Dogs playing poker ON A SHIRT?!
This shirt is printed through MySoti, who apparently finally figured out their old prices were not sustainable, so, this multicolored shirt is available for the medium-low price of $24! But you can ALSO get it on a sweatshirt (for like, more!)
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Great Scott! 0.0
I just noticed you get first comment all the time.
because Ryufire is running slightly out of sync with the rest of time. The comment is made, then the rest of catch up.
–rest of US catch up
lol just sits there refreshing the page all day
Cool story bro…
also alt text: bubblebubblebubblebubble
Mediocre to Average Scott never get any love.
This is heavy…!
Yeah, Magic will always beat poker, any day of the week (even Thursdays!)
you can make millions in poker. how much in magic?;l
There’re people who make a living with Magic Cards by entering tournaments.
you can also lose money with poker. So…two sided coin there
“Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.” — Steven Wright
power to the Eldrazi…
*bows* ;0;
I’mma play a land now…an’ it’s you’re turn >.> ( =P )
Fox is the only one with a decent poker face.
He’s texting.
Actually, nevermind, scratch that. ^^
IMHO, Peanut is winning that. His bubble pipe screams innocence. :3
Bino getting along with both Peanut and King at the same time?
What about the dalmatian?
I think that’s Lester
no. Lester is the dachsund. I still think the dalmie should be called Kirk
Because “Spot” is taken?
Though it would be hilarious if that was his name. And Peanut has no idea.
Or how about “Chip” for his chocolate spots?
The Dalmatian wants to play Fizzbin.
Why no Eduardo ?
Heheh Ah yes I was kind of wondering when you would do this picture.
Nice king has a hidden ace
good to have short legs.
Cant argue with that
He couldn’t do that as a human without abandoning his shoes.
looks like hes going to drop it tho
Bet he wishes he were a monkey, or at least acquired monkey feet for this one time.
Pocket Ace.
Thus proving Bino is friends with everyone. Or, at least, they can all be civil long enough to play poker. = P
Also, King is a cheater!
Proving humans never play fair! =P
Maybe he has a king of hearts too?
I am also a fan of Peanut’s bubble pipe.
Nice update of a classic
Win.
Eh hem.
DOUBLE BUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE!
(Next?)
Fire up the soap and let the pipe bubble!
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
right?
But there’s no cauldron…
Right! But there’s bubbles, so, no need for a couldron.
Joey’s friends always remind me of mine…
That’s not right, it’s supposed to be dogs playing poker, and I see five dogs and a fox.
And a human.
fox by name only
Don’t forget Joey the cat.
I would laugh if King dropped the ace!!
its a club not an ace i dont see the denomination of the card anywhere
It’s the ace of clubs.
i don’t see any denominations for any of the cards anywhere
You can tell by the layout of the pips.
After all he’s been through with the watch and all, King probably dropped the ace of clubs after misreading it as the ace of spaces…aka…the Death Card…..
More specifically, there’s only one visible pip and it’s in the very middle of the card.
So you’ve never played with poker cards?
Or as I call them, normal cards.
That as well, haha.
whats so normal about not having a denomination. all casinos have denominations on there cards. thats why im confused
Old time westerns generally depict playing cards with just the pips and no numbers in the upper left, lower right corners.
Peanut and King… at the same time.
Too much awesomeness.
Agreed.
I can’t tell if Fox is looking at his hand or looking with disapprovement at King’s cheating.
I’d say the second
I…I want this shirt…But I have to get paid first XD. So hopefully they don’t sell out between now and payday. And if King’s cheating with that Ace (hehe, I have a friend named ‘Ace’…Anyways…) he doesn’t look too happy about it, so his hand must /really/ suck
If I’m not mistaken, in the original the dog with the card under the table was giving it to the player next to him, rather than cheating to use it himself.
Love this, nice spin on a classic.
exactly… i had to wait a minute before i could even finish looking at the detail of the strip because once i realized the reference i just started laughing
Too bad you just gonna loose every match when you play
Perfection is reached in this strip, LOVE IT
Ladies and gentlemen give a around of applause to rick griffin for giving us another great comic to end the week *clapping* ^_^
*claps louder*
-insert canned applause here-
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No one could see Peanut through those bubbles!
but seriously, how could one prefer one over another awesome doggie here?!?!
So i’ll get the shirt!
Also: it’s KING who gets to seat near Fox, HA!
They are best buds for life.
What’s this? A new shirt is available? I must buy this! xD
i cant afford it
What the (Censored) is in those bubbles?!
they’re made of awesome
Dogs playing cards. The next thing we know the cats will be playing Risk.
