@verity_kindle@clark Everett is canonically embarrassed by being publicly reminded of the sweet lovey-doveys he used to say to Mrs. True when they were courting. If they still speak that way privately to each other, we have divined the background to this strip.
Where do you find your Everett true comics? I'm guessing some kind of archive based on the highlighted text. Have you come across other good old timey cartoons?