catalogue of Superheroes, breaking things down by country
- Hyphen, a company specialised in comic-book copyright management.
Reliable but not independent sources (publishers)
[edit]- Dupuis, publisher of Spirou magazine and comics like Lucky Luke, Gaston Lagaffe, the Smurfs, ...
- Casterman, publisher of Tintin, the magazine A Suivre, and graphic novels by Pratt, Schuiten, Sokal, Boucq, ... (site in French)
- Le Lombard, publisher of Tintin magazine and comics like Blake and Mortimer, Thorgal, Ric Hochet, Yakari, with links to sites dedicated to series.
- Dargaud, publisher of Asterix, XIII, ... and co-publisher of many comics with Le Lombard (site in French)
- Les intégrales Dargaud, a website provided by Dargaud on its greatest series.
- Glénat, publisher of Titeuf and many comics (site in French)
Independent and rather reliable sources
[edit]- Bédétheque, online catalogue containing most French langange comics, and info on authors as well (in French)
- BD Oubliées, loads of info on the major French language comics magazines - essential for a publication history and for publications that didn't get into an album or only much later. (in French)
- European Comics on the Web, an overview of pointers to information on European comics that has been made available on the web.
- BD paradisio, the database on comics artists provided by the most important forum on francophone comics (in French).
- Brussels BD tour, an independant website providing biographies of Belgian and French comics artists (in French).
- Weborgers, a website about the Belgian culture providing general information about Belgian comics.
- Comicsinfo.dk, a graphic online lexicon containing a wide range of comic characters and their creators.
Independant but not truly reliable sources (wikis or wikilike)
[edit]- ToutenBD news and background. Rather reliable (in French).
- ActuaBD, most important French comics news site. Rather reliable (in French).
- Bdtheque, catalogue of comics series and authors (in French).
- BD central, with dossiers and reviews on some famous comics se.ries (in French).
- Neuvième Art, other site and current events about comics (in French).
- Stripspeciaalzaak, site of Flemish (and some Dutch) comics shops, lots of news, reviews and interviews (Dutch only).
- ZoZoLaLa, Dutch comics prozine, good interviews (site partly in English).
- Zilveren Dolfijn, kind of a Dutch language version of Bédétheque, informative but not the easiest to navigate.
Portals
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