In the 1980s an alternate version of the strip ran in the "Cartoons" paper in the British newspaper the Mail on Sunday. In one of the strips the characters are shown campaigning to save children. Friends and others occasionally appear, generally distinguished from the main characters by their hair color and style.Īlthough the strip generally deals with personal relationship issues, sometimes there are messages related to environment conservation and teaching their kids lessons about the environment. Pet dogs and cats have appeared, sometimes deceased to illustrate love for a lost pet.
The gray-haired elderly parents of either partner are also seen. Their two children may appear as either infants or pre-teens. The strip occasionally includes members of the couple's family. Although not usually named, a 1974 strip identifies the woman as "Kim", and a 1971 strip has her writing the letter "R" in the beach sand: both references to original cartoonist Kim Casali and her husband Roberto. The characters have been featured in various stages of romance: just meeting, dating, as a young married couple, and in old age. He is identified by his short black hair, and she by her light waist-length hair. The figures have no primary or secondary sexual features shown other than the woman having dots for nipples. They are typically depicted unclothed, unless clothing is needed for the scene depicted, such as a military uniform for the man, or an apron for the woman. The two main characters are a man and a woman, drawn simply with oversize heads and eyes. Each strip is independent of those before and after there are no ongoing storylines. The caption for each strip begins with the phrase "love is." in the upper left corner, with the thought completed at the bottom, below an illustration, usually of the man and the woman who are the main characters. ( September 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification.
Upon her death in 1997, Casali's son Stefano took over Minikim, the company which handles the intellectual rights. Asprey has produced the cartoon continuously since 1975. Casali commissioned London-based British cartoonist Bill Asprey to take over the writing and drawing of the daily cartoons for her, under her pen name. Roberto Casali was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 1975 and Kim stopped working on the cartoon to spend more time with him. The film's signature line is " Love means never having to say you're sorry." At the height of their popularity in the early to mid 1970s, the cartoons were earning Casali around five to six million dollars annually. The beginning of the strip coincided closely with the 1970 film Love Story. One of her most famous drawings, "Love Is.being able to say you are sorry", published on February 9, 1972, was marketed internationally for many years in print, on cards and on souvenirs. They were syndicated soon after and the strip is syndicated worldwide today by Tribune Content Agency. They were published in booklets in the late 1960s before appearing in strip form in a newspaper in 1970, under the pen name "Kim".
ROMANTIC PHOTO ON SLEEPING COUPLE SERIES
The cartoons originated from a series of love notes that Grove drew for her future husband, Roberto Casali. is a comic strip created by New Zealand cartoonist Kim Casali ( née Grove) in the 1960s.
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