Here's an even better one for you:

[hmpf]

If I mention in a footnote that the author I'm writing about mentions, in one of *her* footnotes, that one detail of one panel of hers was vaguely inspired by the film "Heavy Metal", which in turn was inspired by a European comics anthology, and I mention that comic anthology's name, which is identical with the film's name, does that mean that I need to include info on both the original anthology and on the film in the list of Works Cited? (Incidentally, I know neither the film nor the anthology, myself, except in the sense that I have heard of them.)

And, as an encore:

If I mention that the name of the city most of Finder is set in is taken from the Narnia books of C.S. Lewis, do I need to dig up publication information on the Narnia books? I don't even own those... (I suppose I can look them up in the catalog of the British Library, though.)

I suspect the answer is 'yes' on all three...

*sigh*

Documenting sources. Hours of fun.

Comments

[mikes-grrl.livejournal.com]

Um...yes to all three. But HEY easy score on the Narnia books! Right?

*runs*

I am *so* glad that...

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

except for one chapter, I mostly got through this thesis without actually mentioning any works or authors but Finder and McNeil herself. I mean, I actually didn't use *any* other literature at all (well, I had a quick look at one history of alternative comics, but that's about it), so I can't legitimately quote *anything*... the only things that did sneak in there are a few titles I used to establish the kind of background from which Finder sprung... (some social and feminist sf, some alternative comics, etc.) Well, and my short trip down memory lane with the Disney stuff. *g*

I wonder if IMDB and/or Wikipedia is an acceptable source for the film's release date. I'm not sure I can procure a printed source for that in the next two days.

Re: I am *so* glad that...

[(Anonymous)]

IMDB sollte langen. In Deine Fußnote gehören Tag und und Uhrzeit, wann Du die Info abgerufen hast. Und die genaue URL.
Kiki

Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal

[dorothy1901]

which in turn was inspired by a European comics anthology, and I mention that comic anthology's name, which is identical with the film's name,

It's a little more complicated than that.

It started in 1974 with Métal Hurlant, a French comics magazine. (Personally, I wouldn't call it an "anthology" any more than I would call The New Yorker an anthology.)

In 1977, a licensed English-language version began publication in the USA, with the title Heavy Metal. Heavy Metal included both material originally published in Métal Hurlant and translated into English, and brand-new material by American creators.

The 1981 Heavy Metal movie, like the magazines, was a collection of short stories. Some of them were adapted from the magazine(s), and some were original.

This means that the panel in question might have its roots in the movie, or the American magazine, or the French magazine, or some combination of the three.

Re: Métal Hurlant and Heavy Metal

[hmpf.livejournal.com]

I know!

I decided that the whole backstory of Heavy Metal, i.e. the fact that Métal Hurlant came first etc., *really* didn't matter in this context. The panel, anyway, was clearly inspired by the movie, as McNeil states it was "viewings of Heavy Metal."

The reason why I found this fact relevant was mainly because it showed that there was *some* influence from European comics on Finder. There aren't many direct traces of that, so I had to make do with this fairly obscure hint.