''Toothpaste for Dinner'' is a
webcomic
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created by
Drew Fairweather. The comic was launched on January 1, 2002.
While strips were previously posted daily or several times a week, new strips are currently posted each Monday at 12:01 AM,
EST. Each comic features small, simple drawings, paired with short captions or dialogue. The style of humor on ''Toothpaste for Dinner'' encompasses surrealism, irony,
social commentary
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, cynicism, and
schadenfreude
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, among other types of humor. Each cartoon is entirely self-contained (except in certain cases of a series, such as the
horoscope
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series.)
Art
The art for ''Toothpaste for Dinner'' is drawn with ink on paper (Uni-Ball Micro pens and 300 lb. wt. Bristol board illustration paper). Although the art is primarily black and white, a color comic is occasionally posted. The art style, although minimalist, stands out due to its disjointed style. The artist often draws people with misaligned eyes, and only three, flipper-like fingers. The comic has been illustrated by contractors since 2010, so that
Fairweather
Fairweather or Fair Weather may refer to:.
People
* Fairweather (surname)
Music
* Fairweather (band), an American indie rock band
* Fair Weather (band), a British pop group from 1970 to 1971
* ''Fair Weather'' (album), a 2000 album by Aliso ...
can focus on his other projects: "The Worst Things for Sale" and his
rap
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career as Crudbump.
Reception
Sam Anderson of ''
Slate
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'' described ''Toothpaste for Dinner'' as "the most addictive comic on the Web." Whitney Reynolds, producer of ''
PC Magazine
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Overview
''PC Mag ...
'', said that the webcomic showed "beauty in simplicity," and supported Anderson's claim of the ''Toothpaste for Dinner''s addictive nature.
Books
*''The Drew Book''
*''Mad Drew: Beyond Coffeedome''
*''Toothpaste for Dinner: hipsters, hamsters and other pressing issues'', 2005 ({{ISBN, 1-58180-786-4)
See also
*''
Married to the Sea''
References
External links
Official site
2000s webcomics
2010s webcomics
Webcomics in print
2002 webcomic debuts