Or they could be playing Rick….a cute compainion piece might be of the cats playing poker against Rick’s avatar as one of the players. You could even have Joey sitting in the exact same position wearing his cat costume
that sounds epic o_O
This… must be drawn !
no, they’ll play Frisk *brick’d*
Everyone knows that cats play Pillow Fight in Slow Motion. Because that’s just how cats roll.
Wow. Bino looks like he really wants punch Lester in the face.
Even evil has its standards. (Obligatory TVTropes Reference)
Or that could be his Poker Face
Yeah I was thinking that too
Or he gets really annoyed.
King used to be good a Poker, but then he to an Ace to the knee.
HOW DARE YOU!! He is one of my favorite characters!!!
……fail to find anything clever to say”
that reference is WAY overused. still hilarious, though >^^<
This is the best thing created by ANYONE EVER!
ALL HAIL!
That sure took a while for a comic filled with dogs! XDXD
That aside, good job!!!
Are you saying the comic has gone to the dogs?
*rimshot*
also, i’m totally going to buy the shirt sometime in the next paycheck or two
Well, we already know who’s losing this game of Poker. Or is it Go Fish? Or maybe Canasta?
“Ahh, they’re dogs…and they’re playing poker!”
*MAD LAUGH*
There’s an idea….”Let’s Imaginate — Twilight Zone”! Especially with Tarot/Sabrina supplying the thrills
(I know its a “Simpsons” reference, but they were parodying “Night Gallery” at the time.)
Peanut’s pipe is just hysterical.
…what are you doing King?
Lester is being Lester.
Well …. there aint no orange soda on the table
Looks like one between the dalmation and King….hope its not King’s for his sake. I don’t think I want to know what Joey’s brown soda is…..
don’t be so dramatic it’s probably just root beer
Kinda Expected King to pull somthing like the Hidden Ace trick lol
Yay King.
yay everyone.
Yay Rick!
Yay for seeing King and Peanut together!
It would be awesome to see this on a huge portrait frame mounted on the wall with Rick’s signature on it!
lol Best Comic Strip ending. Love the twist off the classic painting.
Um… there will be a new one on Monday…
Peanut is having a Grape soda, well how about that.
I noticed that too
cuz Peanut can’t stay without grape
Grape flavor means a lot to Peanut!
IT MEANS SOMETHING I TELL YOU
Oh, well, you see, Grape had Tarot project her into the scene as a can of grape soda so she could keep an eye on Peanut without Bino freaking out.
Ether that or it just represents Peanut’s thirst.
I agree with the former, but seeing as Peanut is not intoxicated, one can assume the latter is not the case.
… Then again, smaller animals (like corgis), seem to feel it’s effects more easily.
In the original “A Friend in Need” the bulldog in King’s position is passing an ace to the dog in the dalmatian’s position, who has three visible aces. In this version he’s only got a trey.
Trust King to get played by Lester’s creepy friends.
http://www.dogsplayingpoker.org/gallery/coolidge/a_friend_in_need.html
And then someone accidently tells Bino that a poker pot is a ‘kitty’ and he immediatly breaks up the game.
Looking at it again, after the original, I think King just dropped his card.
That is actually closer to what I intended; He drops the card and “just happens” to get into the Friend In Need position.
i personally think king is cheating also rick can i make a shoutout to a friend of mine that dissapeared
Oh sure, that’s his story.
MySoti is not vary fat kid friendly, they dont have a 3XL.
Also! In the original, Joey’s position is a collie. King used to play D&D in col… with a collie! COINCIDENCE?
Probably. Ahem.
I want that shirt. So badly…
The only thing that would be better would be a version with cats…
This is by far my favorite one-off. This reminds me of a time when i would collect a rich assortment of paintings featuring dogs playing poker or billiards to decorate an old bar. This is the best spin for “A Friend In Need” by Cassius Coolidge ever
oh, god. i just had a derp moment for a second o_O’
Ya know, I’m kinda beginning to feel sorry for the white dog with the brown spots at this point. The only one in this strip without a true name…I know there hasn’t really been a reason to name him yet(Only his third strip after all), but still…
“brown spots” seems like a pretty good name. Though given that his dog tag is the Star Trek logo, it might not fit
Well, we could always call him ‘Spotty’. *Bricked*
I thought his name was Lester. That name is tagged, but it could be the brown dog who’s talking
Yeah, Lester would be the one whimpering about wanting to play Magic instead. He’s a bit of an ultra geek from what I can tell, though there isn’t anything wrong with that. ^_^’; *Is almost just as bad himself*
The Dalmatian is just “Joey’s creepy friends”.
in the plural? explains why he’s creepy, then
Maybe “Joey’s creepy friends” are twin Dalmations, but we only see one of them at a time
Or maybe Rick’s just keeping the tags consistent.
