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--> -- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]'''

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--> -- '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]'''
'''Homer Simpson''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', "A Milhouse Divided"
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The creator's two younger sons are known in their own right within the video game industry, having started out as ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' level creators who did half of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and have since worked in [[Creator/ValveCorporation Valve]] and other companies. Love is... ripping and tearing.

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The creator's two younger sons are known in their own right within the video game industry, having started out as ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' level creators who did half much of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and have since worked in [[Creator/ValveCorporation Valve]] and other companies. Love is... ripping and tearing.
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The creator's two younger sons are known in their own right within the video game industry, having started out as ''VideoGame/Doom'' level creators who did half of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and have since worked in [[Creator/ValveCorporation Valve]] and other companies. Love is... ripping and tearing.

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The creator's two younger sons are known in their own right within the video game industry, having started out as ''VideoGame/Doom'' ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' level creators who did half of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and have since worked in [[Creator/ValveCorporation Valve]] and other companies. Love is... ripping and tearing.

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The creator's two younger sons are known in their own right within the video game industry, having started out as ''VideoGame/Doom'' level creators who did half of ''VideoGame/FinalDoom'' and have since worked in [[Creator/ValveCorporation Valve]] and other companies. Love is... ripping and tearing.



* AuthorAvatar: Kim Grove based the two main characters on herself and her boyfriend turned husband, Roberto Casali. The characters began as doodles on love notes from when they were dating in 1967, and they married in 1971.

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* AuthorAvatar: Kim Grove based the two main characters on herself and her boyfriend turned husband, Roberto Casali. The characters began as doodles on love notes from when they were dating in 1967, and they married in 1971. 1971, eventually having three sons.
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has longer eyelashes and [[LongHairIsFeminine much longer hair]] than the boy.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has longer eyelashes and eyelashes, [[LongHairIsFeminine much longer hair]] hair]], and rounder eyebrows than the boy.
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* AlternativeComics[=/=]UndergroundComics: The strip could be considered one before it was officially serialized and Kim Grove went full-time into it, as she had self-published little booklets of them (titled "Love is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness When]]") which she sold on the side as a receptionist. Upon her wedding, booklets were given to their guests as gifts and the positive response inspired her to take it to the newspaper syndicates.

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* AlternativeComics[=/=]UndergroundComics: The strip could be considered one before it was officially serialized and Kim Grove went full-time into it, as she had self-published little booklets of them (titled "Love is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness When]]") which she sold on the side as a receptionist. Upon her For a friend's wedding, booklets were given to their guests as gifts and the positive response inspired her to take it to the newspaper syndicates.

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''[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]]'' is a comic strip created by the late Kim Grove, an artist from UsefulNotes/NewZealand.

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''[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]]'' is a comic strip created by the late Kim Grove, Marilyn Judith "Kim" Grove (later Casali), an artist from UsefulNotes/NewZealand.



* AuthorAvatar: Kim Grove based the two main characters on herself and her husband, Roberto Casali.

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* AlternativeComics[=/=]UndergroundComics: The strip could be considered one before it was officially serialized and Kim Grove went full-time into it, as she had self-published little booklets of them (titled "Love is [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness When]]") which she sold on the side as a receptionist. Upon her wedding, booklets were given to their guests as gifts and the positive response inspired her to take it to the newspaper syndicates.
* AuthorAvatar: Kim Grove based the two main characters on herself and her boyfriend turned husband, Roberto Casali.Casali. The characters began as doodles on love notes from when they were dating in 1967, and they married in 1971.



* {{Ghostwriter}}: In 1975, Roberto was diagnosed with cancer and Kim stopped working on the strip herself to care for him, She hired a London-based British cartoonist named Bill Asprey to handle it and he has done so ever since, but the strip is still published with her name and signature. Sadly, Roberto died the following year. Kim went on to manage the business side of the franchise until her death in 1997, and one of her and Roberto's sons manages it to this day.



* NewspaperComics: Its most well-known incarnation. A British full-color version has them clothed.
* NoNameGiven: Functionally so, but averted in a few early strips where the girl's name is revealed to be Kim and the boy is revealed to have the inital R.



* OnlyOneName: The strips are signed only "Kim" but compilation books credit her by her surname(s).
* SecondarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has dots for nipples, unlike the boy.



* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has longer eyelashes than the boy.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has longer eyelashes and [[LongHairIsFeminine much longer hair]] than the boy.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy

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* BarbieDollAnatomyBarbieDollAnatomy: As seen in the page image.



* SuperDeformed: According to WordOfGod, the characters are supposed to be adults, though they are drawn in a style ''much'' more reminiscent of children.

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* SuperDeformed: According to WordOfGod, the creator, the characters are supposed to be adults, though they are drawn in a style ''much'' more reminiscent of children.



** "Secondary", too, since the girl has nipples and the boy doesn't...
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* YouthfulFreckles: The girl has these.
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The strip publishes in a daily basis on its Web page following the format of a one-panel strip. It features male and female characters who look no older than 6, always in love and most of the time ''nude''.

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The strip publishes in on a daily basis on its Web page following the format of a one-panel strip. It features male and female characters who look no older than 6, always in love and most of the time ''nude''.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Although the two characters look like couple of kindergarteners, certain strips seem to imply they are indeed adults.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Although the two characters look like a couple of kindergarteners, kindergartners, certain strips seem to imply they are indeed adults.
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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics.TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The girl has longer eyelashes than the boy.
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* SweetDreamsFuel
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* SuperDeformed: According to WordOfGod, the characters are supposed to be adults, though they are drawn in a style ''much'' more reminiscent of children.
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[[quoteright:301:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/love_is.jpg]]

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No, the answer is not [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Level Of Violence.]]
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->''You know what you two need? A little comic strip called ''Love Is...''. It's about two naked eight-year-olds who are married."''

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->''You ->''"You know what you two need? A little comic strip called ''Love Is...''. It's about two naked eight-year-olds who are married."''

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''[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]]'' is a comic strip created by Kim Grove, an artist from UsefulNotes/NewZealand.

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''[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]]'' is a comic strip created by the late Kim Grove, an artist from UsefulNotes/NewZealand.



* AuthorAvatar: Kim Grove based the two main characters on herself and her husband, Roberto Casali.



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* LongRunner
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LongRunner: The strip has run continuously since 1970.

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->''You know what you two need? A little comic strip called "Love Is...". It's about two naked eight-year-olds who are married."''
--> -- '''[[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]'''

[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]] is a comic strip created by Kim Grove, an artist from New Zealand.

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->''You know what you two need? A little comic strip called "Love ''Love Is...".''. It's about two naked eight-year-olds who are married."''
--> -- '''[[TheSimpsons '''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]'''

[[http://loveiscomix.''[[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]] ]]'' is a comic strip created by Kim Grove, an artist from New Zealand.
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* FirstKiss: Comic is no longer on that site.
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[[http://www.gocomics.com/loveis Love Is...]] is a comic strip created by Kim Grove, an artist from New Zealand.

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[[http://www.gocomics.com/loveis [[http://loveiscomix.com/ Love Is...]] is a comic strip created by Kim Grove, an artist from New Zealand.

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristics

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* TertiarySexualCharacteristicsTertiarySexualCharacteristics.
** "Secondary", too, since the girl has nipples and the boy doesn't...
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* FirstKiss: [[http://www.gocomics.com/loveis/2010/11/16/ Sweet first kiss]].

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* FirstKiss: [[http://www.gocomics.com/loveis/2010/11/16/ Sweet first kiss]].Comic is no longer on that site.
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Could be for the girl too.


* BarbieDollAnatomy: For the male character.

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* BarbieDollAnatomy: For the male character.BarbieDollAnatomy
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Although the two characters look like couple of kindergarteners, certain strips seem to imply they are indeed adults.
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* LongRunners: to put it in perspective, [[AlexSora89 this troper's]] dad bought [[TheMerch a "Love Is..." keychain]] for his own parents ''thirty years ago.'' [[hottip:*: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming ... and, to date, they still have it.]]]]

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* LongRunners: to put it in perspective, [[AlexSora89 this troper's]] dad bought [[TheMerch a "Love Is..." keychain]] for his own parents ''thirty years ago.'' [[hottip:*: [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming ... and, to date, they still have it.]]]]LongRunner
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* AnimeAnatomy: For the male character.

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* AnimeAnatomy: BarbieDollAnatomy: For the male character.

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