Housepets!

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Welsh Halfwit wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 3:02 am So the Spirit of ecstasy
is Squirrel shaped in Babylon?
The Rolls-Royce of heroes right now
is a surprise named Marion.

Another wonderful poem all round - but those last four lines absolutely RULE.

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Ah, Housepets. Come for the frivolous hijinks, hang around for the existential angst.

Lovely reference to Chapter 65 with today's strip.

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ProtoDot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 1:41 am I feel like we've been here before.

Yes, indeed.

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restcure wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:17 am Ah - it's a skull on the dagger; I was looking from the wrong end and thought it was an eggplant.

Oh, that's hilarious! But I see exactly what you mean

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Wonderful work, Federick! The match to Rick's style is absolutely uncanny. Makes me wonder what your art looks like when you're not trying to match another creator's style.

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I agree - this art style makes for a really refreshing change!

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The answer from me? Yes. From the moment King developed his crush. And each step in their relationship, as great as it is to see their growth and adaptation to new experiences, has remained marred by this initial feeling, that never went away. In fact, it may have gotten a tad bit stronger. Thank y...

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No, it’s just that y’all have been unable to convince me, and it’s not like this unease is new. With all gentleness and civility, I must enquire: after 10 long years of King and Bailey being commited partners, with their marriage and the pups and all, are your really still uneasy about their relati...

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All of that may be true but I am sure that the universe does still have standards and this might be edging DANGEROUSLY close to going over one line. :| Standards? Yes, absolutely, and respectfully I would suggest that those standards are precisely those defined by Rick's original content and by the...

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This probably won't be a popular view, but it seems to me that this lovely guest strip is simply nudging open a door that HP has already held ajar for years. For all of its comedic gold, Housepets is a text that probes continuously at how we should relate to others around us who just happen to look,...

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My crazy theory is that Fox has not yet met the living Spring and Summer. If Heaven is eternal, then nothing is to say that they don't meet Fox in a future arc. In the world of Housepets! logic, that actually makes an awful lot of sense. With this single arc, Rick has suddenly opened up all sorts o...

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Whoa, Winter's really been through the wars! Even Uncle Deadeye isn't as badly beaten up as this. Makes you wonder just what trials lie ahead for Fox now, sufficient to lead him to change his name. Or is that just standard practice once you get to heaven? I also like how Fox doesn't seem all that fa...

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NHWestoN wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 2:15 am
dr_eirik wrote: ↑Mon Oct 12, 2020 12:07 am The return of the broom! And I agree, Sasha is a great protector. She was willing to throw down with a hungry bobcat without hesitation!
"Broom?" - so that's why I thought this strip would feature the raccoons!

The HP! go-to weapon of choice since 2008

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Man, Lois - trying to be more animal than the animals? :3 Sasha rocking the pineapple shirt and jeans <3 Yeah, it's the reversal in dress sense between Sasha and the once-humans that makes this page absolutely rock. With this arc, Rick seems to be stepping even more blatantly into the territory of ...

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'Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal': Firefly was a brilliant TV series from 2002-03, created & directed by Joss Whedon. Spaceship pilot Wash is playing with his collection of toy dinosaurs (!) and gives this line to a herbivorous dino being attacked by a T-Rex. It's a classic example of ...

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That pose in panel 3 looks like it should be on the cover of some superhero comic. It's an epic pose, right enough; hopefully we'll see it again in future strips. They both look pretty comfortable being together this way, even on a moving scooter! Superhero, huh? My mind went first to Long John Sil...

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Robotech_Master wrote: This squirrel, not an idiot for sure
For once is keeping muzzle safely zipped
He'd best not smart off any more at her
Unless he wants his throat "untimely ripp'd".

Very nice. Was HP! arc #44 your favourite, by any chance?

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And then the fandom exploded. The. End.

Lynx is the perfect species for Lois, though...

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fenrirblack wrote:Lastly that first panel is a extremely unflattering image of Thomas.

From the viewpoint of that panel, I'm sure that generous posterior can be put down to foreshortening in the image.

[Scurries away and googles camels.]

