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Originally Posted by jeffery
comics books are strange things. there are so many hands involved in creating one that it seems strange to attribute just one person as the author.
the original creator ( who may by now be long dead or no longer involved )
the writer
the penciler
the inker
the colorist
the editor
even the letterer
etc...
But when it comes to out metadata and most software, there's only one spot for the author.
Who would you list as the author for a comic that is on, let's say, issue number 852, or some other crazy high number, where the comic has a life of it's own?
I'm leaning towards the Original Creator (perhaps that shouldn't be in caps?) for simplicity's sake.
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I would suggest the owner of the copyright.
Unless it's a creator owned title, it is a corporate product and in many cases not even the official "creator" did much creation.
That would be consistent with prose books, where the author of record is almost always the creator and the owner of the copyright.
(With rare exceptions, like THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.)