É fácil encontrar bons livros que ensinam a escrever para cinema. Mas quando se trata de quadrinhos, a história é outra. Embora boa parte do que se aprende nos livros de cinema possa ser aproveitada nos quadrinhos, existe pouca literatura especializada. Um livro interessante sobre esse tema é o “Alan Moore’s writing for Comics”, de apenas 48 páginas e que custa US$5,95. Diferente dos “manuais de roteiro”, Alan Moore está mais interessado em “pensar sobre quadrinhos”, sendo uma inspiração para quem quer contar histórias. O último capítulo é revelador e guarda uma surpresa para os leitores! Eis pequeno trecho do primeiro capítulo:
Above all, I don’t want to produce anything that smacks even remotely of “How To Write Comics the Alan Moore Way”. Teaching a generation of emergent artists or writers how to copy the generation that came before was a stupid idea when Marvel introduced their “How to Draw” book and it would be equally irresponsable of me to instruct up-and-coming writers on how to write sickly extravagant captions like “Dawn transformed the sky into an abattoir” or whatever. John Buscema is a fine artist, but the industry doesn’t need 50 people who draw like him any more than it needs people who write like me. [...].
The reason why comic writing is perhaps even a greater cause for concern than comics book drawing is that the writing comes at the very start of the process. If the thinking behind the writing is inadequate, the script is inadequate. Consequently, even in the hands of the best artist in the world, the finished comic will lack something that no amount of flashy coloring or printing can hope to compensate for.
