Oh and since Thursday is the next comic heres my prediction.
Scene: Late at night outside the Sandwich household. Moon in the background.
Mr. Sandwich: So, Peanut. Would you like part of the eagle half or part of the lion half?
Dangit, no eating the gryphon! Aside from the fact that neither big cats nor birds of prey make good eating it’s simply wrong, that would be like eating a kakapo, or a three headed dog, or a geman guy who doesn’t drink beer- basically everything that’s extremly rare and therefore precious!
And since the ferals sorta worship Pete cuz hes obviosly suppose to bring around a golden age for them, that would mean domestic vs. feral too? And which side would the wolfpack choose?
They would probably choose domestic. Me, I’m fighting alongside Grape armed with a super broom on an super long extension pole.
*Hits Pete in the face with my broom from 100 yards away* UBER LONG DISTANCE SUPER BROOM TO THE FACE!!!
As you may recall, the prey (and low-level predators) were the ones talking about a golden age of equality. I think the high-level predators (like the wolves) would be not-too-keen about suddenly having the same status as a sloth or turtle.
This smells of trouble, in fact forget smell it reeks of grade A badness. I’m hoping praying, wishing, this ends in a decent way. I’d be sad if someone had to die. I can’t wait to see friday.
So, I have stayed up everynight for the past 2 months, waiting for comic to update. Any comic that I can easily comment on then fall asleep is worth waiting for.
It’s not cerebus syndrome unless the comic consistently takes on a dark/dramatic tone and maintains it. Going from “a humorous comic with the occasional break from comedy” to “a dark comic with an occasional funny moment”.
Give it a few story arcs before bringing up cerebus syndrome.
I….AM…..FREE !!!!!!
Awesome !!!
This may has started a new interesting battle between Good and Evil, Domestic vs Feral,
etc, etc, .
Gotta love the black speech bubbles, it adds a lot of mystery and an evil appeal, if you will.
Well , I’ll just have to wait to see the beginning and continuation of this mysterious yet promising arc !!!!
Before anyone says it , I know it is a bit ( or maybe a lot _ _ ) earlier than usual but , I’ll say it anyways :
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL !!!
Who celebrates Thanksgiving? I mean I celebrate Nation Fry Up A Turkey And Stuff Your Face Until You Can’t Eat Any More, Then Go Back For Seconds And Sleep Tomorrow Away Day.
I wonder how they will be able to defeat Pete,if he is the bad guy,who will stop him then?
is it Tarot(the magical dog),Zach(the opener of ways),Grape(the violent cat),or Peanut(the playful dog???)
I do hope either the pets or the humans can find a way to make things the way they were before or bring down that evil lookin griffin and use
it as a subsitute for thanksgiving turkey
Give it a few more story arcs. If this arc ends on a downer note and then the next one starts with the after-effects of the downer ending from the last, THEN we can START worrying about cerebus syndrome.
Well, Tarot’s kinda mental. She called on the spirits in order to find the remote, so when she says, “The beginning of the end,” she could just be talking about the end of Pokemon.
And she only says he’s a jerk. So maybe he’s not so evil. Just emo. Hence the black speech bubbles.
(No offense to all them emos out there)
Both:
“Jinx! You owe me a soda!…
EVEN THOUGH WE’RE BOTH OBLUVIOUS TO THE FACT A GIANT GRYPHON JUST BROKE FREE FROM THE THE MOUNTAINSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Oy. -_-
Anywayz epic, totally EPIC!
What in the UNIVERSE are they going to do about a Giant Gryphon I wonder?
Oh, that’s gonna be awkward when Peanut sees Tarot again…
“Why didn’t you listen when I told you to keep Zach from setting Pete free?”
“Um, because you were speaking in my head…?”
“…We might be through.”
I doubt it. He actually had no time to act on her warning since Zach released Peate almost immediately after she finished giving him the message. She probably anticipated this, which is why Sabrina had that spell book out.
