Indicia, from the plural of the Latin word ''indicium'' meaning distinguishing marks, is a piece of text in a
magazine
A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
or
comic book
A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...
, traditionally appearing on the first
recto page after the cover, which usually contains the official name of the publication, its publication date, issue number, information regarding editorial governance of the publication, and a disclaimer regarding disposition of unsolicited submissions.
Location
While placement of indicia was generally at the bottom of the inside first recto page, it was also found at the bottom of the inside front cover. Since 2006, American comic books commonly have indicia on the inside last
verso page,
while magazines may place their indicia almost anywhere within the publication (often on whichever page has the
table of contents
A table of contents (or simply contents, abbreviated as TOC), is a list usually part of the Book design#Front matter, front matter preceding the main text of a book or other written work containing the titles of the text's sections, sometimes with ...
).
See also
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Indicia (philately)
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Colophon
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Front matter
Book design is the graphic art of determining the visual and physical characteristics of a book. The design process begins after an author and editor finalize the manuscript, at which point it is passed to the production stage. During productio ...
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Masthead (American publishing)
In American usage, a publication's masthead is a printed list, published in a fixed position in each edition, of its owners, departments, officers, contributors and address details,E.g./ref> which in British English usage is known as imprint.
References
Comics terminology
Publishing terminology
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