Oh, wait now. Fenrir, you were right all along

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Whatever Louis' true intentions, I think this is the first time we've seen a human flirting with a pet (well OK, a wolf in this case) in the HP! world. Looks like Louis might have her own interpretation as to the limits of the ECP. Also: poor Marion. Just when he thought his life couldn't get any wo...

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Argent wrote:
fenrirblack wrote:I mean think of the employment opportunities for Tigers, Lions, and Bears.
Is that a Herd Thinners reference?

Wizard of Oz, I think.

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I can't help but feel Marion is talking to me directly somehow. 8-) As many hours as I've daydreamed, I'm sure the reality would be much less than desirable. I feel pretty much the same. When we read Marion's dialogue in today's strip, it's tempting to imagine that Rick might be having a gentle, go...

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Pit is clearly a fan of A&H Club. The ferret has good taste in webcomics

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I'm probably displaying my ignorance here, but is there a literary or cultural reference in the title of today's strip? The similarity to the title of Chapter 65 is obvious - is it another Kundera quote? I'm constantly amazed by how much Joel / King has changed since his first appearance in the comi...

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One question to prove the point in an interview worth recording. It’s not just Squirrels with their nuts that the gardens have been hoarding. Fido watches King with new suspicion as he works the questioning room and, if the room’s not being watched, it’s all unofficial, no doom. He knows the psycho...

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Marion’s saying both lines at the end; Hate to disagree, but I think the left-hand speech bubble is by Lois. Rick is really fastidious about the layout of speech in comics; he's posted about this separately. If both lines had been by Marion he'd have found a way to indicate this - for instance, by ...

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Wow. Don't remember seeing such raw emotion in HP! since Fox 'lost' it with King/Joel way back in Heaven's Not Enough Part 1. Bravo, Rick.

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Grape, you know that gnawing emptiness that's keeping you awake? That's making you tear your claws out, scratching at that fence? That's love.

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Nice to see you again, Jess. Long time no see.

I dunno, but she seems more 'grounded' here than in some of her previous appearances. Less prone to extreme reaction? Settled life seems to be suiting her juuuust fine. And yes, that smile in panel 3 is just the BEST.

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Tom & Jerry, 'Solid Serenade'! Please, please let it be this!

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Poor Marion. Just wait till someone brushes her eyelashes out - then, she'll freak out.

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Oh, I really like where this arc's going. I kinda hope Rick keeps us guessing for a while about the agency for Marion's change; right now, it's just a lot of fun seeing the new guy trying to cope with his new situation. Dude, not the most flattering drivers license photo. Oh heck, you should see min...

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Ha, yes, exactly. I think what a lot of folk may not realize is that you manage this rapid-fire creativity at SIX IN THE MORNING, every single Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I've heard that some writers have a 'sweet spot' for coming up with new material before mid-morning, but you seem to take the p...

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No punchline to-day, only existential sadness. Oh, very nice. Alt-text from https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2014/09/05/white-space/ AND HOW EVEN DO I REMEMBER THESE THINGS?? Gosh, I know mobile phones have been getting bigger and bigger in recent years, but this is just ridiculous. Oh, wait no...

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All together now? SQUEEEEEEE!

Seriously, Olive makes for one adorable pup. That little kink in her ear is a really nice touch to her character design. Careful King, your daughter's going to be breaking hearts before you know it.

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When she first intruded on the scene, Tarot informed Grape her romantic life was an either-or proposition - choose Peanut or Maxwell. That diktat was probably a transmission from Dragon. However, being a cat and a contrary sort, Grape has consistently followed her heart which encompasses both Peanu...

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Whoa...

[withdraws to minimum safe distance as the fandom self-combusts]

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So the sabercat is verbal now? Sweet. I'm loving that Rufus has taken his cat-friendliness onto a new level.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:She's only invited him out clubbing.

Stop it already, Welsh; it hurts when I laugh this hard. Also, my typing suffers.

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This is just heartbreaking. Poor Rufus; he really cared, went out of his way to help, and Maxwell never did write back. Yet even in the afterlife Rufus showed nothing but goodwill. What an awesome dog.

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Might I say that is a pretty hefty clip-board. Yeah, it struck me too. My first thought was that Peanut had upgraded to a Cintiq, but you probably don't want to get water anywhere near one of those :roll: However, now I come to think of it, Peanut's sketch from the previous strip didn't have the ho...

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