My first two thoughts were one – opposites attract, and two – cartoonists use expression and body language to depict intense emotions. I considered various cartoon couples, friends and lovers, who might also fit the strong and weak paradigm. Popeye and Olive Oil were the clear choice. By a lucky twist, I found the reverse of what I expected – the bumptious Popeye looking meek and the demure Olive Oil angrily yelling. They were in one Sunday strip, but in separate frames, so I recombined them in one tableau. I stenciled them in black line onto the white enameled inner surface of a washing machine lid, and cut the words out of wood, painted them in opposing colors, and then interlocked and floated them out in front of the image. I added cartoon grawlix in the corners to embellish the conflict.