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School Fight!
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The mouth of a high school senior in 1976 repeatedly writes checks he can’t cash. Read theIf you enjoyed this page, please subscribe via RSS, send an email, or follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for your support!
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David Marshall | Posted on April 15th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Excellent question, romance fan. The Stan Lee-type answer: I lost track of the premise and simply forgot.
Since finishing, I’ve read a bunch of Simon & Kirby romance stories of the late ’40s – early ’50s. Like any pioneers, their work has flaws: dated social messages, lots of “love at first sight”, domesticity being women’s primary value, implausible leaps of logic and short-sighted happy endings. That being said, romance comics wouldn’t’ve lasted for generations if they didn’t do something right.
Just this week I stumbled on a much better execution of my story. “Show Off!” appears in a 1949 issue of “Young Love” by Crestwood Publications (“Show Off!” Young Love Aug-Sep. 1949: 27-34. Print.). The female protagonist narrates the story of going out with an arrogant twit. Unlike my story, the Simon & Kirby plot moves logically, characters are clearly defined, loose ends get resolved. Wish I looked at this before writing “School Fight!”. Hopefully I’ll live long enough to apply this lesson to a future story.
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School Fight! - Plot Hole
Carl Tsui | Posted on April 15th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Nice work. The language got dialed up to 11 on this one! I went and re-read the whole thing again. One thing I missed: Why doesn’t he answer her facebook?