# Today's "Love Is..." comic **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 30, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120 "2017-11-30T04:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/1 "2017-11-30T04:32:05Z")
Is it just me, or did things suddenly get [really dark](https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/love-is-comic-panel-20171129cplis-a-tif/) in today’s comic? Melting clock. Wilted flowers. “Love is” boy dressed in a suit. Caption: "… sometimes a lost cause. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/2 "2017-11-30T04:34:48Z")
Wow. You sure that isn’t a spoof by Stephen Pastis? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/3 "2017-11-30T04:37:03Z")
wait… \*“Love Is…” \*still _ **exists** _? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/4 "2017-11-30T04:44:12Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Wow. You sure that isn’t a spoof by Stephen Pastis? Oh, I like that idea. Anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/5 "2017-11-30T04:47:39Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > wait… \*“Love Is…” \*still _ **exists** _? No doubt, Man! 1973 called, and it wants its shit back! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/6 "2017-11-30T05:11:51Z")
“It’s about two naked eight year olds who are married…” ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/7 "2017-11-30T05:27:24Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > wait… \*“Love Is…” \*still _ **exists** _? Ha ha. I actually did laugh out loud. Thanks for that. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/8 "2017-11-30T07:21:02Z")
We clearly have a different opinion of what ‘really dark’ means, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/9 "2017-11-30T07:26:14Z")
I think may be the melty clock and wilted flowers mean it is hot outside. Idk, that was my first impression. But I agree I certainly didn’t think that thing was still around. I used to read them in 8th grade. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/10 "2017-11-30T08:52:56Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I think may be the melty clock and wilted flowers mean it is hot outside. Idk, that was my first impression. But I agree I certainly didn’t think that thing was still around. I used to read them in 8th grade. My first thought on seeing the melted clock was Salvador Dali. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/11 "2017-11-30T12:46:59Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > We clearly have a different opinion of what ‘really dark’ means, I think. Compared to the usual saccharine fluff that is “Love Is…”, this strikes an unusual tone for the comic. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/12 "2017-11-30T21:21:00Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > “It’s about two naked eight year olds who are married…” From the look of that page they seem to have found jobs that enable them to afford clothes at least some of the time. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/13 "2017-11-30T22:00:11Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > From the look of that page they seem to have found jobs that enable them to afford clothes at least some of the time. Yeah, I noticed that. They have clothes now, too? But it looks like they’re back to the normal tone today, with “Love is … sharing a chocolate cake.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/14 "2017-11-30T22:27:37Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > We clearly have a different opinion of what ‘really dark’ means, I think. Seems like the little couple have broken up, and the guy has given up on the concept of love. Seems pretty dark to me. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-love-is-comic/803120/15 "2017-11-30T23:06:53Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Compared to the usual saccharine fluff that is “Love Is…”, this strikes an unusual tone for the comic. I concur. Imagine seeing a Family Circus comic where the kids are all seeing a family therapist to deal with Mom and Dad’s breakup and the shared custody arrangements. Not dark compared to the real world, but certainly out of character, and I’d assume initially that it was a parody of the comic.