Today’s comic was supposed to be a double strip, but since I got rather sick today you’ll have to make do with it split up
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Hint: YES, IT’S THE END OF KING.
…
The End.
This would be a horrible way to end for anyone.
speak for yourself, woof
So.. that’s it? He doesn’t die, he just walks into a room and… ends?
The room is dark. You are most likely to be eaten by a grue.
i see wat u did there, nice zork reference
In front of you is ye flask.
What wouldst thou deaux?
GET YE FLASK
You can’t get ye flask!
I WOULD get ye flask, but I already know that I CAN’T get ye flask. So instead, I’ll just sit here for a few hours and wonder why in the world I can’t get ye flask.
n; n; in; take all; xyzzy; lamp on; take rod
What about creepers? D:
“What’s that fizzing sound?”
*Ka-BOOM!*
“Oh, just a creeper.”
Yep, he just disappears in a puff of logic.
You win one internet for that reference. Use it wisely.
I certainly will! *runs off to nearest shiny object shop*
Internets are non-transferrable. You and you alone may use it.
Dang. Guess I’ll just have to eat it then.
Uh, possibly. What’s with all the chairs?
looks like gardening equipment and other stuff, i think thats a lawnmower in the forground.
DANGLED OFF A HOTEL BALCONY’D!
that’s it? o_o
Uh– UH– AND THEN DROPPED FROM SAID HOTEL BALCONY!!
That’s bettttteeeerrrrrr!!!!
It’s not a balcony, we can’t use that Teen Girl Squad death here. : /
This is the time for King to channel his inner MacGyver.
Is that the alt-text?
Eeyup!
alt-text: IS THIS THE END FOR KING?! (Not a serious question)
Only the Shadow knows!
Actually the alt-text is “Tight Spaces”. The title text is “IS THIS THE END FOR KING?! (not a serious question)” Behold, the HTML code for the comic’s image:
And the name of the alt-text is “a-sitting on a gate”, but what it’s called is “haddock’s eyes”.
@Argent …wait, what?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddocks%27_Eyes
Is that a pony reference Ryufire?
It’s just a different way to say yes. Other people use it, even Lana from “Archer” also has that as a catchphrase.
Hall of… Chairs?
At least they aren’t pink…
…Those are a lot of chairs, aren’t they? huh. My new goal in life is to obtain a gigantic chair room. You have inspired me, Rick.
I once helped some traveling political pundits stack chairs after an event and put them in a giant empty room. You should’ve been there. Chairs everywhere.
Cool. Did you build a fort ?
A chair fort!! I’d love to stand in one someday!
ChairFortress2
i’m guessing it’s a garage, at least it could be
Who knows, it might be Peanut’sn Grape’s garage? Or storage or something? >>”
I don’t see chairs. The shed is full of equipment, it looks like, as pointed out by pet_panda above,
Oh Jenkees!!! @_@
Quick! Go through the trap door convienently placed at the back of the building! It must be a way out!
duchess will be waiting
She’s like Sniper Wolf from Metal Gear Solid! Waiting very patiently for her prey!
the trap door is too obvious use the chairs to get up to air vent
Either way he’s gonna have to do a scene of him running back and forth through multiple doors in a hallway while Dutchess chases him
wonderful…
She is rather persistent
nothing can stand between the whip of love and its intended target!
King still has a chance, we haven’t yet seen Duchess pursuing at a leisurely bounce. or speak french.
It had to be the dark!
It just had to
And Hall of Mirrors? What in the world is she talking about?
Perhaps the Hall of Mirrors is just an expression used in a situation where the pursued tries to lose the pursuant duchess in this case, by leading her on a zig zagging chase around the neighborhood?
KJOokami brought that up on the forum and its likely that’s what it means in this case, but I have never ever heard it used this way before.
Maybe he’s on the Milton mansion grounds. They would be most likely to have a Hall of Mirrors.
Oh, if he’s on the Milton mansion grounds there’s probably a ferret-sized pneumatic tube tunnel from the garden shack to the ballroom. Just big enough for a corgi to get stuck in.
quitter
fine
you cant run anymore and no use hiding
just SNUGGLE and get it over with
(rallyjr comment comes after mine)
now my comment makes little to no scene
Will King escape the pursuit of Duchess?
Will King get out of this tight situation?
Will this narrator learn to not use bad puns?
Tune in again next week! Same comic time, same comic schedule!
