User:Psyphics

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Psyphics is currently wikibonked and is operating at a lower edit level than usual. Hitting the wall is a temporary condition, and the user should return to normal edit levels in time.

Me in Userboxes Projects This user is a member of the Comics Wikiproject. This user is a member of WikiProject Louisville. Interests M This user reads Marvel Comics. This user enjoys philosophy. This user is mourning the death of The Star-Spangled Avenger Beliefs/Method This user is a skeptic. This user finds edit/revert wars disruptive. Education This user graduated from Purdue University. BA This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy. This user has a minor in Psychology. Location This user is from Louisville, Kentucky, home of the Kentucky Derby. Sad This user scored 230.35002 on the Wikipediholic test .

Psyphics is the screenname of wikipedian Joshua Newton. If you take issue with any of my edits, air your thoughts on my talk page. I tend to edit at work, so I cannot do exhaustive edits without appearing to be wasting work time.

Contents 1 Interests/Projects 2 Reliable sources for comic book articles 2.1 Reliable online column archives 2.2 References 3 Request for Comment

[edit] Interests/Projects

• Comics - for character article template see this guideline
  • Literary present tense - There are a vast number of Wikipedia comics articles that need extensive copy-editing. Any biography, origin story, or history of a comic book character needs to be written in literary present tense.
  • Wiki-stress - Not every fictional character needs their own article!
• /Sandbox - Currently contains:
  • My work toward a good Jamie Madrox article.
• Philosophy
  • Nothing - survived AfD, needs a lot of work. I almost wish it hadn't, so work would be done on it.

My comic book knowledge doesn't span decades, so I mostly just copy-edit and make minor corrections.

[edit] Reliable sources for comic book articles

The following are taken from Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics Cleanup and added here for my own benefit:

[edit] Reliable online column archives

• It's Bob Rozakis The Answer Man Archive 30-year comics veteran answers fan questions at Silverbulletcomics.com.
• Adam Kistler's Monitor Duty Several comics' related profiles by the site owner.
• Comics 101 Archive Scott Tipton's articles about comics.
• POV Online, by Mark Evanier
• Tom Spurgeon's Comics Reporter Highly reliable, former Comics Journal editor and respected professional expert.
• The Comics Journals blog, Journalista Highly reliable online source.
• newsarama Good online source for news and interviews, does employ legal advice and does fact check.
• Comics Worth Reading Johanna Draper Carlson's site, she's a former DC online editor, so a good source, blogs but also reviews. Has written for TCJ and Comicology magazines.
• Paul Gravett's site Noted British expert, published three books now, written for TCJ and publisher of Escape magazine. Highly reliable source.
• Publishers Weekly archives Highly reliable source of news.
• The Beat Heidi MacDonald's blog. Another former DC editor, now writing the Publishers Weekly Comic Week newsletter, blog hosted on site. Reliable source.
• Time Magazine Andrew Arnold writes about comics for Time online. Reliable source, good reviews and opinions on works.

[edit] References

• The Grand Comics Database
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia
• The Lambiek Comiclopedia
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics creators
• Atlas Tales (1950s Marvel)
• Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
  • The DC Indexes
  • The DC Database
  • Cover Gallery
• The Comic Strip Project: Credits
• National Cartoonists Society (Members' mini-bios)

[edit] Request for Comment

There's been a Request for Comment initiated at Talk:John Buscema#Request for Comment: NPOV and images, concerning a dispute over alleged violations and which includes links to two versions of an article, for comparison.

You're a regular and diligent contributor to WikiProject Comics, and so might be a knowledgeable and disinterested party who could add an informed opinion. --Tenebrae 18:14, 26 February 2007 (UTC)