Comic Book Adaptations

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Comic Book Adaptations

The undisputed heart and soul of Marvel Universe: The Saga of 616. Adaptations are what fuel this board. They are what defines what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen. They give members and the characters they play purpose, plot, and direction. Taken straight from the intricate and complex workings of the Marvel Universe itself, adaptations are the events of comic books made present within the game.

Taken straight from the source material itself, Comic Book Adaptations are written in-game posts of canon happenings within the Marvel Universe. Official Comic Book Adaptations will be posted in their appropriate boards, usually pinned, for players to partake in. Within these topics, the first post will be the actual Comic Book Adaptation that is actual event from the listed comic book. Within the topic, members will participate in the event like any other in-game topic within the board with the scene and event set by the initial first post—being the Comic Book Adaptation.

Official Comic Book Adaptations are noted by the staff member that posts them and by the citation at the beginning of the post, that displays as follows.

[Writer Last Name, Writer First Name (w), Penciller/Artist Name (p/a), and Inker/Colorist Name (i/c)] “Story Title.” Publication Title., Volume, #Issue Number, (Month Year), Publisher: [Page(s)]

Adapted By: User Name

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Members may also submit their own Comic Book Adaptation to site administrators for Scene Pass credit. For more information regarding Scene Passes, visit the Scene Pass FAQ. Members will only receive a Scene Pass for every approved Comic Book Adaptation that is accepted to be used within the game. Upon acceptance, one Scene Pass will be awarded to the member and the Comic Book Adaptation will be archived for storage until such time comes for it to be brought into play within the game. Members will only receive credit for an accepted Scene Pass if the event adapted isn’t derived from an issue/series directly staring the character or derived from an issue/series from a major crossover event. Example: Player Captain America may submit a Comic Book Adaptation from the Civil War series, receiving a Scene Pass, but will not receive a Scene Pass for any Comic Book Adaptation from the actual Captain America series.

Members do not need to submit Comic Book Adaptations to site administrators from series/issues that their character(s) are the main cast or supporting cast of. They may simply post them in play when their appropriate time comes—still containing the proper cited information before the post. Scene Passes are not awarded to members that produce Comic Book Adaptations featuring their own character(s) progress because it is considered a mandatory duty and privilege accepted during the Canon Character’s Oath. Members are not required to produce their own Comic Book Adaptations for their character(s), but can not advance until the next event, submitted in Comic Book Adaptation format, is posted by site administrators.

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Creating Comic Book Adaptations

First and foremost, credit must be given where credit is due. For every Comic Book Adaptation that is made, the work must be cited and cited properly. The format for citing the Comic Book Adaptation is listed below.

[Writer Last Name, Writer First Name (w), Penciller/Artist Name (p/a), and Inker/Colorist Name (i/c)] “Story Title.” [u]Publication Title.[/u], Volume, #Issue Number, (Month Year), Publisher: [Page(s)]

Adapted By: User Name
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Writer: Though the creation of a comic book is a collaborative effort, credit is due to the author listed within the work. The writer’s name appears last name, first name and then initials if applicable—followed with a lower-case “w” in parentheses. If more than one writer is involved, follow them with first then last name.

Artist: The same rules as the writer apply to the penciller (p) and inker (i). The artist’s name appears first name and last name—followed by a lower case “p”, for penciller, or “a”, for artist, in parentheses. The inker’s name appears first name and last name—followed by a lower case “i”, for inker, or “c”, for colorist, in parentheses. The work of editors and such craftspersons as letterers and colorists are, of course, vital to the finished product, but, recognizing that one must stop somewhere, and that our aim is location over credit, we stop with the inker.

Story Title: The title of the story is taken from the inside title page, usually where the credits appear, and is placed within quotation marks. If no interior title is to be present, a cover title may be used.

Publication Title: The title of the comic book is not taken from the cover, but from the indicia. The indicia are the publisher’s official identifying information. The publication title should be underlined as appropriate. If no indicia can be found, the title may be taken from the cover but, in turn, indicated by square brackets.

Volume: Volume numbers are rarely included within the indicia. If present, precede with a lower-case “v.” If no volume number is present, or this is the comic book’s first volume, no citation is needed.

Issue Number: Place the number symbol (#) before the issue number to avoid confusion with other established style guides. Use the indicia, not the cover, for number information.

Publisher: Publisher information should come from the indicia. Sometimes the “official” publisher name may differ from the publisher’s popular name. Marvel, for example, has been an imprint of several publishing concerns. In such cases, the scholar may insert the popular name of the publisher within square brackets (Marvel Entertainment [Marvel Comics]).

Page: Page numbers are offset by the date with a colon. Page numbers are provided within the publication. If not, pages may be counted off using the splash page as page one, then the number included in square brackets.

User Name: This, requires little explanation. Insert the user name under witch identity you chose to receive credit for the adaptation.

The following diagrams display the exact location for the cited information.




With the information cited, the following requirements must be met in order to secure the authenticity and accuracy of the Comic Book Adaptation.

• All characters present within the scene must be present when adapted.
  
• All words spoken must be present and spoken by the characters that said them when adapted.
  
• All events and actions must occur in the same order that they occurred when adapted.
  
• All thoughts and inner-dialogue of characters are optional to be adapted.
  
• The setting and location of the event must remain the same when adapted.

With the requirements of the adaptation met, and the work properly cited, members may write, define, and describe the events of the actual comic book with their own narrative and depictive style for the Comic Book Adaptation. As long as the post reads as a written adaptation of the actual scene it was derived from, and meets the requirements, the Comic Book Adaptation may be submitted to site administrators for acceptance and a Scene Pass. Accepted Comic Book Adaptations may be susceptible to administrative editing. If the final Comic Book Adaptation product retains at least seventy percent of the original submitted Comic Book Adaptation, a Scene Pass will be awarded.