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Welcome to the European comics work group of the Comics WikiProject!

Contents 1 Scope 2 Participants 2.1 Guestbook 3 Tagging and assessment 4 Templates 5 Categories 6 To-do 7 Resources 7.1 Reliable independent sources 7.2 Reliable but not independent sources (publishers) 7.3 Independent and rather reliable sources 7.4 Independant but not truly reliable sources (wikis or wikilike) 8 Portals

[edit] Scope

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.

[edit] Participants

Please remember to also add your name to the main list of project members if you are not yet listed there.

1. John Carter 00:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
2. Murgh^disc. 06:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
3. Emperor 14:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
4. Fram 08:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
5. Zoli79 11:24, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
6. Pah777 17:58, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Guestbook

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!:

[edit] Tagging and assessment

European comics work group assessment statistics European comics articles Importance None Total Quality FA 1 1 GA 5 5 B 11 11 C 26 26 Start 317 317 Stub 197 197 List 7 7 Assessed 564 564 Total 564 564 worklist • log • category

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.

[edit] Templates

• 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):

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[edit] Categories

• Category:European comics
• Category:European comics creator stubs

[edit] To-do

• Start tagging relevant pages by adding |European-work-group=yes to the {{Comicsproj}} 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!

[edit] Resources

[edit] Reliable independent sources

• 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.

[edit] Reliable but not independent sources (publishers)

• 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)

[edit] Independent and rather reliable sources

• 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.

[edit] Independant but not truly reliable sources (wikis or wikilike)

• 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.

[edit] Portals

The Comics Portal requires regular input and is always seeking volunteers. Help us bring this portal at Featured portal status!

There is also a specific portal for the Bande Dessinée genre, only dedicated to Franco-Belgian comics, that needs improvement.

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