Talk:List of books/Archive 1: Difference between revisions

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What type of category should comics have?--The Merovingian ^{(C - E)} 13:33, 30 March 2006 (CST)

I think they should be separate from books, but I'm content to leave them here in the short term. --Peter Farago 14:10, 30 March 2006 (CST)

Perhaps it should just be renamed to "print" or something similar instead of splitting it?

--Mercifull 14:26, 30 March 2006 (CST)

I don't think so. Comics and novels are fundamentally different in several important ways:

Comics are both a visual and a written medium; novels are purely written.
Comics typically present short installments of story arcs, novels are typically longer and self-contained
Comics have numerous authorship credits, including writing, pencils, inks, colors and letters; novels typically have at most two authors who share credit equally.
"Print" as a category is too broad - it would include non-continuity works like the complete guides and magazine issues. --Peter Farago 14:58, 30 March 2006 (CST)

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 :: Perhaps it should just be renamed to "print" or something similar instead of splitting it?
 ::--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 14:26, 30 March 2006 (CST)
+:::I don't think so. Comics and novels are fundamentally different in several important ways:
+:::*Comics are both a visual and a written medium; novels are purely written.
+:::*Comics typically present short installments of story arcs, novels are typically longer and self-contained
+:::*Comics have numerous authorship credits, including writing, pencils, inks, colors and letters; novels typically have at most two authors who share credit equally.
+:::*"Print" as a category is too broad - it would include non-continuity works like the complete guides and magazine issues. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:58, 30 March 2006 (CST)