> Interesting. I hadn't realized that artists of graphic novels are not > commonly treated > as creators (and still find it hard to reconcile that with the rules in AACR2 > 21.24 > and RDA 19.2). Is this also common practice for coffee table books of the type > "photographs by ... text by ..."? I had assumed that the first-named person > gets main > entry in these cases.
(Comic book) artists and photographers are named creators, illustrators are not (illustrations are supplementary, as you said). See RDA Appendix I.2.1 Peter