. . . Wow, <__> … Okay. I might pop in for more commentary later.. As you may already understand: i like the Abnormal and Supernatural.. It draws my attention.. <_< .. yeah. Iol Ok. *watches..*
… Gahhh, My message got deleted… stuipid.. messed up.. messaage.. board.. thing.. so like.. ill resay that.. I haven’t commented in a while.. and im sorry about that.. uhm, Great comic Rick! .. and uhh.. Happy thanks giving everyone! and.. Great story that i’v NEVER stopped reading.
Well, so much for realism… but given the insane landscapes this neighborhood has (as you so kindly pointed out earlier in this arc, lol), that was kinda a given anyways.
Love the way you half-kill the sense of drama with Bino and Tiger’s little joke there – keeps the mood light even when it’s taking a more serious turn.
Quickie addendum: “Realism” based on the already established norms of the comic anyways. Not much realistic about walking, talking pets/animals in the first place, lol.
lol that sly comment at the end is quite funny “im going to kill you in your sleep ” i mean that hit the bullseye first time for me, because i just looked at the site. nice…nice
It’s almost Dinner Time, so I want to wish you all a happy National Fry Up A Turkey And Stuff Your Face Until You Can’t Eat Any More, Then Go Back For Seconds And Sleep Tomorrow Away Day and just 7 hours and 42 minutes till the new comic.
It’s only tiger, only tiger would say that… I’d almost be willing to say that Tiger is a Sychopath in the making.
it’s official, the Gryphon is EVIL… now we need a dragon to fight it with XD, because, you know, Gryphons are traditionally seen as nice creatures and Dragons and mean bullies, so as the opposite applies here, it would only make sense to have an appropriate mythical creature at the very least set it straight.
and the beginning of the end could simply be the beginning of the end of human reign as the dominant (not by volume, but social hierarchy type of dominance) species…
in which case it wouldn’t really matter, and the comic could almost continue as normal… and the ferrets would of done this eventually on their own anyways XD.
It would be great if Pete turns out to be nothing more than a mild nuisance. Y’know, peeking over peoples’ shoulders when they’re composing e-mails, knocking on doors and running away, wedgies, whoopie cushions, etc…. It’d be pretty much the biggest let-down ever.
Well… he IS said to be ‘actually kind of a jerk’, not ‘evil incarnate brought upon earth to end all mankind’…. I’d giggle if he really is just a pranking jerkwad and nothing menacing.
I’m going to kill you in your sleep! Hahaha
Well, at least they’ve started to bond and Pete is BLUE!!!! MY FAVORITE COLOR!!!
He’s blue AND yellow… wouldn’t that make him a macaw?
I found that particular comment rather adorable… because it was Tiger O_o
it wont be adorable when he is in your bathroom with a bloody knife……. it maybe cute though
uh-oh!
This does not bode well…
Ha yes i love the group Uh-oh at the beginning.
and its great to see Tiger and Bino laughing together, even if there is still tension between them.
Oh and since Thursday is the next comic heres my prediction.
Scene: Late at night outside the Sandwich household. Moon in the background.
Mr. Sandwich: So, Peanut. Would you like part of the eagle half or part of the lion half?
Has Rick announced a Thursday Comic?
Dangit, no eating the gryphon! Aside from the fact that neither big cats nor birds of prey make good eating it’s simply wrong, that would be like eating a kakapo, or a three headed dog, or a geman guy who doesn’t drink beer- basically everything that’s extremly rare and therefore precious!
Nobody can eat me? Awesome. I feel safer.
Sry Friday……. and if Pete is going to a jerk and begin the end, then id have no problem saving a helpless turkey.
There’ll be a comic Thursday?
Oh duh,
I didn’t read the whole thread.
nevermind.
Why is Mr. Sandwich one of the tags?
cuz hes standing behind Bino
duh
oh wait. thats pete from grapes dream. back before the color comics o.o
The griffin is just…… beautiful… D8
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Seconded.
And now begins the Epic battle between Tarot & Pete.
And since the ferals sorta worship Pete cuz hes obviosly suppose to bring around a golden age for them, that would mean domestic vs. feral too? And which side would the wolfpack choose?
I’m guessing doimestic. They did go through all that trouble throwing a gas-less Barbecue for the neighborhood…
They would probably choose domestic. Me, I’m fighting alongside Grape armed with a super broom on an super long extension pole.
