Scary paper sizes

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Alan Moore on writing:

When I plotted Big Numbers I plotted the entire projected 12-issue series on one sheet of A1 paper — which was just frightening. A1 is scary — it's the largest size. I divided it along the top into 12 columns and along the side into something like 48 different rows across which had got the names of all the characters, so the whole thing became a grid where I could tell what each of the characters was doing in each issue. It was all filled with tiny biro writing which looked like the work of a mental patient, it was like migraine made visible, it was really scary.

I mainly did it to frighten other writers — Neil Gaiman nearly shat, the colour drained from his face when he saw this towering work of madness.