is a Webcomic by Catana Chetwyndnote , revolving around the adorable relationship between she and her fiancé, John Freed. Initially created as a way to illustrate the "mere exposure" effectnote , John persuaded Catana to release the comics to the public and they quickly became extremely popular.The comic has four print collections, Little Moments of Love: A Catana Comics Collection, Snug: A Collection of Comics About Dating Your Best Friend, and In Love & Pajamas: A Collection of Comics about Being Yourself Together, and You Are Home (The Catana Comic Collection). It also has a YouTube channel.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Aerith and Bob: Catana and John.
- Art Evolution: The comic has gone through three different art styles during its run, beginning with the rougher early comics, followed by a period where the characters had disproportionately large heads while the drawing became more polished, to the current style where the characters have slightly more realistic proportions.
- Berserk Button: Don't touch John's fries. Not even Catana is exempt.
- Big Eater: Catana and John are occasionally shown being able to put away large amounts of food in a single sitting. Catana can even open her jaw wide enough to eat half a sandwich in a single bite.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Catana freely admits that she doesn't like it when other women pay attention to John.
- Dramatic Thunder: When Catana refers to the time before she and Jon got together as "the before time", lightning and thunder appear in the background.
- Eating the Eye Candy: Several strips have Catana ogling John's body, such as one that shows John shucking clothes, only to be interrupted by a sound about the time that he's down to his boxers. The last panel has Catana leaning around the door facing saying "Mooooore".
- Fanservice: Severely downplayed. The comics have featured both Catana and John in various states of undress, along with Catana's butt, but the art style and the overall wholesome nature of the comic completely kills any possible titillation factor.
- Hairy Girl: Fully averted by Catana, as she demonstrates to John in one strip.John: A thirty minute shower? What do you even do in there?
Catana: (irritated expression, then opens her towel to flash him) NO HAIR ANYWHERE! - Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: John is 16 inches taller than Catananote , and several comics have her either standing on tiptoe to kiss him or compensating in other ways, such as standing on a stack of books. In one strip, he gets on his knees to be roughly her height, and complains "How do you live like this?!"
- Manly Facial Hair: Catana is very attracted to John's beard, going so far as to throw out any razors he buys.
- Opposites Attract: Invoked in one comic where Catana and John note that their differences are what draws each to the other. They even say that their differences combine to form one normal adult.
- Prone to Sunburn: In one comic, Catana spends hours in the sun with no difference in skin tone, while John gets sunburned in the time it takes to walk to the mailbox and back.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Catana is the spontaneous and outgoing red while John is the organized and sensible blue, as noted in one comic.
- Scenery Censor:
- In one comic, while Catana is in the shower, John surprises her with a towel that's been freshly heated in the dryer. In the first panel, she's protected by a conveniently placed dresser.
- Another comic shows Catana in the shower, but flames pouring from the shower head (to symbolize her preference for scalding hot water) cover up her bits.
- Smells Sexy: One strip has Catana wondering what a new smell is, followed by John happily explaining that he bought a new cologne. In the last panel, Catana has stripped all her clothes off in front of a wide-eyed John.Catana: Take me.
- Unaffected by Spice: A handful of comics show that Catana has a much higher spice tolerance than John.
- In one, Catana is literally pouring fire out of a bottle to show how spicy she likes her food.
- One comic shows Catana eating an "extra hot douple spiced ghost pepper crusted meal".John: You know, you could eat things that aren't painful.
Catana: I LIKE the pain! - In one comic, Catana offers John a bite of her meal, saying it's pretty mild. He asks if it's her mild or his mild.
