tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post3383933972290308081..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: FROM HELL: 9/13-14Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-71357546227352572072007-01-13T18:15:00.000-05:002007-01-13T18:15:00.000-05:00Dave?
Dave who?
there must be three or four 'Dave...Dave?<br />Dave who?<br /><br />there must be three or four 'Daves' who could have been witness to the state of Alan Moore's typewriter.<br /><br />Would be pleased to hear from you again.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-25602657932631675602007-01-13T17:53:00.000-05:002007-01-13T17:53:00.000-05:00Ah, Dave! That makes a lot of sense, thanks for th...Ah, Dave! That makes a lot of sense, thanks for that!Johnny Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302545167970532080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-85868790359671714282007-01-10T04:09:00.000-05:002007-01-10T04:09:00.000-05:00I think Alan just used to put Caps Lock on to type...I think Alan just used to put Caps Lock on to type the panel descriptions, which were essentially stream of consciousness in their nature, so he didn't have to worry about capitalization of names or sentences. <br /><br />This left lower case available for lettering copy, with the option of CAPS for emphasis within it.<br /><br />It was always interesting to see the physical deterioration of the typewriter keys as he bashed his way through a series of scripts...Dave Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13749743234362113685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-34109638956715751502007-01-09T19:39:00.000-05:002007-01-09T19:39:00.000-05:00Cripes, the computer is in the shop a few days and...Cripes, the computer is in the shop a few days and you miss everything. <br /><br />The first comic script I ever read was a Neil Gaiman script. Which is essentially an Alan Moore script (without the cosmic terror) as that's who Gaiman learned the format from. When I started writing comic scripts I did it all in caps and thought they looked nice and official until I couldn't figure out why I was doing it that way at all. Just to fit in, I guess.<br /><br />From what I've read, all the stops and starts on Big Numbers were so painful Alan just kind of threw up his hands at the idea of doing anything more with it. Though someone mentioned it being made into a miniseries on TV...<br /><br />Also, much looking forward to your next book, though where I'm from, Black Diamond is a brand of cheese.Andrew Hawthornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041600780524955205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-9472775280440068232007-01-09T16:31:00.000-05:002007-01-09T16:31:00.000-05:00I once asked Alan to let me redo big numbers, but ...I once asked Alan to let me redo big numbers, but he wasn't having any.<br />Frankly, i think it would have been too difficult to do. THe 'mandelbrot set' that was the driving metaphor behind the whole thing was complete mystery to me then and now.<br /><br />Re the caps. God knows. I guess what's needed is a bold differentiation betweem the description and the text that needs to be lettered onto the pages. When you're working fast, this is very useful, to be able to glance at a page of script and instantly know what the balance of picture to lettering is going to be. I have never ever thought about it until this week, but since the lettering was to be in regular case then I guess he reversed the normal comic book arrangement so the description is in caps instead of the text to be lettered. The reason I 've though about it now instead of earlier is that i notice the spell-check doesn't seem to completely work on a biig field of text in caps. When i drew this stuff years ago i never had a computer. Alan must have had one of the old fashioned 'word processors'. The paper is on and endless linked-together ream that would have had the sprocket holes down each side, which were on perforated strips which i removed immediately upon receipt.Eddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-72624955328698665622007-01-09T13:52:00.000-05:002007-01-09T13:52:00.000-05:00I have a dumb question. Why are his scripts in all...I have a dumb question. Why are his scripts in all caps? Did that ever get on your nerves to have to deal with that much all-caps text? It's getting on my nerves. I don't know why, but it takes me forever to read something in all caps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-29328529247988716982007-01-09T13:41:00.000-05:002007-01-09T13:41:00.000-05:00I know I should be clipped upside the ear for sugg...I know I should be clipped upside the ear for suggesting this, but it really would be lovely to see you and Moore collaborate on finishing <b>Big Numbers</b> (if not re-create the bloody thing entirely).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-52092390981034753442007-01-09T01:30:00.000-05:002007-01-09T01:30:00.000-05:00THE DEAD LISTEN WITH VARIOUS ATTITUDES OF CELESTIA...THE DEAD LISTEN WITH VARIOUS ATTITUDES OF CELESTIAL INDIFFERENCE: ALAN MOORE, EDDIE CAMPBELL, AND <i>THE COMICS JOURNAL</i>Leigh Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964802750317393614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-35095372035429048222007-01-09T01:27:00.000-05:002007-01-09T01:27:00.000-05:00If the unlikely happens and there's ever another c...If the unlikely happens and there's ever another collection of the From Hell scripts, I would love for it to be called MAYBE GULL EATS A GRAPE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com