Thanks so much to Estelle over at This Happy Place Blog for inviting me to write about sappy love nonsense. Well, not really: the prompt was to write about what makes some of the great Disney couples work. And I couldn’t think of a better couple then Helen and Bob Parr (a.k.a. Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible) from Pixar’s The Incredibles.
Writer-director Brad Bird obviously has a knack for capturing true emotion on film, be it the passion for what you love in Ratatouille, or the complex identity of an outcast in The Iron Giant, or the at-times strained but always loving marriage of the Parrs. They love each other immensely, but that doesn’t mean their marriage is without insecurity. They squabble, they fight and nag, but they know each other better care about each other more than anybody else.
(I also love Helen Parr because she reminds me a lot of Tami Taylor from Friday Night Lights!)
I drew a little comic strip to try and capture the essence of what makes their relationship tick. Head over to This Happy Place Blog to take a look!
Lance + Jeff 