Editing Plop! (section)

==Contents==
Each issue was centered on a [[frame story]] starring three ghoulish characters with Biblical names: [[Cain (DC Comics)|Cain]], [[Abel (DC Comics)|Abel]] (previously introduced in ''The [[House of Mystery]]'' and ''The [[House of Secrets (DC Comics)|House of Secrets]]'', respectively) and [[Eve (DC Comics)|Eve]]. An issue would typically contain a story told by each of the characters, each bidding to outdo the others in fiendishness.

Stories for ''Plop!'' were generally created in one of three ways. The most common was that [[Steve Skeates]] would write the stories himself, using the [[full script]] method. Due to a brief feud with editor [[Joe Orlando]], for a time Skeates' stories were written under the [[pseudonym]] Chester P. Hazel. The second way was using plot ideas submitted by readers of the anthology. Orlando would select which plot ideas would be used and Skeates would then write the full story. The third way was that Aragonés would write the plot, and someone else would write the script once the story was fully drawn.<ref name="Back21"/>

An illustrative tale drawn by [[Berni Wrightson]] involved a gourmet diner whose love for [[frog legs]] leads to a predictable amphibian revenge: he is left without lower limbs and is doomed to negotiate the world on a trolley.<ref>{{cite comic | writer= [[Steve Skeates|Skeates, Steve]] | penciller= [[Bernie Wrightson|Wrightson, Bernie]] | inker= Wrightson, Bernie | story= The Gourmet | title= Plop! | issue= #1 | date= September–October 1973 | publisher= | page= | panel=}}</ref>

[[Basil Wolverton]] and [[Wallace Wood]] provided covers for the first 19 issues, each depicting a freakish character of some kind. The cover borders hosting a plethora of creatures, however, were drawn by [[Sergio Aragonés]]. All three artists worked on ''[[Mad (magazine)|MAD]]'', and the logo of ''Plop!'' is reminiscent of the early logo of that magazine. Wolverton's covers were not drawn for ''Plop!''; they were inventory pieces which he sent to [[DC Comics]] as a general submission. When all of the drawings he submitted were found suitable for use in ''Plop!'', Wolverton briefly came out of retirement so that he could continue drawing covers for the magazine. After he had a stroke, the magazine turned to Wood as the new cover artist.<ref name="Back21"/>

Aragonés drew most of the frame stories. Later MAD contributor Dave Manak also did art.<ref>{{cite web |first=Todd |last=Klein |author-link=Todd Klein |url=http://kleinletters.com/Blog/?p=8276 |title=Logo Study: PLOP! |date=March 15, 2010 |access-date=March 23, 2010}}</ref>

The magazine was first published without ads but, when sales proved insufficient, advertisements were brought in for later issues. The magazine sold so poorly that, even with the added advertising revenue, DC Comics lost money on each issue, leading to its cancellation.<ref name="Back21"/>