Married to the sea

March 5, 2006 10:26 PM

Married to the sea. Drew of toothpaste for dinner fame and his wife Natalie have now paired up in this collaborative work, turning old-style comics and drawings into something we've grown to expect from them.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party (50 comments total)

I saw drew's toothpaste book in a Somerville book store the other day. It brought me a little beam of intarweb pride.

Married to the Sea is reminding me of a lot of old Al Jaffee panels that were created from very similar materials.
posted by damehex at 10:33 PM on March 5, 2006

Wow, all this time I thought she was Drew's sister.
posted by jonson at 10:52 PM on March 5, 2006

Yeah, aren't Drew and Natalie brother and sister?
posted by hot soup girl at 10:54 PM on March 5, 2006

Wow... those were all horribly unamusing. Thank god there weren't more of them. Natalie frequently makes me laugh, and Drew's stuff is frequently amusing. I guess they're like the comedy version of vinegar & vanilla, two delicious flavors I enjoy that when mixed together create a horribly unamusing website.
posted by jonson at 10:56 PM on March 5, 2006

She's his sister AND his wife
posted by growabrain at 10:56 PM on March 5, 2006 [1 favorite]

That was what they told everyone, a la "The White Stripes". However in an invent drew did with slate it was revealed that they are actually married.

Drew was pretty angry about it but it seems now he doesn't mind so much. They state that they are indeed married on the 'about' section of the new website.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 10:58 PM on March 5, 2006

Arrghhh

Invent = Interview

I need to stop this confounded multi-tasking.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 10:59 PM on March 5, 2006

Those were great--it's a shame there aren't any more.
posted by hototogisu at 11:20 PM on March 5, 2006

I was unmoved.

And this comment was unnecessary.
posted by BitterOldPunk at 11:31 PM on March 5, 2006

"I will never reveal the Wu-Tang secret" made me laugh out loud (that's the only one though).
posted by milov at 11:32 PM on March 5, 2006

Those were a shame--it's great there aren't any more.
posted by Sir Mildred Pierce at 11:34 PM on March 5, 2006

It's motherfucking booze time.
posted by jimmythefish at 11:57 PM on March 5, 2006

I'm saving this one. This rest are pretty 'meh'.
posted by Ryvar at 12:23 AM on March 6, 2006

This just makes me long for Edison Hate Future(NSFW) by Warren Ellis.
posted by fFish at 1:07 AM on March 6, 2006

I don't see any real difference between "toothpaste" and "married." In both, the pictures are meaningless. You can swap the pictures at random and nothing much will change.

Their talent is writing.
posted by Jatayu das at 3:11 AM on March 6, 2006

Their talent is performance art on the web.
posted by Space Coyote at 3:22 AM on March 6, 2006

Some heh, some meh. I just wish these two would learn about the magic of "Previous" and "Next" buttons.
posted by Gator at 3:53 AM on March 6, 2006

i thought they were brother and sister for so long... what a bunch of jerks.

that said, yet another one of their sites i'll have to add to my daily list. wutan secret, hummingbirds, photographs suck, and going to rule are fantasic.
posted by lotsofno at 5:20 AM on March 6, 2006

Two unfunny tastes that taste unfunny together.

YES THAT MEANS I THOUGHT IT WAS DUMB.
posted by Eideteker at 5:30 AM on March 6, 2006

Sheesh, there have got to be scripts out there that could grab random imagery from the web and produce more interesting one cell comics than that crap. Boo Hiss-----
posted by gigbutt at 5:38 AM on March 6, 2006

Yes, but what about the pugs?
posted by docgonzo at 5:46 AM on March 6, 2006

I liked the booze time one, but the others were not so interesting to me. I'm not trying to be snarky, I just didn't think they were that clever. Perhaps it's because I'm not already familiar with these people from other things they've done?
posted by OmieWise at 5:48 AM on March 6, 2006

Careful, all. Drew doesn't like people talking about his work without his permission.
posted by S.C. at 6:02 AM on March 6, 2006

That deficit of talent gets you fans? Wow. Maybe fame beckons yet!
posted by Blue Stone at 6:09 AM on March 6, 2006

Hey, it could be worse. It could be Achewood.
posted by majick at 6:44 AM on March 6, 2006

Hey, it could be worse. It could be Achewood.

