SCRIPTS  03

Here is a segment of script from SMAX #3 by Alan Moore (  provided by Zander Cannon) Parte do Roteiro de "SMAX" nº 13, de AM, fornecido por Zander Cannon

SMAX, ISSUE THREE
"THE GRASSHOPPER GREEN BURYING-BAND" (24 PAGES)

PAGE 1.
PANEL 1.
OKAY WE JUST HAVE ONE BIG PANEL TO OPEN WITH, ZANDER. WE ARE UP ABOVE 
THE MOSTLY-FORESTED AREA WHERE THE INN THAT ROBYN AND JEFF ARE STAYING 
AT IS SITUATED, BUT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE INN HERE ON ACCOUNT 
OF THE SPREADING CANOPY OF TREES THAT TAKES UP MOST OF THIS FIRST PAGE, 
AS SEEN FROM THE DISTANCE, UP TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE PAGE, WE MAYBE 
SEE DISTANT LAKES AND MOUNTAINS BEYOND THE FOREST, BUT OUR MAIN 
ATTENTION IS ON THE IMMENSE SPREAD OF THE FOREST CANOPY DOWN BENEATH 
US, FROM WHENCE SMAX'S LOUD, BELLOWING WORD BALLOONS ARE THE LOUD 
SOUND OF SMAX'S VOICE, A LARGE CLOUD OF FLYING THINGS ERUPT UPWARDS OUT 
OF THE FOREST. MOST OF THESE ARE BIRDS OR BATS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A 
LARGE NUMBER OF FLYING THINGS FROM FANTASY STORIES (PEGASUS, THE EVIL 
FLYING MONKEYS FROM WIZARD OF OZ, THAT STUPID LOOKING THING FROM NEVER 
ENDING STORY, FAIRIES, GRIFFINS, THE FLYING NUN ... ANYTHING YOU CAN 
THINK OF, BASICALLY) ALL ERUPTING UP STARTLED FROM THE FIREST INTO THE 
MOSTLY CLEAR SKY UP IS NOW THE MORNING AFTER THE FUNERAL OF SMAX'S 
UNCLE MACK. THE LOGO AND THE EPISODE TITLE (ANOTHER SYD BARRETT QUOTE, 
LIKE OUR PREVIOUS TWO) GO DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE 
SOMEWHERE. SMAX (FROM FOREST) : NO!
SMAX (FROM FOREST) : No QUESTS.
SMAX (FROM FOREST) : And that's FINAL.
LOGO :SMAX
EPISODE TITLE : The Grasshopper Green Burying-Band

PAGE 2.
PANEL 1.
OKAY, THIS PAGE HAS NINE PANELS, AND THE FIRST EIGHT SHOW PRACTICALLY 
THE SAME IMAGE. WHAT WE SEE, IN THIS FIRST PANEL, IS A SHOT OF THE 
INTERIOR OF INN. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE ROOM THAT ROBYN WAS STAYING IN, 
BUT WE'RE TOO CLOSE INTO ONE WALL OF IT TO REALLY MAKE THAT OUT HERE. 
SMAX IS SITTING, FULL FIGURE BUT SORT OF HUNCHED UP LIKE A BIG 
OVERGROWN KID, DOWN TO THE LOWER LEFT OF THE PANEL. HE SITS OF THE 
FLOOR WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL, HIS KNEES UP AND HIS FOREARMS RESTING 
ON THEM SO THAT HIS BIG BLUE/BLACK HANDS JUST HANG THERE. HE IS GLARING 
OFF PANEL LEFT HERE, JUST STARING INTO SPACE WITH A PISSED OFF 
EXPRESSION AS HE SITS THERE BY THE WOODEN WALL OF THE ROOM. THE OFF 
PANEL ROBYN'S BALLOON ISSUES FROM OUR UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE 
PANEL, THE REASON FOR THIS BECOMING APPARENT IN OUR VERY LAST PANEL ON
PAGE 2.
PANEL 1. (FROM OVER)
THIS PAGE. HERE, SMAX JUST STARES MOODILY OFF PANEL WHILE ROBYN TALKS 
FROM SOMEWHERE OFF PANEL TO THE UPPER RIGHT, ABOVE AND TO OUR RIGHT OF 
SMAX AS HE SITS BY THE WALL. ROBYN (OFF) : Jeff, you HAVE to.
ROBYN (OFF) : Maybe it would be, like, y'know. Closure.

