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'''''Infobox comics creator''''' may be used to summarise information about a person who is a comics creator.

==Usage==
The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article. Only the ''name'' and ''birth_date'' parameters are required. For an example, see [[Jerry Siegel]].

<pre style="float:right;width:33.3%">
{{Infobox comics creator
| name          = *
| image         = Replace this image fe/male.svg
| image_size    = 150
| caption       = 
| alt           = 
| bodyclass     =
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = *
| birth_place   = 
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| nationality   = 
| area          = 
| cartoonist    = 
| write         = 
| art           = 
| pencil        = 
| ink           = 
| edit          = 
| publish       = 
| letter        = 
| color         = 
| alias         = 
| signature     = <!-- very optional -->
| signature_alt = 
| notable works = 
| collaborators  =  
| influences    = 
| influenced    = 
| awards        = 
| module        = 
| website       = 
| nonUS         = 
| sortkey       = * <!-- for categorization -->
| subcat        = 
}}

* These fields are required.</pre>

===Parameter notes===
*'''name''' This is the "common name" the comics creator is associated with. Usually this is also the article's title. This field is required to either be completed or deleted. Deleting the field with default to the article title.
*Placing images in the infobox uses two fields:
**'''image''' which is just the filname of the image. The template will add the markup to show the image.
**::''Example:'' image= example.jpg 
**'''image_size''' which is the ''width'' the image will display at. The template expects just a number without the ''px''.
*The '''caption''' will appear below the image. Keep it short, but indicate the original source published source of the image and the artist(s).
*To keep in line with [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images]], '''alt''' needs to be updated with the "text alternative" of the image. This is ''not'' the same as the caption. It should also be kept short, but needs to be descriptive of the image.
*'''bodyclass''' will add a class or classes to the bodyclass.  If the [[WP:HLIST|hlist]] parameter is passed, lists can be given as parameters to fields, which will be made into lists that are accessible to those with screen readers
*'''birth_name''' is the comics creators full birth name.
*'''birth_date''' is the comics creator’s date of birth, in the form: ''Month'' ''Date'', ''Year''. This is a required field.
*'''birth_place''' is the comics creator’s place of birth.
*'''death_date''' is the comics creator’s date of death (in form already given).
*'''death_place''' is the comics creator’s place of death.
**'''''Note:'' birthdate''' and '''deathdate''' can either be entered directly or by using a series of numeric fields. If the fields are used, this infobox will generate the day of both and/or death using {{t1|Birth date and age}}, {{t1|Birth date}}, {{t1|Death date and age}}, and {{t1|Death date}}, please see these templates for more information on their functioning. If all three of the numerics, year, month, and day, are used for birth or death, then nothing should be in the related "...date" field.<br>The numeric fields are:
*{{anchor|nationality}}'''nationality''' is the comics creator’s nationality. This field will automatically link to the appropriate nationality or "People of..." articles for the following:
{{col-begin}} 
{{col-3}} 
:*[[People of the United States|American]]
:*[[People of Argentina|Argentine]]
:**This will also work for "Argentinian" or "Argentinean"
:*[[Australian]]
:*[[People of Belgium|Belgian]]
:*[[Bosnians|Bosnian]]
:*[[Brazilian people|Brazilian]]
:*[[British people|British]]
:*[[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]]
:*[[Canada|Canadian]]
:*[[Han Chinese|Chinese]]
:*[[Croats|Croatian]]
:**This will also work for Croat
:*[[Cubans|Cuban]]
{{col-3}} 
:*[[Danish people|Danish]]
:*[[Dutch people|Dutch]]
:*[[English people|English]]
:*[[Filipino people|Filipino]]
:*[[French people|French]]
:*[[Germans|German]]
:*[[Greeks|Greek]]
:*Hong Kong
:**This will show as [[Hong Kong people|Chinese (Hong Kong)]]
:*[[Hungarian people|Hungarian]]
:*[[People of India|Indian]]
:*[[Iranian peoples|Iranian]]
:*[[Irish people|Irish]]
