I will just jump in here since nobody else has bothered to mention that the category WRITING is dealing with the the writing of the film, not the writing (or otherwise) of the original material on which the film is based. Most of the arguments seem to be suggesting that if the material is not written, then it does not deserve the OMB credit. Nowhere in the rules is there a specification that the work upon which a film is based must be written. If the writer of a film bases his idea on the Mona Lisa, and the film credits say "Based on the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci", then IMO, Da Vinci would get an OMB credit.

Since, in this particular instance, the film makers decided to include the illustrator in the credits with the author of the book, who are we to decide that the film makers are wrong?

I forgot to mention that I agree with hal on some form of Open Credits, perhaps not fully open. I don't know about you guys, i tired of this nonsense long ago and the only way to end it is via open credits. Else we will always be arguing over the latest oddity that has been discovered with a lot of spinning to justify it, instead of just following the rules.

Which while i am at it this thread is also a perfect example of what I have said before. I have never had any problem deciphering credits with the literally thousands of Profiles I have dealt with. I see "Illustrated by" and while that might be an interesting piece of data to me personally I also recognize that it is not covered within the Rules, therefore it presents no problem for me. I can list it locally if i wish, I cannot Contribute it. <shrugs>

In this particular case IF we had Open Credits just in Writing for example, this example could then be easily handled, see it...list it...done. Iunderstand your concerns Rho and I am no more inteersted in concept of COMPLETE credit lists due to open credits than you, the thought gives me nightmares. But IF we had some limited form of Open Credit within the specific categories and possibly a few more since there are other categories that users would like to have. This does have its own share of problems that need to worked out but...that's another story.

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Jykke:

That sounds more like an OCB type of credit. But maybe, not, haven't run into it yet.

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That does not mean necessarily artwork, Enry, keep trying to water down the data down to meaningless. Most comic books are written AND drawn, the secret is how Hollywood handles the credit, not what you think it is.

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Quoting skipnet50:

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It really isn't hard gang. UNLESS you want it to be.

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She prefers it har...ohhh...that's something else...sorry