*Hits Pete in the face with my broom from 100 yards away* UBER LONG DISTANCE SUPER BROOM TO THE FACE!!!
As you may recall, the prey (and low-level predators) were the ones talking about a golden age of equality. I think the high-level predators (like the wolves) would be not-too-keen about suddenly having the same status as a sloth or turtle.
Pete…lives…again…
…revenge…is…mine…
…three…word…sentences…
…not…proper…grammar…
Neither are ellipse overdoses
lol
your comment is scary
your photo is even scarier!
hehehe.
and why are we scary, darlin’?
OF COURSE!!
Sry, felt my avvy worked out with this well.
Black speech bubbles tie everything together!
Woah, he really was a griffin… and a blue one at that! This doesn’t seem good…
Now the real question is WHY DOES NOBODY HAVE THEIR CAMERA PHONE OUT?!
*gets out his* Sooo going on youtube and facebook! XP
The makings for a really awkward moment if you ask me
Zach… “DON’T PUSH THE RED BUTTON!!!!”
Definitly not good.
Anyone else here Pete’s voice as that of Man-Ray’s from Spongebob? Maybe it’s just the I AM FREE thing…
Will the ferrets buy Pete a house too?!
*Facepalm*
Evil or not, he’s gorgeous (in an it’s-an-animal kind of way).
And Tiger continues to show why he’s one of my favorite characters.
maybe instead of really evil he’ll just be “sort of a jerk”
So, a new Golden Age for Pete, and all beings are equal beneath his iron fist (or foot)…
Talon
Surely we have the proper technology to handle an overgrown hyppogriff type creature though
i am seriously liking where this is going
cant wait!!!!
Ursula Vernon warned us about this.
This smells of trouble, in fact forget smell it reeks of grade A badness. I’m hoping praying, wishing, this ends in a decent way. I’d be sad if someone had to die. I can’t wait to see friday.
You do realize Friday is the Thanksgiving comic?
So, I have stayed up everynight for the past 2 months, waiting for comic to update. Any comic that I can easily comment on then fall asleep is worth waiting for.
Honestly that holiday skipped my mind when I commented.
It’s practically the only thing I’ve commented on all month! come on!
Cerberus syndrome detected!
Why do I have to keep pointing this out?
http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/05/
It’s not cerebus syndrome unless the comic consistently takes on a dark/dramatic tone and maintains it. Going from “a humorous comic with the occasional break from comedy” to “a dark comic with an occasional funny moment”.
Give it a few story arcs before bringing up cerebus syndrome.
AH. that was a great Arc
I said “detected” not “ZOMFG IT AR CERBUZ ZYNDROOOM!”
And mostly, it was a joke making fun of all the “omg housepets is going cerberus!” comments.
Shut up about Cerberus syndrome already. If it happens, it’s up to Rick, It’s his comic, doof.
Pete is…..evil?:’(
Well…”sort of a jerk” –at least.
petepetepete yay!
I….AM…..FREE !!!!!!
Awesome !!!
This may has started a new interesting battle between Good and Evil, Domestic vs Feral,
etc, etc, .
Gotta love the black speech bubbles, it adds a lot of mystery and an evil appeal, if you will.
Well , I’ll just have to wait to see the beginning and continuation of this mysterious yet promising arc !!!!
Before anyone says it , I know it is a bit ( or maybe a lot _ _ ) earlier than usual but , I’ll say it anyways :
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU ALL !!!
Who celebrates Thanksgiving? I mean I celebrate Nation Fry Up A Turkey And Stuff Your Face Until You Can’t Eat Any More, Then Go Back For Seconds And Sleep Tomorrow Away Day.
Same thing really *eyes up the stuffing and drools*
AMEN TO THAT !!!!!
wasent thanx giving in october??
In Canada it is.
*Gets out cookbook*
Time to show the Lucretia how to properly roast, baste, and stuff a turkey. We don’t want a repeat of the party again.
is it rreally time for laughs o-o
I wonder how they will be able to defeat Pete,if he is the bad guy,who will stop him then?
is it Tarot(the magical dog),Zach(the opener of ways),Grape(the violent cat),or Peanut(the playful dog???)