Be sure and find out in the next episode!
*insert witty show tone*
(right after these commercials)
Tune! Darn it! Tune!
Escape. Canine Cibble.
WIN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_GPynKRU0w Canine Crunchies commercial
Yes!
FIND OUT NEXT WEEK ON
DRAGON
BALL
ZEE!
^ Kyle Henry Hebert approves this!
Will Fox ever switch over to iTunes?
Will Sasha ever get even remotely close to a correct answer on Jeopardy?
Will Bino complete his snow dog before someone inevitably ruins it?
Find out next time in My Kingdom for a Chair, or Duchess to B-4 Checkmate.
1) Who’s to say he doesn’t already? He seems like the kind of dog who would be intelligent enough to Sync Different.
2) … That would be awesome, but no
3) I wonder if we get to see how that turns out. Maybe in the next arc (or between arcs in the one-offs) we’ll get to see it finished! That would be neat, if he spends all night on it and it helps him like relieve tension… then have Grape run right through it, causing him to be angry again X3
Also, loving the chess reference. Have a cookie *hands cookie*
Cookie! *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom* *nom*
must… fear…. all things….. XD since when did we get to the hall of mirrors?
I still can’t imagine what she’s going to do with those handcuffs and that whip…
when is he getting his real collar back?
Perhaps Duchess will use it as bargaining material. And…I wonder why Duchess is naked? I swear upon this tub of ice cream that she had collar on earlier…
Her first naked part was at when she was at King’s place, so it means, she was chasing king naked…. ??? oh wow….
Gotta remember that she was trying to seduce king :/
Yes, if anyone had seen her collarless, the tabliods would have a field day.
Off topic is there anyway to get an avatar here not through gravatar?
seems like no otherway. why? Gravatar is easy to use.
Tell me about it! The only reason I’m. Not getting an avatar is because my email is dead.
well, only action that u can take to get an Avatar is creating new email. sorry.
At this moment the activation link in my email just won’t work so I am looking for a more instant result
Hummm. have u check that Email is not blocking it?
I’m not good at this kindof solution.
Can someone HELP LoneWolf???
*dramatic stare into distance*
LoneWolf helps himself… cause he’s a lone wolf
(I got it working)
Is the username I put on gravatar what I’ll have to use here?
I think it is… not sure,
You don’t need to use your username from gravatar. When you comment, you just have to use the email that you used to register on gravatar. So if you used fakeemail@fakewebsite.com to register with gravatar, then you would have to put that email address in the textbox asking for your email when you comment.
i must ask how your off topic comment is still up there?
Maybe it’s a good question so the mods are leaving it be? I’d create a forum but I created this profile literally hours ago so I’m not even sure how to
I honestly didn’t think anyone would even answer me cause I never get noticed or payed attention to ;(
No Fair!! I asked a very similar question when I was just starting out and the moderators took it off within 5 minutes. (grin inside) Although, I must say, I was able to solve my problem as well…
What was your solution?
Get a new email. Go to gmail.com. Create a new account.
ps. If I can, I would snugggle with Duchess to buy some time for King.
I just relized, Duchess was chasing King Naked Whole time. since from (Good Clean Wholesome Fun)
Naked Neck! Nekked Nac! Naekked Nec! Necked Nak!… oh never mind
Are you Bad Ash?
I’m not Bad Ash, and I have never heard of him
Sorry – its an Army of Darkness refrence. No insult intended.
poor King you always have the worst luck
I’m jellous of his life… cuz he is a dog
its the best life, its like being a kid for your whole life
Best life–hmm…Let’s think about this. You get up in the morning with your people, who are rushing around doing stuff that means they’re going away and eating delicious-smelling stuff, YOU get to eat the same old kibbly stuff that you can chomp, but end up just swallowing whole because you don’t have MOLARS to chew it up. Or maybe you get some overcooked chunks of something that pretends to be meat that sticks to your teeth.
Then, you get a thing tied to your neck and you get to go for a walk where you don’t even get to sniff all the interesting stuff, because your people are in a hurry and keep telling you, “go potty” so that they can get back to the house. If you’re lucky, you have a fenced yard where you can run around and sniff to your heart’s content, but all the smells are you.
