Comic Book Marriages

[Skyhawke]

Scott Kurtz put into words in his CBR interview what has been bugging me about some peoples views about being married in comic books.

"CBR: Writers of sitcoms and other formats are scared to death of breaking that sexual tension you mentioned. They so desperately want to avoid becoming "Cheers," where nobody has any idea what to do next. But you've really proven you can have that dynamic and make it feel fresh.

SK: It made me realize that maybe the problem with "Moonlighting," or any show where it's ruined once you break the sexual tension, is that there's nothing to the characters but the sexual tension. So the secret is, in your writing, there needs to be more than "Will they or won't they get together?" I was inspired by "The Thin Man" movies from the 40s about a married couple, Nick and Nora. Those are brilliantly written, clever and hilarious and awesome. That's when it dawned on me that when writers sit down to write a married couple that's interesting, it can work."

[BobBretall]

Some really interesting points!

For anyone who wants to read the Scott Kurtz (yay, PVP!!!) interview on CBR, here's a link!
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17672



and, while I'm at it, here's the link to John's latest Mayo Report article on CBR too:
http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17726