The Metatext Is A Harsh Mistress
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The Metatext Is A Harsh Mistress

By Rick Griffin on March 30th, 2009

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  1. Newby
    Newby
    March 30, 2009 at 12:03 am |

    Hehe… I can totally see myself doing that.

    • Faved
      Faved
      March 30, 2009 at 12:09 am |

      Ah the infamous car seats again… Anyways I guess the new art style is growing on me. I remember saying to myself that this new art style would not be as cute as the old style was in the first car ride scene, but in this strip you have proven me wrong.

  2. Fuzzypaws
    Fuzzypaws
    March 30, 2009 at 12:22 am |

    Everything about this one is adorable, especially Peanut and the car seats. =) Also now I want to read the book myself!

  3. CalaverX11
    CalaverX11
    March 30, 2009 at 12:24 am |

    It looks like you’ve found a compromise between the old style and the new one…their faces look much more cartoony in this comic.

    • StainedSword
      StainedSword
      March 30, 2009 at 12:33 am |

      I agree, I love the old style, but I’m open to change, and I think this comic shows off the new style the best so far.

      People are probably going to keep saying that for a long time. :P

      I’m really familiar to this kind of thing. My family reads a lot, and so we always have to make promises not to spoil. It’s really hard not to, sometimes.

  4. Fenrari
    Fenrari
    March 30, 2009 at 12:26 am |

    The Non-chalant Grape is adorable.

    • TomFox
      TomFox
      March 30, 2009 at 12:57 am |

      I know right? The new art style just keeps getting better and better!

  5. Polar_Bear
    Polar_Bear
    March 30, 2009 at 12:52 am |

    Hehe. That’s so cute!
    And I know I’ve done that before… so Nyah! :P

  6. Profesor Rod
    Profesor Rod
    March 30, 2009 at 1:19 am |

    Last Panel: Apply to the forehead.

    • Goleus
      Goleus
      March 30, 2009 at 1:22 am |

      That joke would of been much more coherent with the actual panel IF grape was holding her forehead up and having her fingers on her head… It’s more of a Face Palm.

      • Trefoiler
        Trefoiler
        March 30, 2009 at 10:52 am |

        Face Paw, apply directly to face.

        Face Paw, apply directly to face.

        Fa– you know what? If you don’t get the joke by now, I can’t help you.

        Otherwise, join me in a hearty lawl. For it is quite so.

      • Profesor Rod
        Profesor Rod
        March 30, 2009 at 3:04 pm |

        facepaw.jpg

  7. Goleus
    Goleus
    March 30, 2009 at 1:20 am |

    I like it. Next time you hear that from me you will most likely be dead.

  8. johnny3000
    johnny3000
    March 30, 2009 at 1:22 am |

    i wonder whats on page 15?…

  9. Valerio
    Valerio
    March 30, 2009 at 1:29 am |

    Peanut keeps being a cute winner :D
    Me and my friends just do that to each other over new comics. i *know* the feeling

  10. falconfox01
    falconfox01
    March 30, 2009 at 1:44 am |

    my laughing at this strip is just another example of why they think i’m insane at work. No one had a clue as to WTF i was laughing about :P

  11. Tahoe
    Tahoe
    March 30, 2009 at 4:10 am |

    This reminds me way, way, WAY too much of my brother and I…
    <_<

  12. Valerio
    Valerio
    March 30, 2009 at 4:39 am |

    Grape is gonna give Peanut a shock collar

  13. dragonnutds
    dragonnutds
    March 30, 2009 at 5:22 am |

    well, at least he didn’t say what was on page 15

    • taco
      taco
      March 30, 2009 at 12:08 pm |

      not yet

  14. ferretwithaspork
    ferretwithaspork
    March 30, 2009 at 7:13 am |

    Lookin’ great again :D Only thing is grape looks kinda manly in Panel 3 :P In a cute way ^,^

  15. BlueAnubis
    BlueAnubis
    March 30, 2009 at 8:03 am |

    Wow, Peanut reads freakishly fast. I wonder if he read the whole series in that half hour waiting for the new one? (I’m assuming he did) 8D

    Fear the power of the “Stupid Ramblings Concerning Pridelands” book!!!

