Template:Book/comic/doc

This template is for use in any article about a comic relating to the Forgotten Realms. All parameters are optional except title and can be left blank. If undefined, these optionals will not appear. An image will be scaled to fit into the infobox, and a caption will be italicized.

This template is loosely based on the book template at Wikipedia.

Usage
Please note that this template takes both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. You may specify one or both, but please specify each number only once.

Parameters

 * image (Optional) : An image of the product's cover. Enter just the name of the file. The image will be resized to fit the infobox. For backward compatibility  and   tags will still work, but should be changed to the new style.
 * caption (Optional) : A sentence to describe the image. This field will be automatically italicized.
 * title (Required) : The comic title. It will be automatically italicized. Make sure this matches the Cite comic template because a link is automatically generated using this field (see cite1 below).
 * author (Optional) : Where necessary add multiple authors. You can link the names.
 * editor (Optional) : Anthologies will usually have one or more editors, so please link them here.
 * publisher (Optional) : This will usually be "Wizards of the Coast" or "TSR, Inc."
 * volume (Optional) : Volume and Number of comic. ex: Vol. XXI Number 3
 * type (Optional) : The product type according to how the publisher list their products. Types are:
 * Comic
 * Anthology


 * languages (Optional) : The publication languages of the comic. If the language is different from English, please also insert the foreign title.
 * reprinted (Optional) : A list of one or more dates when the comic was reprinted.
 * cover_artist (Optional) : The artist who created the front cover.
 * penciller (Optional) : The artist(s) who created artwork inside the comic.
 * letterer (Optional) : The artist(s) who created the lettering inside the comic.
 * inks (Optional) : The artist(s) who created the comics inks. Aka the Inker.
 * colorist (Optional) : The artist(s) who colored the comic.
 * story arc (Optional) : The story arc for the comic.
 * realm year (Optional) : If the year (or years) in which this comic is set (or ends at) is known, enter the years(s) here.
 * setting (Optional) : What is the setting for this comic?
 * game_edition (Optional) : The edition of D&D that this comic supports. Please specify as a number only.
 * edition1, edition2, edition3, edition4, edition5 : If there is only one edition, leave this blank. Otherwise add as many of these as there are distinct editions of the comic.
 * binding1, binding2, binding3, binding4, binding5 (Optional) : Usually one of the options below, but other binding types are possible.
 * Paperback
 * Hardcover


 * released1, released2, released3, released4, released5 (Optional) : The released date. It could be simply a year ("1998") or a month and year ("June 1998"), or even a fully qualified date ("September 1st, 2004").
 * pages1, pages2, pages3, pages4, pages5 (Optional) : The number of pages in the comic, if applicable. E-comics don't often have page numbers that correspond to a printed version.
 * isbn10-1, isbn10-2, isbn10-3, isbn10-4, isbn10-5 (Optional) : The 10-digit ISBN number of the comic.
 * isbn13-1, isbn13-2, isbn13-3, isbn13-4, isbn13-5 (Optional) : The 13-digit ISBN number of the comic.
 * cite1, cite2, cite3, cite4, cite5 (Optional) : This is usually the binding type ("Hardback", "MMP") but could be "Kindle", for example. This will attempt to construct a link to the citation template for this particular edition. It takes the title and the value of this field and links to  and so on for the other four parameters. If cite1 is not specified, it will attempt to create a link to  . (  tags are removed from the title first.)
 * series (Optional) : If this comic is part of a series, the name of the series.
 * preceded_by, followed_by (Optional) : Add wiki links to the comics that immediately precede and follow the entry. If the entry is the first or last comic in a series, use "none" for the proceeding or following publication.
 * source (Optional) : The location(s) of the information about this comic. This will usually be Amazon.com but could be anywhere that lists information about the comic. To find the Amazon.com product listing URL, take the ISBN-10 number, remove all the dashes so only 10 digits or letters remain, and add it to the end of . For example, ISBN 0-7869-2881-6 would be found at  . You can use Amazon to easily generate this link.


 * binding, released, pages, isbn, isbn10, isbn13 (Deprecated) : DO NOT USE. These are only here for backward compatibility with older versions of this template. They may be removed at any time.