Comments on: The Comic Book Script Archive

The Comic Book Script Archive

Bookhouse — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:30:42 -0800

A collection of comic book scripts from writers such as Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison and Alan Moore.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:46:55 -0800

oh man, alan moore's killing joke script is as approximately like a descent into madness as the finished product is. THE BATMAN IS BIG AND GRIM AND OLDER THAN WE ARE, BECAUSE AS I REMEMBER THE BATMAN HE'S ALWAYS BEEN BIGGER AND OLDER THAN I AM AND I'LL FIGHT ANY MAN THAT SAYS DIFFERENT. what a trip it must have been to have these pages delivered to your door.

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:53:14 -0800

Nice! Epony-something too.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:55:07 -0800

Comic book scripts are all very well, but I'd prefer to see an archive of downloadable written apologies for Y: The Last Man.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:19:36 -0800

I've heard legends and dark rumors about Morrison's scripts; I can't wait to check this out.

By: Brainy

Brainy — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:21:42 -0800

I'm trying to read the Killing Joke script but I keep losing my place.

By: absalom

absalom — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:09:31 -0800

I really wish Moore did not write in ALL CAPS.

By: tylermoody

tylermoody — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:21:41 -0800

turgid dahlia: I just read the last issue half an hour ago. I wish I'd stopped before the last arc.

By: beaucoupkevin

beaucoupkevin — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:35 -0800

This is the part where I assert that my taste in comics is much greater than your own. (Buy Cover Girl!)

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:24:47 -0800

tylermoody: I feel your pain dude. I'd go so far as to say that the last two arcs were just empty calories. Padding is meant to be scattered throughout the middle of a run, not thrown down in a great heap at the end of it. Epic fail as far as I'm concerned.

By: Football Bat

Football Bat — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:33:38 -0800

holy fuck, alan. it's a puddle.

By: turgid dahlia

turgid dahlia — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:53:25 -0800

The puddle is Oedipal symbolism, duh. Batman desires to return to the safety and comfort of the "womb" of The Joker by fantasizing that he (Batman) will be killed by The Joker, and then possibly eaten, I don't know. Man, haven't you ever smoked PCP while reading Robert Graves? Get with the program!

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:24:33 -0800

Damn, it's the one Morrison script I'd already read. Still, it's a good one. Awesome resource all around, I'll be wasting some days in there. With Moore's overwrought scripts, I always wonder how much artist-chafing goes on. You'd think it'd be frustrating, but I've never heard of friction. And it's always good to see a link to Twilight, although I think it's overrated as far as lost opportunities go. Full of interesting ideas, but there's no way that thing could ever see production. And my taste in comics is second to none. None, I tells ya.

By: autodidact

autodidact — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:25:36 -0800

Like everyone else I went straight to The Killing Joke. I knew it'd be a bit wordy and intense, but holy shit!

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:28:32 -0800

No dialogue.

By: Tehanu

Tehanu — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:32:49 -0800

Runaways #1? Sweet.

By: Halloween Jack

Halloween Jack — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:06 -0800

COBRA!, there's a bit in one of the text pages in Watchmen, talking about the pirate comics, concerning the writer being incredibly nitpicky and ultimately alienating his go-to artist. I'd read somewhere that that was Moore's metacommentary on his split with Alan Davis. It's interesting to read these scripts and see the level and type of description used. I'm not surprised that Bendis' script for Avengers #500 is generally shitty. I mean, I'm not a grammar/spelling/punctuation queen or anything, but for fuck's sake, he doesn't even know when and when not to use an apostrophe. And that scene around the table... it's like The Boys with bad dialogue.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:34 -0800

Evidently, Bendis doesn't know how to use apostrophes correctly.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:32:33 -0800

damnit. Didn't read the whole thread.