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by rickgriffin
Thu Jul 19, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: The Comic
Topic: Gratuitous Praise for Rick Griffin!
Replies: 203
Views: 287715

Re: Gratuitous Praise for Rick Griffin!

You know the character Rick in that comic was named after me right

Weeks is cool with me!
by rickgriffin
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:39 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/16 - Take Out
Replies: 30
Views: 10153

Re: 2018/07/16 - Take Out

RockstarRaccoon wrote:
Title Text:ALSO I ONLY HAVE THE ONE HAND LEFT IF YOU PLEASE[/i]
...Then don't stick it on the grill...
He has claws!
by rickgriffin
Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:45 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha
Replies: 54
Views: 14064

Re: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha

Characters always look thinner when their arms are at their sides in 3/4th profile
by rickgriffin
Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:58 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha
Replies: 54
Views: 14064

Re: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha

A wagon fulla snack cakes? In the Champeenship? I'd like to see ya try!
by rickgriffin
Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:25 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha
Replies: 54
Views: 14064

Re: 2018/07/11 - Blame It On The Alpha

HA. I was right about Miles being the ALPHA. