When Does "The Plain Janes" (2007) Take Place?
"The Plain Janes" is a coming-of-age dramedy graphic novel written by Cecil Castellucci and released May 2nd, 2007.
It takes place in the year:
We know this because in a narration textbox on the first page from the point of view of Jane Beckles, we read "Metro City. Last spring. When it happened, I fell." The prologue takes place in Spring 2002 AD at the earliest so a full year has passed between the prologue (plus the flashbacks to soon after the prologue) and the main action. Also, Jane Beckles has a flip-phone-style cell phone and these became rare when they went out of fashion with the introduction of the iPhone in June of 2007 AD.
2003 AD
We know this because in a narration textbox on the first page from the point of view of Jane Beckles, we read "Metro City. Last spring. When it happened, I fell." The prologue takes place in Spring 2002 AD at the earliest so a full year has passed between the prologue (plus the flashbacks to soon after the prologue) and the main action. Also, Jane Beckles has a flip-phone-style cell phone and these became rare when they went out of fashion with the introduction of the iPhone in June of 2007 AD.
2002 + 1 = 2003.
Additionally, in the prologue, a newspaper front page headline reads "ORANGE ALERT!" and the color-coded terrorist alert Homeland Security Advisory System was introduced in the United States of America on March 11th, 2002 AD and replaced on April 27th, 2011 AD. The prologue must be during March 2002 AD at the earliest.
In the version printed as part of "The Plain Janes Omnibus", Jane Beckles's cell phone is changed to a candy-bar-style smartphone like the iPhone. This places the main action after June of 2007 AD and the prologue before April of 2011 AD.
