rec.arts.comics.*

Frequently Asked Questions - Comics Newsgroups

Last updated: November 11, 2003

This page collects resources intended to assist readers of the comics book newsgroups in the rec.arts.comics.* hierarchy. Please note that the most up-to-date FAQs for newsgroups are usually found on the newsgroups themselves. Some of the following FAQs are outdated, but they still contain valid information. In any case, please email the current FAQ-Keeper about bad links, additions, or corrections.

rec.arts.comics general FAQs

A guide to posting on rec.arts.comics.*
FAQ by Andrew Black
URL: http://members.optushome.com.au/ablack01/PostFaq.html; current.

How to make r.a.c.* work for you
FAQ by Todd VerBeek
URL: users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/racwork.htm; last posted in 1999 (but still relevant!).

FAQ: Ads and Auctions on the Comics Newsgroups
FAQ by Carl Henderson updated by Karl Hiller
URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/noads.htm; current.

rec.arts.comics subgroup FAQs

rec.arts.comics.creative
FAQ by Jeff McCoskey and Russ Allbery
URL: http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/racc.html; current
Shared-universe fan-fiction (moderated by Russ Allbery)

rec.arts.comics.dc.lsh
FAQ by Michael Grabois, Troy McNemar, Sidne Gail Ward, & Andrew Woodard
URL: http://www.idyllmtn.com/rac/dc/lsh/lsh_wlcm.htm; this version last updated in 1996; new version last posted in 2000.
DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes

rec.arts.comics.dc.universe
FAQ by Greg "Elmo" Morrow, et al.
URL: none currently available online; last version posted in 1998.
DC Comics' shared universe and characters (NOT Vertigo, LSH, WS, etc)

rec.arts.comics.dc.vertigo
FAQ by Katie Schwarz
URL: http://www.idyllmtn.com/rac/dc/vertigo/; last updated and last posted in 1999.
DC Comics' Vertigo imprint

rec.arts.comics.elfquest
FAQ by Dorinda Hartmann & Sarah Harrison
URL: none currently available online; last version posted in 1996.
Elfquest comics and characters

rec.arts.comics.info
FAQ by Martin Wisse
URL: http://www.ad-astra.demon.nl/comix/racinfo.html; last updated 1999; last posted 2001.
FAQs, announcements, resources (moderated by Martin Wisse)

rec.arts.comics.marketplace
FAQ by Bart Gerardi
URL: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/2571/racmfaq.txt; last updated 1998; last posted 2000.
Buy/Sell/Trade/Auction comics and related materials (here ONLY, please!)

rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe
FAQ by Jim Smith
URL: none currently available online; last posted 2001.
Marvel Comics' shared universe and characters (NOT X-Men, etc.)

rec.arts.comics.marvel.xbooks
FAQ by Kate the Short
URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/racmxFAQ/; current.
Marvel Comics' X-Men and related mutant titles

rec.arts.comics.* / rec.arts.comics.misc
FAQ by Carl Henderson
URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/miscfaq.htm; last updated and last posted 2000.
The industry, fandom, creators, books with no specific rac.* group

rec.arts.comics.reviews
FAQ by Kate the Short
URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/revwelc.htm; current.
Reviews of comics and comics-related materials (moderated by Peter B. Juul)

rec.arts.comics.strips FAQ by Mark Jackson
URL: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson/comicsFAQ.txt; current.
Comic strips, political cartoons

alt.comics.fandom
FAQ by Kate the Short
URL: http://sers.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/fandom.htm; current.
Fans, conventions, meeting other fans

You are Web-Counter visitor since 9/01/97.
URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/index.htm
Last updated: 2004-01-19