Then, your family leaves you FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER and all you have to do is sleep and bark warningly when a stranger comes to the door, but there’s no one there to hear you. Sure, you may have some toys, but there’s no one to play with, so sleep is really the only choice. Finally, after FOREVER is past, someone comes home and you FINALLY have someone to play with, except they have homework and cleaning and dinner to make, and video games and television and the internet and…
If you’re lucky, you may actually get an hour of quality time, but the rest of the time, you sleep. I’d be bored out of my mind in 30 minutes.
Let’s face it, it ain’t the Housepets Universe out here–that’s why I have three dogs and two cats–so they have someone to play with when we’re all gone. (Though, we DO have to keep reminding the half-Mal that the cat’s whiskers are not dental floss for dogs)
What other use is there for cat whiskers?
By refering to your comment, I changed my mind.
I want to be outdoor cat. Because half of their life is based on humans and other half is their own and freedom. Which fulfill the disadvantages of dog’s life
Still your comment is so true.
Boredom alone in a house, that why you need a cat living in the same house you can wake whenever you feel like and tell him/her totally pointless thing for fun!
ahhhhh…. I’m just sad… I’m highschool student and I’m not happy with my life.
I just want to become some sort of animal, even though I can possibly get hit by a speeding car, starve, etc… still, I want to.
Pete I want to meet you, change me in to dog please.
so you want to be pete avatar
Is that how it is called as??
If my life can get better, Yes.
I can relate…I think it would be cool to be a dog in the Housepets! Universe.
Unless you’re Sasha.
I think her low level of intelegence covers up her unfortunate.
Just like that old story where king and poor change their life, It would be intresting if rick make stroy that ShaSha and Fox change their life.
Goosebumps: Enter Petsland! x.x
I told you King not to go in my shed!
a hall of mirrors between Sasha house and the shed?
Nice!
The shed room, that’s perfect you can get all kinds of weapons to kill Du……. You know what, never mind this was a horrible joke.
Zombies. It’s where you get the weapons to kill zombies.
It is like a wood roller coaster. As long as there is banging, he is safe. It is when the banging stops that would give great fear to a heart.
I’m still waiting for the climatic battle to the death
I bet anything the Gryphon is in there.
I admit, I had that thought too.
Well he should still be stuck in heaven, but we have yet to see an emissary come for the watch.
hold the barricades! do not give her an inch!
Time to start fighting your own battles King, grab something to defend yourself, and show her what a corgi can really do!
King’s fearface is so cute in panel 1
…just noticed.
Yay! King’s ears are back to regular size! *noms*
I don’t get it. I was never aware that they were of abnormal size :-/
they had gotten smaller in the latest comics
Really? Who knew?
Who knew? Not yew! Haha! Get it??? Yew like you?
no?? no…
( ._.) okay….
i cant help but think dutchess is terribly adorable in the first panel lol i ant wait to see how this pans out. you have yet again built stupendous suspense!
Is this the end of our hero!? Will he be able to escape the clutches of Duchess? Will the crazed Duchess make King her Duke (for all the wrong reasons)? Tune in next time on Housepet!(R), same bat-time, same bat-channel!
…
I always wanted to say that.
no no no its “same pet-time, same pet-channel”
I don’t like taking credit, but Duchess jumping out of the shadows was one of my predictions. I sort of feel smug inside.
Look at the situation now, though. King is trapped in a nondescript shed with Duchess banging on the other side of the door. She my pull the classic (and very cliche) horror, thriller/suspense movie trick where the banging stops, there is silence and King decides it’s safe to venture out and then “I GOTCHA!!” King somehow escapes (at least I hope he will) and the chase resumes. Perhaps it will eventually end up at the Sandwiches after all, as some of us predicted earlier or something cosmic and inter-dimensional happens withing the shed,
(involving a certain blue gryphon (which I fear will occur) or some other being sent to fetch the part of King’s soul…)
take care, Rick!
Maybe he will meet the a-team in this boxroom and they escap in a cool construction?
I know, you all think I’m quite verbose, but I just read the explanation Rick left below the title of the strip, something I believe most of us missed, reproduced below:
“Today’s comic was supposed to be a double strip, but since I got rather sick today you’ll have to make do with it split up ”
To which I say, “uh, Not Fair!!” (JK Rick, get well soon, but you have at least one devoted reader sitting on the edge of the chair for the second installment of this strip. I can’t speak for the rest of y’all. Honestly, I don’t know what you are thinking and I have no idea the level of devotion you put into this comic).
