Drew (webcomic artist)
| Married to the Sea | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Drew and Natalie Dee |
| Website | www.marriedtothesea.com |
| Current status / schedule | updates daily |
| Launch date | February 13, 2006 |
| NatalieDee.com | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Natalie Dee |
| Website |
www.nataliedee.com www.nataliedeemachine.com |
| Current status / schedule | NatalieDee.com ceased updating as of December 5, 2013 NatalieDeeMachine.com is live as of February 15, 2014 |
| Launch date | September 17, 2002 |
Married to the Sea is a webcomic by husband and wife Drew Fairweather and Natalie Dee. Both Drew and Natalie have creative input on Married To The Sea but the comic is not strictly collaborative. Each has a personal webcomic project: Drew is also the author of Toothpaste for Dinner and Natalie Dee produces NatalieDee.
There is one new comic on Married to the Sea daily. According to the site, it updates at midnight EST, "without exception." The comics themselves are composed of public domain images (Victorian or otherwise) combined with new captions written by the authors. Despite its dated appearance, frequent anachronistic references to current events, as well as modern technologies and concepts, make it apparent that the comic itself is being written in the present day. Married to the Sea has been described by New York magazine as "brilliant" and "lowbrow".
The comic draws its inspiration from many different domains, including popular music and entertainment, science, history, government, politics, and philosophy. The intentions of the characters are frequently ambiguous, and their actions and words are frequently (and often bizarrely) at odds with the opinions expressed in actual Victorian-era America.
The first Married to the Sea comic was posted online on February 13, 2006. The site now sells several t-shirts and prints based on comics from Married to the Sea.
In March 2012, Drew and Natalie created three new websites full of non-comic content. These are @drewtoothpaste, The Worst Things For Sale, and Stuff I Put On Myself.
NatalieDee is a webcomic created by Natalie Dee (a pen name for Natalie Cassidy) one of the authors of Married to the Sea.
There is a new comic added daily to NatalieDee.com. The Webcomics comprise various sketches illustrating amusing or anecdotal situations from every day life. The comics do not follow a plot, but do feature recurring characters such as Natalie Dee's dogs, Chester and Charles. There are a number of references to Natalie Dee's own life, for example her pets and previous jobs and family although the comics are not supposed to be autobiographical.
According to The Daily Gamecock, "Natalie Dee's comics are a daily dose of amusement, entertainment and, oftentimes, confusion," while they are referred to as "unbearable cuteness" by Entertainment Weekly.
The first Natalie Dee webcomic was published on 17 September 2002. At this point the comic was not regularly updated. The comic began being updated on weekdays from 29 December 2003 and then daily as of 9 May 2005.
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