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The painting is among the most famous of his early romance comic derivative works from the period when he was adapting cartoons and advertisments into his style via [[Ben-Day dots]]. The work is said to depict the classic romance-comic story line of temporary adversity.<ref>{{cite book|title=Art History|author=Stokstad, Marilyn|isbn=0-8109-1960-5|p=1129|chapter=Art in the United States And Europe since World War II|quote=''Oh, Jeff'', for example, compresses into a single frame the generic romance-comic story line, in which two people fall in love, face some sort of crisis, or "but," that temporarily threatens their relationship, and then live happily ever after.|publisher=[[Prentice Hall, Inc.]] and [[Harry N. Abrams, Inc.]]}}</ref>
The graphics are quite indicative of frustration, but the text in the speech balloon augment the romantic context and the emotional discord.<ref>{{cite book|title=Roy Lichtenstein|publisher=[[Praeger Publishers]]|editor=Coplans, John|chapter=On Lichtenstein|date=1998|page=34|quote=...the inclusion of the encapsulated legend "Oh, Jeff, I love you too, but..." immediately throws the image into a romantic context of unrequited passion.}}</ref>
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