PANEL 2.
SAME SHOT. WITHOUT MOVING HIS HEAVY-LOOKING FOREARMS FROM HIS KNEE, 
JEFF CRANES HIS HEAD ROUND AND LOOKS OFF PANEL TO OUR RIGHT AND 
UPWARDS, IN THE DIRECTION THAT ROBYN'S BALLOON JUST ISSUES INTO VIEW 
FROM. JEFF LOOKS CROSS AND IRRITATED, SCOWLING AS HE SPEAKS UPWARDS TO 
THE OFF PANEL ROBYN.
SMAX : I don't need closure. You know what needs closure? Your mouth 
needs closure.
SMAX : I'm not DOING it. Not and getting somebody else EVAPORATED.

PANEL 3.
SAME SHOT. SMAX TURNS HIS HEAD BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION, LOOKING 
EVEN FOR SURLY AND CONTEMPTUOUS OF THE OFF PANEL ROBYN'S IDEA AS HE 
TURNS BACK TO GLARE OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PANEL. MOODILY. HE 
ISN'T LOOKING TO ROBYN AS HE TALKS TO HER HERE, MORE TALKING TO HIMSELF 
THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SMAX : I'm just here for my Uncle's FUNERAL. Now 
that's over, we can hop the
first magic spell HOME.
SMAX : "Go on a quest".
SMAX : Hunh.

PANEL 4.
SAME SHOT. SMAX IS STILL SITTING AGAINST THE WALL, HERE SEEN GAZING 
STRAIGHT AHEAD AND DOWN. STILL WITH THE SAME IRRITATED AND BROODING 
EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE. ROBYN'S BALLOON ONCE MORE ISSUES INTO VIRE FROM 
OFF PANEL TOWARDS THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER.
ROBYN (OFF) : Well, what about ME? I need closure.
ROBYN (OFF) : Jesus, Jeff. All those years ago, and that thing KNEW me. 
It sent me a WARNING.

PANEL 5.
SAME SHOT. HERE, SMAX TURNS HIS HEAD TO LOOK UP TOWARDS THE TOP RIGHT 
CORNER OF THE PANEL. HE LOOKS ANGRIER THAN HE DID BEFORE, MORE 
EXASPERATED THAN ANYTHING ELSE. HE LIFTS ONE HAND AND POINTS OFF THE 
TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER, POINTING TOWARDS THE OFF PANEL ROBYN AS IF TO 
EMPHASISE HIS POINT. SMAX : EXACTLY! Exactly RIGHT!
SMAX : Morningbright sent you a WARNING. That's because Morningbright 
wants to KILL you.
SMAX : I mean, which part of this aren't you GETTING?
PAGE 2. PANEL 6.
SAME SHOT. SMAX HAS TURNED HIS FACE BACK AWAY FROM THE OFF PANEL ROBYN 
AND TOWARDS US. HE RESUMES SCOWLING DARKLY OFF PANEL LEFT, MUTTERING TO 
HIMSELF MORE THAN ROBYN AS HE DOES SO, AND NO LONGER LOOKING UP AT HER. 
MAYBE HE GESTURES VAGUELY WITH THE HAND HE USED TO POINT AT ROBYN LAST 
PANEL. SMAX : It knows it can't kill ME, but it could HURT me by 
killing somebody I, you
know.
SMAX : Don't MIND.
SMAX : So no QUEST, okay?

PANEL 7.
SAME SHOT. SMAX LAPSES INTO SILENCE, JUST GLARING OFF PANEL IN TO 
SPACE, LOOKING SILENT AND MOODY. No Dialogue

PANEL S.
SAME SHOT. SMAX DOESN'T LOOK UP TOWARDS THE SOURCE OF ROBYN'S OFF PANEL 
VOICE HERE, BUT HE MAYBE TURNS HIS HEAD A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS US, AS IF 
HE'S AT LEAST LISTENIGN TO HER. ROBYN (OFF) : This is all about YOU, 
isn't it?

PANEL 9.
NOW WE PULL BACK FOR A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE SCENE. SMAX IS NOW FAIRLY 
SMALL, STILL SITTING FACING US FROM DOWN AGAINST THE WALL TO THE LOWER 
LEFT OF THE PANEL. OVER TO THE RIGHT OF THE PANEL WE CAN SEE AT LEAST 
ONE END OF THE HUGE STACK OF PILED UP MATTRESSES THAT ROBYN HAS IN HER 
ROOM. ROBYN SITS ATOP THE HUGE PILE OF MATTRESSES, IN OUR UPPER RIGHT 
HERE, DANGING HER SHOELESS LEGS AND FEET OVER THE SIDE AND JUST LOOKING 
DOWN AT SMAX AS HE SITS IN THE LOWER LEFT BY THE WALL. JUST GLARING 
INTO SPACE AGAIN AND LOOKING ANNOYED. ROBYN IS FAIRLY EXPRESSIONLESS 
HERE AS SHE GAZES DOWN AT
SMAX.
SMAX : Yeah.
SMAX : Pretty much

art by Zander Cannon