I do wish I knew the outcome, though…Rick, you sure do a great job keeping me hooked and now I’ll stop. I think I hear the commotions of an angry mob convening although the intent of said mob escapes me…
He has devoted fans
Evidenced by the fact he gets 50+ comments within like 2 minutes of posting
Of course-I just can’t speak for all of you, that’s all.
I just gotta say it, the lights and shadows in this strip is fantastic!
I know this is probably a t wrong, but I want King to just go completely mad and lose his cool to the point he makes Duchess feel insignificant and insecure.
…but that’s probably because I don’t like her. If there’s one character I wouldn’t mind you killing off Rick, its Duchess.
And then the – OH LOOK ANOTHER MISLEADING ALT TEXT
man this just gets stranger and stranger.
im not sure if i can make the logical leap and say this is the end of king as was posted above but maybe i just cant bring myself to imagine it too.
ah well, either way it’ll be a heck of a ride im sure!
Feel Better Rick! Sucks being sick!
KING! Use chairmode! She won’t find you then… maybe…
I don’t know about all of you, but I think king should give up at this point, let himself get caught, then try to enjoy it, even if this who thing is pete’s doing I would personaly still just give in. if anything I am sure king is quiet tired, I mean who knows how much longer he could keep doing this, he should swollow his pride and just give in to the madness.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never!
Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy!
To give in is to compromise his love for Bailey. He is a loyal person, a loyal dog, therefore he would never do that.
King: Hmmm, this has somehow gone from bad to worse.
Looks like M. Night Shyamalan isn’t needed here.
the worest fate for any one
Someone’s in a bit of a situation…
Where’s Macgyver when you need him.
http://xkcd.com/444/
Oh god, I thought No one knows about him anymore. Macgyver, you are my hero!
IS THIS THE END OF KING? [tarot]No, that would be dumb[/tarot]
Darn you and your cliffhangers, Rick! =P
Aww poor King…. He needs to think of something and fast….BRAIN POWER ACTIVATE!
i feel bad 4 poor King…. and slightly jealous….
then a random shed appeared
When did they go through a hall of mirrors!? O-o
I think that’s what he meant as in “it was suppose to be a double strip” at the front page
the other strip probably was them running through it haha
I think they’re on the Milton mansion grounds. He’s in the groundkeeper’s shed. He’s about to discover what the ferrets have secretly put in there. I’m betting on a giant pneumatic tube leading to the ball room, but it might be the entrance to one of Keene’s underground lairs.
& in the next frame King is going to see a guy with a big knife & a ski mask….then it will be the end lol
no, he’s gonna see Sabrina & Fido…
Plausible.
Maybe (It would explain where Sabrina was earlier in the arc) but I’m still guessing either Pete showing up because in desperation King calls him or he runs into the person that is coming to get the Watch.
lol if any thank i would bet that king’s story end’s with him tied up & tossed in the back of a peta van
Is King facing the reality he’s in the closet?
I just hope the alt-text doesn’t mean it becuase he becomes Joel
KING! Keep a lookout for them spiders and creepys.
And ye shall get lost in the hall of chairs instead.
If ye can bolt the door.
Cliffhanger, nuuuuuuu
Is this the end of our hero? Will King escape from the closet?!
Find out next time on DRAGON BALL Z!!!
[Next Episode: Closet Escape]
Noo no, he aaalways knew he would end up as a dog in a closet holding the door against a canine beauty pageant runner up with a whip trying to snuggle with him, as all part of a celestial game involving a dragon, kitsune, and gryphon. Totally not surprising.
SUDDENLY, THE END OF THE ARC.
HOLY CRAP SHE’S NAKED-
Wait.
Huzzah! Let there be escape!
Let’s see how many Housepets readers get THAT reference. ^,.,~
..wait. She’s been running around without a collar?
Oh my.
Streaking
That’s what’cha get for not asking for Bino’s help, King.
…then again, Bino would probably restrain him so that Duchess could catch him. :U
Hm, i fear she may be either 1) Get nabbed by pund guys and king fights with himself before saving her, 2) peanut comes waltzing about and helps king, or! 3) King goes into imagination land, where you fly in the water and swim in the sky.
Hide under a box, it works for the dogs in Metal Gear!
panel 2 reminds me so much of Portal 2. Don’t know why though.
i saw this coming he is now traped!
Luckily he got away in time otherwise, he would have experienced… TORTURE…
If only King had his Queeen(Bailey).
Wait, I just realized that Dutchess is essentially trying to rape King. Isn’t this a PG rated comic?