:*[[Italians|Italian]]
:*[[Israelis|Israeli]]
{{col-3}} 
:*[[Japanese people|Japanese]]
:*[[Koreans|Korean]] for cases where "North" or "South" is not or cannot be specified
:*[[Mexican people|Mexican]]
:*[[New Zealander]]
:*[[Northern Ireland|Northern Irish]]
:*[[Poles|Polish]]
:*[[Romanians|Romanian]]
:*[[Russians|Russian]]
:*[[Scottish people|Scottish]]
:**This will also work for Scots
:*[[Serbs|Serbian]]
:*[[Demographics of South Korea|South Korean]]
:*[[Spanish people|Spanish]]
:*[[Taiwanese people|Taiwanese]]
:*[[Welsh people|Welsh]]
{{col-end}}
*'''area''' is the main fields in which the comics creator works (i.e. writer, pencils, inks, colorist, letter, etc.). This field can either be entered directly or entered using the following logical fields:
**'''cartoonist'''
**'''manga artist''' - A creator of [[manga]]. If used as the primary or only area, then '''write''', '''pencil''', '''ink''', and '''art''' should not be used.
**'''write''' - writer
**'''art''' - artist, If used as the primary or only are, then '''pencil''', '''ink''', and '''color''' should not be used.
**'''pencil''' - penciller
**'''ink''' - inker
**'''edit''' - editor
**'''publish''' - publisher
**'''letter'''
**'''color''' - colorist
*'''alias''' lists other names the comics creator has worked under.
*'''notable works''' lists the comics creator’s notable creations and/or works.
*'''collaborators''' lists other comics creators that the person has had notable collaborative runs with. Single issue or works collaborations should be avoided.
<!-- *'''spouse''' lists the comics creator's spouse(s). '''''Note''':'' Keep [[WP:BLPNAME]] in mind with this field. The spouse should be mentioned within the article ''and'' intrigal to the reader's understanding of the subject.
*'''relatives''' lists the comics creator's other relatives. '''''Note''':'' Keep [[WP:BLPNAME]] in mind with this field. The spouse should be mentioned within the article ''and'' intrigal to the reader's understanding of the subject. -->
*'''influences''' lists the persons and styles the comics creator has sited as having influenced their creative carrier.
*'''influenced''' lists the persons and styles that site the comics creator as an influence.
*'''signature''' if available, a scanned image of an artist's signature. As with the main image, only the filename needs to be entered here. The template will automatically limit the image size to 128px.
**To keep in line with [[Wikipedia:Alternative text for images]], '''signature_alt''' needs to be updated with the "text alternative" of the image. This is ''not'' the same as the caption. It should also be kept short, but needs to be descriptive of the image.
*'''awards''' lists any awards the comics creator has won.
*'''module''' for an embedded template
*'''website''' for the comics creator's official web site. Enter the URL ''only''; the template will create the link.
*'''nonUS''' is a logical field for identifying comics creators that either do not work in, or work primarily outside, the US comics market. At present the only affect this has is with the term "colorist" (American spelling) and "colourist" (British spelling),

===Categories===
This infobox has been designed to place articles it's added to into appropriate categories under [[:Category:Comics creators]] and to specific biography categories related to years of birth and years of death. To do this the following parameters are used.
*'''sortkey''' is the field that tells the template to add the categories. It is the title by which the article will be sorted in the categories placed by the template. This should follow the general rules for sorting articles on people.
**It should read "surname, given name", if both are part of the article title.
**Accented and non-English characters should be replaced with the closest English analogue.
*'''subcat''' is generally the nationality sub category for [[:Category:Comics artists]]. [[:Category:Cartoonists]], and [[:Category:Comics writers]]. Please check those category trees to make sure the nationality subcategory actually exists.
**Since manga artists are separated out from the nationality structure, the logical '''manga''' or the area '''manga artist''' can be added to sort an article into that category.

== See also ==
*{{tl|Infobox comics creator biblio}}
*{{tl|Comics creator redi}} (redirects only)

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