I think it’ll be Spot (Superdog) who will defeat Pete (Secret Villain) !
could be possible Lolz’D!
They’ll need to rely on modern tactics.
…I don’t know if I’m allowed to say any more.
I do hope either the pets or the humans can find a way to make things the way they were before or bring down that evil lookin griffin and use
it as a subsitute for thanksgiving turkey
MMM Turkey
That griffin should totally have been called Rick.
Why? Rick’s a furret.
YEs!!!!!!!! This is sooo awesome and suspensful!
haha i love tiger
Tiger: Im gonna kill you in ur sleep ha ha
Bino: ha that funny- wait WHAT!!?!?
Ha Grape! look what you cuased! ha ha ha
wait why am i laughinig?
twaz actualy zach who pushed the buton thats waht the *click* was in the last comic
so….funny….except for the giant evil Griffin part
I hope this teaches Peanut a lesson: never have a short attention span
im still working on that…………
Let us hope Housepets isn’t victim to Cerebus Syndrome.
Give it a few more story arcs. If this arc ends on a downer note and then the next one starts with the after-effects of the downer ending from the last, THEN we can START worrying about cerebus syndrome.
Aaaand what is that exactly?
Shut up about CS already.
Instead of Pete it should have been named Allister the griffion or Kenneth, forest, Marcus, bob, momo
YAYYY BLUE GRIFF!
Has it ever occurred to anyone that Mr. Sandwhich, to some degree, looks like Chuck Norris…
*Insert Chuck Norris Joke Here*
yes yes it has
I, in fact, have already posted that once a while back.
Oh, sorry about that
Oh, sorry about that
ooh, nice effect, very ominous and shiny at the same time.
Shiiiiinneeyyyyyyy………….. *stares for hours until getting re-distracted by some other shiny thing*
I…..AM…..FREE!!!
Pete is so kick-butt in this! if he wasnt evil it woulda been awesome!!
He looks most im-gonna-scare-the-pants-off-you in panel 2
And grape, a broom and your foot is sooooo not gonna work here
Ha in panel 4 he lloks like a ballerina spinning
he needs a tutu!!
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Well, Tarot’s kinda mental. She called on the spirits in order to find the remote, so when she says, “The beginning of the end,” she could just be talking about the end of Pokemon.
And she only says he’s a jerk. So maybe he’s not so evil. Just emo. Hence the black speech bubbles.
(No offense to all them emos out there)
Quick, someone summon Godzilla!
I’m playing Blue Öyster Cult, but she just… won’t… respond.
Godzilla? Godzilla!
GODZILLAAAAAAA~~!!
Looks like we’re on our own… unless… Grapezilla?
Tarot was right; Pete is a bit of a jerk.
He didn’t even thank Zach!
So… rude… GAAAH!
Both:
“Jinx! You owe me a soda!…
EVEN THOUGH WE’RE BOTH OBLUVIOUS TO THE FACT A GIANT GRYPHON JUST BROKE FREE FROM THE THE MOUNTAINSIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Oy. -_-
Anywayz epic, totally EPIC!

What in the UNIVERSE are they going to do about a Giant Gryphon I wonder?
Call the Ghostbusters? If not, there’s a worse chance of Popeye’s floating arm comming to save them.
If there’s something weird, in your neighborhood! Who you gonna call? GHOSTBUSTERS!
What? Ghost BUSTERS?
They were put out of business ages ago by…
Vag-ge-geta-geta! Vag-ge-ge-ge-geta!
Vag-ge-geta-geta! GHOST NAPPA!
yeah… http://www.tfsabridged.com/
If it says 404 file not found, just click the dragon… after the quick monologue.
Option #2: Saturday Morning Watchmen.
Pete, in color? Holy crud.
Also, great way to follow that epic plot point up with a joke. This is a comic, after all, not a graphic novel.
I just thought of this
Grape: Hmm… I’m gonna need a bigger broom.
I’MMA SWATTIN’ YA’ WITH MAH–BLAAAAAAHHH!!!
I’m going to kill you in your sleep.
Heh.. Heh.. Heh.. He defiled the Comment. But i still sit here.. Laughing.. .. *Laughs Maniacly*
Oh, that’s gonna be awkward when Peanut sees Tarot again…
“Why didn’t you listen when I told you to keep Zach from setting Pete free?”
