The comic book films task force is a collaboration between
WikiProject Film and
WikiProject Comics to develop articles about such films due to the ongoing industry trend and the popularity of such topics on Wikipedia. The task force is designed to pursue goals more specific than those of either WikiProject, and the goals are listed below.
Goals
To establish style and content sub-guidelines through consensus that comply with Wikipedia's general policies and guidelines as well as the
WikiProject Film guidelines
To assess the reliability of sources and to assist in finding more reliable alternatives
To identify and gather common sources for referencing (e.g., a visual effects website that often covers such films in its articles)
To help procure free and/or non-free images for articles (e.g., screenshot to illustrate costume design)
To notify other editors of ongoing discussion at an individual article, while being conscious of
groupthink
To identify incubated articles to prepare for rollout when the time comes
To recruit new editors working on such articles into the task force and either WikiProject
Guidelines
Ideal approach to crediting source material (e.g., do we credit Batman's creators in every film article?)
Presentation of actors and roles in "Cast" section, like when to use or avoid table formatting
Proper selection of film's poster image due to such films having many variations
Preferred kind of non-free images (esp. with characters' film appearances shown in characters' articles)
Appropriate and inappropriate information for an article's "Marketing" section, to ensure a NPOV
Placement of developing project information in mainspace and in the Drafts space
If you find a reliable source that can provide new information about a specific topic, please incorporate the source's information in the article body or otherwise list it on the article's talk page. A "References for use" section can be created at the top of each talk page to list such sources. If the sources are numerous, create a sub-page to list all the references for use by using the {{Film references for use}} template. For example, see
Talk:Batman Begins/references.
Below is a list of general resources that are especially beneficial to articles about films based on comics. Additional resources can be found in the link above.
Heat Vision (
website), a Hollywood Reporter blog covering comic book movie news
NOTE:Hollywood Reporter links move or disappear after a week or two, so it is more imperative than usual to include in your footnote an archive link at
WebCitation.org or similar in order to present
link rot.
Splash Page (
website), a MTV blog covering comic book movie news
Variety (
website), for development news and box office commentary
Note: ComicBookMovie.com (
website), LRM Online (formerly Latino Review,
website), Heroic Hollywood (
website), The Illuminerdi (
website), Murphy's Multiverse (
website), and MCU Exchange (
website) are NOT
reliable sources. While these websites may not be used sources, they often link to other sources that are reliable for development news and other production information.
Below are a list of books about films based on comics that can be used in articles. Sources about specific films should be added to individual articles' talk pages.
Booker, M. Keith (2007). May Contain Graphic Material: Comic Books, Graphic Novels, and Film. Praeger.
ISBN0275993868.
Film and Comic Books. University Press of Mississippi. 2007.
ISBN1578069785.
Hughes, David (2010). Comic Book Movies. Virgin Film. Virgin Books.
ISBN0753512637.