http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2011/ian-rankin-talks-dark-entries
He says he writes an A4 page per panel. I'm guessing he read an Alan Moore script before any of Wagner's.
I'm sure John Wagner would have been fine with "The man walked into the pub" :D
Bless his little melanoma, eh?
I'll definitely buy it when I catch up with it.