  16. Tommy
    Tommy
    March 30, 2009 at 9:37 am |

    Wow, Peanut is a REALLY fast reader.

  17. james319
    james319
    March 30, 2009 at 11:00 am |

    XD i do the same thing (mostly games/movies)

  18. Trefoiler
    Trefoiler
    March 30, 2009 at 11:08 am |

    Technically, page fifteen just sets off the chain that gets REALLY awesome on page sixteen. But I won’t say anything. It’s just awesome.

    Was Peanut ever a Pup… Scout? The gestures are unmistakable. As are the sentence structures.

    Stupid Ramblings concerning– too much. My abs are going to fall off. It hurts. Debilitating lawls. Make it stop.

  19. reaperslayer
    reaperslayer
    March 30, 2009 at 11:23 am |

    lawl gun gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  20. Alahmnat
    Alahmnat
    March 30, 2009 at 12:04 pm |

    Sad Peanut is almost abusively cute. Poor Peanut.

    (Seriously, though, I thought *I* read fast…)

  21. Dissension
    Dissension
    March 30, 2009 at 12:50 pm |

    I have a sad, sad feeling that this is based on me. ^^;

    Magister Rickus is a harsh mistress. x3

  22. Insignificance
    Insignificance
    March 30, 2009 at 3:56 pm |

    PEANUT IS SO ADORABLE I CAN’T TAKE IT!!!!!!!!!!
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@@@@@@@

  23. Akwolf
    Akwolf
    March 30, 2009 at 4:03 pm |

    lol… obviously x3 Once again, Peanut’s short attention spans have “spoiled” another day.. lol I love peanut

  24. VaguelyCreepy
    VaguelyCreepy
    March 30, 2009 at 4:14 pm |

    Situations like these only strengthen my belief that we should develop a new martial art known as “duct-tape-fu.”

    Level: Basic
    Move #1: The mouth seal.

  25. Rider098
    Rider098
    March 30, 2009 at 5:33 pm |

    This is adorable all over. Well, at least Peanut sorta kept his promise, just now he’s merely going to ‘hint’ all the way through XP.

    But honestly, would you let Peanut cry too? Sad Peanut makes me sad…

  26. Kumori Getsuei
    Kumori Getsuei
    March 30, 2009 at 7:22 pm |

    XD
    Peanut is just like my best friend! XD
    Poor Grape, I know her pain…

  27. Matrim
    Matrim
    March 31, 2009 at 12:11 am |

    reminds me of the time i read the dark tower by steven king and my friends told me i should not read the end of it^^

  28. Bookwyrm
    Bookwyrm
    March 31, 2009 at 11:55 am |

    I do the same thing as Peanut. I like the same books as my mom (well, I like almost all books…), and whenever she gets a new one I’ll beg her to let me read it first (and if she says no I’ll read it anyways). After I’m done I continuously ask her where she is in the book. It’s so hard to not say what’s going to happen next!

  29. Avery (Zepho)
    Avery (Zepho)
    March 31, 2009 at 12:59 pm |

    When Is House Pets Going Back To The Other Style ??? I Like It More *sighs* I Hope It Happens Soon.

    • D.M.Wolf
      D.M.Wolf
      March 31, 2009 at 2:33 pm |

      rick already said he wasn’t going back several isues ago….

  30. Trefoiler
    Trefoiler
    April 2, 2009 at 7:33 am |

    Hm… strange. I guess I’ll catch the next one…?

  31. Drakkon
    Drakkon
    March 30, 2009 at 7:02 am |

    Get over yourself, Gol. It is funny.

  32. Trefoiler
    Trefoiler
    April 2, 2009 at 7:29 am |

    I don’t know what’s going on with this comment, but I’m hitching a ride on it before it wipes out. Ridin’ the wave!