How to Cite a Wonder Woman Comic Book

How to Cite a Wonder Woman Comic Book (1) She’s fierce, she’s powerful, she’s a skillful fighter, she’s…..WONDER WOMAN! Wonder Woman is the newest DC Comics superhero to make it to the big screen and with over $435 million in box office sales after the first two weeks, let’s just say that she’s kind of a big deal. If you’ve caught the Wonder Woman buzz and you’d like to use her comic books, or any other characters’ comic books in your own projects, follow the following steps to cite them correctly. We have instructions on how to cite your comic book either in print or digitally, and in MLA format, APA format, or Chicago format. To cite a comic book in print, find the following pieces of information: 1. The author’s name 2. The title of the comic book issue 3. The title of the comic book series 4. The volume and issue number 5. The name of the publisher 6. City and state, or city and country of publisher 7. Year published 8. A page or page range (if citing only a specific portion of the comic book) To cite a Wonder Woman comic or another comic book in print MLA 8, follow this format: Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Comic Book Issue.” Title of Comic Book Series, vol. number, issue no., Name of Publisher, Year published, p. or pp. range. Here’s an example of how to cite a Wonder Woman comic book found in print in MLA 8: Azzarello, Brian. Wonder Woman. No. 1, DC Comics, 2011. *Note that this specific issue of Wonder Woman does not have a separate title for the issue and another title for the series. This issue and series are both titled as Wonder Woman. When the issue and the series have the same exact title, it is not necessary to type out both titles, only include the series title. In MLA citations, place a period after the first title and a comma after the second title, if there is one. To cite a comic book in print in APA, follow this format: Author’s Last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year published). Title of comic book issue [Cartoon]. City of publisher, State or Country of Publisher: Name of publisher. Here’s an example of how to cite a comic book in APA: Azzarello, B. (2011). Wonder Woman [Cartoon]. New York, NY: DC Comics. To cite a comic book in print Chicago format, use this structure: Author’s Last name, First initial. Title of Comic Book Issue. City of publication: Name of publisher, Year published. Here’s an example of how to cite a Wonder Woman comic book found in print in Chicago: Azarello, B. Wonder Woman. New York: DC Comics, 2011. How to a Wonder Woman Comic Book Found Online: To cite a comic book found online or read on an e-reader, find the following pieces of information: The author’s name The title of the comic book issue The title of the comic book series The name of the e-reader, if read on one The volume and issue number The name of the publisher City, or city and country of publisher Year published The page or page range (if viewed online) The name of the website, if viewed online The URL, if viewed online To cite a comic book, found online or through an e-reader, use the following structure if citing in MLA 8: Author’s Last name, First name. “Title of Comic Book Issue.” Title of Comic Book, *E-Reader ed., vol. number, issue no., Name of publisher, Year published, page range. *Name of Website, URL (remove http:// or https://). *Only include the name of the e-reader if the comic book was read on an e-reader. In addition, only include the name of the website and the URL if viewed online. Here’s an example of how to cite the Wonder Woman comic book in MLA 8, when viewed on an e-reader. Azzarello, Brian. Wonder Woman*. Nook ed., no. 1, DC Comics, 2011. *Note that since the name of the issue and the name of the series are both Wonder Woman, only include the name once in the citation. In MLA citations, place a period after the first title and a comma after the second title, if there is one. To cite a comic book in APA that is found online, use the following structure: Author’s Last name, F. M. (Year published) Title of comic book issue [Name of the e-reader version]. Retrieved from URL If the title of the comic book was not viewed on an e-reader, exclude the information in the brackets. Here’s an example of how to cite the Wonder Woman comic, read on an e-reader, in APA format: Azzarello, B. (2011). Wonder Woman [Nook version]. Retrieved from https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wonder-woman-vol-1-brian-azzarello/1111115880?ean=9781401238773#nok-dapps To cite a comic book found online in Chicago, use the following structure: Author’s Last name, First name. Title of Comic Book Issue. City of publication: Name of Publisher, Year published. E-reader edition OR URL. Here’s an example of how to cite a Wonder Woman comic, found online, in Chicago: Azzarello, Brian. Wonder Woman. New York: DC Comics, 2011. Nook ed. Photo Source: “Infinite Wonder Woman” by JD Hancock. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. Original image was cropped.