Each comic features small, simple drawings, paired with short captions or dialogue.

The art for Toothpaste for Dinner is drawn with ink on paper (Uni-Ball Micro pens and 300 lb.

[2][3] The comic has been illustrated by contractors since 2010, so that Fairweather can focus on his other projects: "The Worst Things for Sale" and his rap career as Crudbump.

[4] Sam Anderson of Slate described Toothpaste for Dinner as "the most addictive comic on the Web.

"[5] Whitney Reynolds, producer of PC Magazine, said that the webcomic showed "beauty in simplicity," and supported Anderson's claim of the Toothpaste for Dinner's addictive nature.