FROM THE BACK COVER: "WELCOME TO CRUSTWOOD HEIGHTS, USA, HOME OF THE PENNYS, YOUR FAVORITE MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICAN FAMILY, AND STARS OF 'THE DINETTE SET.'

HERE IN THE PENNY HOUSEHOLD, THE COOKING IS PRE-PACKAGED, FATTENING AND PLENTIFUL, THE CLOTHES ARE CHEAP, COLORFUL AND ELASTIC, AND THE HOME DECOR IS TACKY, METICULOUSLY KEPT, CHEAP NAME-BRAND CLUTTER.

THE PENNYS AND THEIR ACQUAINTANCES ARE EMBARRASSINGLY FAMILIAR TO EVERY AMERICAN. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WE ALL SEE AT THE SUPERMARKET, CUTTING COUPONS AND TRACKING DOWN THE SALES (AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T REQUIRE TOO MUCH PHYSICAL EXERTION).

THE PENNYS ARE ALL AROUND US. WE SEE THEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHERE WE SHOP AND ON OUR ROADS. WE KNOW THE DINETTE SET BECAUSE--IN SMALL AND LARGE WAYS--WE ARE THE PENNYS AND THEIR GANG. WE MIGHT LAUGH AT THEM, BUT DON'T WE ALL ASPIRE TO FEAST FROM THE SAME TABLE? SOMETIMES IT'S TOO PAINFUL AND TOO HILARIOUS TO TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK INTO THE MIRROR OF REALITY!"

THE DINETTE SET IS THE BRAINCHILD OF CARTOONISHT JULIE LARSON, A FORMER ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER. WHEN JULIE MOVED FROM THE FAST PACED LIFE OF DOWNTOWN CHICAGO TO THE SUBURBS TO RAISE HER FAMILY, SHE FOUND THE INSPIRATION FOR THE JOKES WE FIND IN HER DAILY COMIC."

Dinette Set: In Memory of Taste (The Dinette Set)

Comics & Graphic Novels

Julie Larson

Comic Strips

CDS Books

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Dinette Set: In Memory of Taste (The Dinette Set)