“Um, because you were speaking in my head…?”
“…We might be through.”
I doubt it. He actually had no time to act on her warning since Zach released Peate almost immediately after she finished giving him the message. She probably anticipated this, which is why Sabrina had that spell book out.
. . . Wow, <__> … Okay. I might pop in for more commentary later.. As you may already understand: i like the Abnormal and Supernatural.. It draws my attention.. <_< .. yeah. Iol Ok. *watches..*
… Gahhh, My message got deleted… stuipid.. messed up.. messaage.. board.. thing.. so like.. ill resay that.. I haven’t commented in a while.. and im sorry about that.. uhm, Great comic Rick! .. and uhh.. Happy thanks giving everyone! and.. Great story that i’v NEVER stopped reading.
Well, so much for realism… but given the insane landscapes this neighborhood has (as you so kindly pointed out earlier in this arc, lol), that was kinda a given anyways.
Love the way you half-kill the sense of drama with Bino and Tiger’s little joke there – keeps the mood light even when it’s taking a more serious turn.
Quickie addendum: “Realism” based on the already established norms of the comic anyways. Not much realistic about walking, talking pets/animals in the first place, lol.
good save.
So we don’t have to pay for him? Good, I could never afford a griffin.
lol that sly comment at the end is quite funny “im going to kill you in your sleep ” i mean that hit the bullseye first time for me, because i just looked at the site. nice…nice
Looks like Pete-r Gryphon’s out for blood this time.
It’s really big.
Actually, we haven’t seen a size comparison between the real Pete and any other character. For all we know, he’s human-sized.
…and before anyone says “but the people are looking at him,” I’ll just say that Petey Bird could be REALLY loud.
He’s actually pigeon sized. He just has a really loud voice.
Precisely.
I think you mean “Tweety” bird.
Once again, precisely.
It’s almost Dinner Time, so I want to wish you all a happy National Fry Up A Turkey And Stuff Your Face Until You Can’t Eat Any More, Then Go Back For Seconds And Sleep Tomorrow Away Day and just 7 hours and 42 minutes till the new comic.
Awww not all gryphons are mean, some are very nice and friendly. Happy turkey day.
Wait, do both of them “I’m going to kill you in your sleep.” or only the one with the purple collar D: Confusing speech-bubbles are confusing.
tiger said that only, we all remember the cat skin thing… right?
It’s only tiger, only tiger would say that… I’d almost be willing to say that Tiger is a Sychopath in the making.
it’s official, the Gryphon is EVIL… now we need a dragon to fight it with XD, because, you know, Gryphons are traditionally seen as nice creatures and Dragons and mean bullies, so as the opposite applies here, it would only make sense to have an appropriate mythical creature at the very least set it straight.
and the beginning of the end could simply be the beginning of the end of human reign as the dominant (not by volume, but social hierarchy type of dominance) species…
in which case it wouldn’t really matter, and the comic could almost continue as normal… and the ferrets would of done this eventually on their own anyways XD.
I reject your hierarchy and substitute my own!
If we’re going mythical, I suggest that Miles call up some of his Werewolf buddies.
WEREWOLVES FTW!!!
It would be great if Pete turns out to be nothing more than a mild nuisance. Y’know, peeking over peoples’ shoulders when they’re composing e-mails, knocking on doors and running away, wedgies, whoopie cushions, etc…. It’d be pretty much the biggest let-down ever.
I’d love it. }:3
By the way, is Tiger’s sudden relapse possibly related to this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie_and_Dixie_and_Mr._Jinks
Well… he IS said to be ‘actually kind of a jerk’, not ‘evil incarnate brought upon earth to end all mankind’…. I’d giggle if he really is just a pranking jerkwad and nothing menacing.
pooping on all the statues…
TTTTTTTTTTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRR
Who killed Bino???!??!?!
I don’t think Bino will be killed… but he may land himself in the hospital for the third time
“Dude, Tiger killed Bino!”
DUDE!!!…. where’s my car?
Oh Tiger, you and your lack of emotion management… XD