# Toothpaste for Dinner

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{{Infobox Webcomic| <!-- Part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics -->
| title = Toothpaste for Dinner
| image = 200px
| caption = Sample comic
| author = [Drew](/source/Drew_(webcomic_artist))
| url = [http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/ toothpastefordinner.com]
| status = Weekly
| began = January 1, 2002
| ended =
| genre = Comedy
| ratings =
}}
'''''Toothpaste for Dinner''''' is a [webcomic](/source/webcomic) created by [Drew Fairweather](/source/Drew_(webcomic_artist)). The comic was launched on January 1, 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedenverchannel.com/websiteoftheweek/13421499/detail.html|website=Thedenverchannel.com|publisher=[7News](/source/7News)|title=Web Comic Makes Point Of Drawing Out Laughs|last=Mlodzik|first=Christine|date=2007-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214131449/http://www.thedenverchannel.com/websiteoftheweek/13421499/detail.html|archive-date=2008-02-14}}</ref>

While strips were previously posted daily or several times a week, new strips are currently posted each Monday at 12:01 AM, [EST](/source/Eastern_Time_Zone). 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](/source/social_commentary), cynicism, and [schadenfreude](/source/schadenfreude), among other types of humor. Each cartoon is entirely self-contained (except in certain cases of a series, such as the [horoscope](/source/horoscope) 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.<ref>[http://media.www.pittnews.com/media/storage/paper879/news/2005/10/11/Ae/Brush.Daily.With.Random.Humor-1786322.shtml Brush daily with random humor]{{dead link|date=February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/26/an-interview-with-famed-comic-artists-drew-and-natalie-dee|work=[TechCrunch](/source/TechCrunch)|title=An interview with famed comic artists Drew and Natalie Dee|last=Merrill|first=Scott|date=2010-02-26}}</ref> The comic has been illustrated by contractors since 2010, so that [Fairweather](/source/Fairweather_Johnson) can focus on his other projects: "The Worst Things for Sale" and his [rap](/source/rap_music) career as Crudbump.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.com/2015/11/webcomics-changing-business-model|newspaper=[Observer](/source/Observer.com)|title=The Webcomics Business Is Moving on From Webcomics|last=Dale|first=Brady|date=2015-11-16}}</ref>

==Reception==
Sam Anderson of ''[Slate](/source/Slate_(magazine))'' described ''Toothpaste for Dinner'' as "the most addictive comic on the Web."<ref>{{cite magazine  |first=Sam  |last=Anderson  |pages=3, 12  |title=Toothpaste for Dinner: A slide-show tour of the most addictive comic on the Web.  |date=June 24, 2005  |magazine=[Slate](/source/Slate_(magazine))  |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2121388/}}</ref> Whitney Reynolds, producer of ''[PC Magazine](/source/PC_Magazine)'', said that the webcomic showed "beauty in simplicity," and supported Anderson's claim of the ''Toothpaste for Dinner''{{'}}s addictive nature.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2139707,00.asp|magazine=[PC Magazine](/source/PC_Magazine)|title=10 Wicked Awesome Webcomics|last=Reynolds|first=Whitney|date=2007-06-04|page=1}}</ref>

==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](/source/Married_to_the_Sea)''

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/ Official site]

Category:2000s webcomics
Category:2010s webcomics
Category:Webcomics in print
Category:2002 webcomic debuts

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