Or Drew's music.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 6:50 AM on March 6, 2006

WonderMark is in a similar vein, though it's more of a clip-art strip and less of a "funny caption" comic.
posted by Sangre Azul at 7:01 AM on March 6, 2006

Next up: They can collaborate on Exploding Dog rip-off drawings with the shockingly creative addition of swear words! Oh wait, she can do that on her own. (oh snap!)
posted by clango at 7:08 AM on March 6, 2006

I fully and sincerely loved each and every cartoon in the set with an unmatched and deeply moved passion.

Just being contrary.
posted by brownpau at 7:14 AM on March 6, 2006

Careful, all. Drew doesn't like people talking about his work without his permission.

i really think he has a point. we should take the focus off of his lackluster work and start discussing the fact that he's a total crybaby.
posted by soma lkzx at 7:42 AM on March 6, 2006

this made me L - O - fucking - L
posted by goldism at 8:02 AM on March 6, 2006

goldism, I think that's what the kids these days call "pwnage."
posted by S.C. at 8:07 AM on March 6, 2006

Shakespeare got to get paid, son.

I thought it was funny, so sue me.
posted by vodkadin at 9:27 AM on March 6, 2006

Is it just me or do Natalie's pictures look like a complete rip-off of Sam Brown's earlier work?
posted by sharpener at 11:00 AM on March 6, 2006

this was hysterical. toothpaste for dinner is often amusing, nataliedee is always meh. married to the sea is awesome on a stick, beer batter dipped and slathered in honey barbecue sauce.
posted by shmegegge at 11:13 AM on March 6, 2006

oh, and this is now my desktop.
posted by shmegegge at 11:18 AM on March 6, 2006

If I loved Toothpaste for Breakfast, then I LOVED THIS!
posted by Citizen Premier at 11:24 AM on March 6, 2006

Sharpener - I've long wished someone would make a "Hot or Not?" style site entitled "Natalie or Sam?" for this very reason.
posted by clango at 11:45 AM on March 6, 2006

hm, those livejournal links are interesting.

I too thought drew and natalie were siblings since they had the same drawing talent in their comics. And this new stuff is pretty looking but it's not funny.
posted by puke & cry at 12:18 PM on March 6, 2006 [1 favorite]

oh, and this is now my desktop.

That one one my favorite, too.

I love Natalie. I have faith this will get better.
posted by nuclear_soup at 12:32 PM on March 6, 2006

this is pretty sweet, but i still prefer partially clips.
posted by timory at 12:37 PM on March 6, 2006

It's clear they spent a lot of time making these. Maybe they should have left the drugs out of the equation. I didn't find them remotely amusing.
posted by crunchland at 12:51 PM on March 6, 2006

Almost related
posted by aubilenon at 1:41 PM on March 6, 2006

A Softer World : Toothpaste for Dinner :: T.S. Eliot : toilet-stall graffiti
posted by S.C. at 1:54 PM on March 6, 2006

Whoa, it must take real coordination for all their work to be so uniformly terrible.
posted by lemur at 2:36 PM on March 6, 2006

These reminded me of the random humor and clip-art craziness of Glen Baxter. Except not as funny as Baxter's stuff.
posted by ktoad at 3:00 PM on March 6, 2006

I think it's more complicated. There IS NO NATALIE. Natalie is Drew. Drew is Natalie. It's all a big intarweb conspiracy. There is nothing to see here. Move along.
posted by geekhorde at 4:02 PM on March 6, 2006

Yay another website devoted to something completely banal and stupid where's my damn refresh button
posted by cellphone at 6:38 PM on March 6, 2006

I'm sure all you naysayers at least laughed at this one. If not your sense of humor isn't so much different as it is dead.
posted by Citizen Premier at 6:53 PM on March 6, 2006

The newish blog is funny, too.
posted by onlyconnect at 7:28 PM on March 6, 2006