Others she left under his pillow or in his drawers. Since Casali loved to draw, she sometimes made little drawings in her personal letters to her husband Roberto. Kim and Roberto Casali in the Los Angeles Times of 24 August 1971. The music of Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey and Neil Diamond moved her. Books, films, TV shows or songs about love always made her very emotional. Even if these jobs weren't exactly dream professions, she was very happy in their relationship. Kim Casali always described herself as a romantic soul. After they got engaged, she took a job at the cosmetics brand Max Factor, sticking labels on packages, and then worked as a receptionist at a design company. In 1967, at a Los Angeles ski club party, she met the man of her dreams, Roberto Alfredo Vicenzo Casali, an Italian-American computer engineer. During most of her young adult life, she was a globetrotter, travelling to Australia, Europe and the United States. Marilyn Judith Grove was born in 1941 in Auckland, New Zealand. It depressed her so much, that she never remarried and retired from cartooning after only five years. Sadly enough, Kim Casali's own love life was brutally torn apart by the early death of her husband. Critics mocked its sentimental and basic formula, but 'Love Is.' remains beloved, having endeared audiences for over half a century. 'Love Is.' was translated and printed in countless newspapers all over the world, gradually growing into a colossal merchandising success. Later she passed the pencil to Bill Asprey, who expanded the feature with a Sunday comic.
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Originally, when the series was still an one-panel cartoon, Casali drew all episodes herself. She created the main characters: a loving couple modelled after herself and her husband.
Kim Casali was a New Zealand cartoonist, world famous for the 'Love Is.' (1970) cartoon series.
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