Actually I just thought of a possible if not very probable story based reason why Rick might choose to keep the plural tag if he decides to send the storyline in a certain direction, but I don’t want to speculate just in case I actually did stumble onto something. (which I probably didn’t).
Joey’s creepy friends are a collective; there is no need to refer to them individually. :3
Besides, Lester’s there too. Just because he has a tag of his own doesn’t stop him from being one of Joey’s creepy friends.
Joeys Creepy Friends. And Lester. And Zoiberg
“Chip”, for his chocolate spots.
And poker chip, thus being one of the two with a card-game-related name.
Unless Bino’s (and Fido’s) owners have the surname Diamond.
Nicely done.
Don’t think we’ve seen all of these characters together. Suprised Bino is there.
I want this shirt so bad, but I’m not sure if I should spend the money on it or not :’( It sucks being a poor college student. Joey’s creepy friend is right, Magic is WAY better than poker. I do like poker though and this reference is just awesome. Plus you gotta love the bubble pipe and King being a cheater, bad human. Even if you were going to help out someone else it’s still cheating :p
King’s not cheating… word of Rick!
Peanut struggles at looking dignified with his pipe.
Wallpaper.
+1
Possible future movie poster!
Well-done. Yes, this was an obligatory reference, but it’s a wonderful one. And again, Lester is being an annoying jerk once more.
YES! MAAAAGIIIIIC!!!!!! O0O
go Eldrazi. ^3^
It still makes me laugh how they’re referenced as “Joey’s creepy friends” X3
Next thing you know, the police shows up and arrests everyone for clandestine gambling. The End
Hey, since gambling ties into Guys and Dolls, this really CAN be the ending of the Imaginate arc!
Fido: Bino, I am dissapoint
I can’t recall…has Rick ever asked for suggestions as to what “Housepets!” moments might make popular tshirt designs? I know I wouldn’t mind buying shirts with the shot of Grape Peanut and Zach walking away from the water balloon blast, Tarot (perhaps redrawn from King’s POV so she’s looking out at the viewer) saying “Sorry, I don’t date humans” , or perhaps Peanut, Tarot and Sabrina in front of the Guys and Dolls sign saying “Let us all sing loudly of our illegal activities!”
I would buy all of those. definitely
I’m surprised King isn’t sitting on a phone book.
But they did saw 3 inches off tthe table just for him.
Then again, part of the chair and part of his butt it’s out of view, so it’s still possible
In the full picture you can see there’s no phone book.
since when did the creator start doing hp renditions of famous artwork?
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keep king away from the orange soda!!!!!!!
Dont know
It would be great if he keeps doing it though (even when the art is not about dogs)
Grape and Peanut in “American Gothic”? Bino in “The Scream”? Sabrina as Whistler’s Mother? Mona Tarot? The Barn Cats in Toulouse-Lautrec’s various paintings?
King in “The Scream”. Bino in something by Heironymous Bosch. Sabrina as a Frazetta model. Tarot as The High Preistess.
Nude Housepet Descending a Staircase, No. 2 ?
King in “Persistance of Memory”? Sasha as “The Thinker”?
Bino probably seems himself in “Washington Crossing the Delaware”.
wow i did not see how many people would reply through tarot
the mouseover is bubblebubblebubblebubble
Nice resemblance!
It is indeed! ^^
I can’t believe it took this long to make a dogs playing poker strip, but it was worth the wait.
And is Fox looking at King or his own cards?
King has an Ace up his sleeve.
He should be called Ace. Ace Uphissleeve.
the grape soda must have significance as it is the only one of it’s kind thus far…
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!!
It means Peanut is thirsty. http://www.housepetscomic.com/2010/07/07/the-truth-the-whole-truth/
Every ones all in exept for fox
Also grape soda :3
Answer: Because a 7-player MTG game is just a big mess. :p
Because of the bubbles and blue background, my first thought was “why are they playing cards underwater?”
Also, I’ve played in 12 people magic games and seen a 20 person game. Both were amazing and confusing.
Heh….leave it to Lester to be bored by an underwater poker game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsORBHjNxdc
Bob’s Dog Obedience School and Taxidermy Shop
Yes its is relevant.
Peanut looks like a boss
OH MY GOD!
I love this!
Peanut, you are awesome.
Now THAT’S funny! I love the reference to the famous painting! Now I’m just wondering: what’s King doing with his foot?