What happened to ‘Love Is…,’ the adorable single-frame comic strip that was so famous in the 1970s and 1980s all over the world?
I recall two popular weeklies in India carrying it: ‘The Sun’ and ‘JS.’ Then it halted. Inexplicably.
Love Is… seemed to vanish from the scene at a time that couldn’t have been more ironic.
In 1986, Neil Diamond’s major song “Love Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” was out. Today, we remember the song. The comic strip is as well.
Kim Casali, a New Zealand cartoonist, created ‘Love Is…’ in the 1960s. A sequence of love messages she made for her future spouse inspired the cartoon.
It was first published in booklets before being serialized in a newspaper under the pen name “Kim” in 1970. Soon after, it was syndicated worldwide, and in India, in addition to youth magazines like ‘The Sun’ and ‘JS,’ ‘Love Is…’ began appearing in Bombay’s crusading morning newspaper ‘The Daily’ in the 1980s.
“Love Is…being able to say you’re sorry,” one of Kim’s most popular designs, was promoted abroad for many years in print, on cards, and as souvenirs.
The beginning of the comic corresponded with the release of the 1970 film ‘Love Story.’ “Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” says the film’s famous line.
In 1975, Kim’s husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and she decided to leave the animation to be with him. Love must have died, then…
About Mark Manuel
The above thoughts/content has been proudly copied from the wall of Sir Mark Manuel. Being interviewing almost every role model of this country and going stronger each day. Mark Manuel is a respected Mumbai editor, writer, as well as columnist.
With over three decades of journalism in leading publications. This includes the Free Press Journal, Times, Dainik Bhaskar, Mid-Day, as well as Afternoon. He is famous for his brilliant pen interviews. He himself is a TEDx speaker.
Further
His interviews have featured in several leading media houses. They include the Hindustan Times, Huffington Post, BBC, and Network 18. He has interviewed almost every famous person. In the country from Mother Teresa to Muhammad Ali. His first book is just out. It’s titled Moryaa Re! It is a crime thriller that is perhaps the country’s first police procedural. He began his career covering crime. And in a tribute to his experience and knowledge of this beat.
Several distinguished officers of the Mumbai Police and its Crime Branch collaborated with him to make this book possible. In a statement of friendship for Mark Manuel and admiration for his work, Amitabh Bachchan wrote the forward.
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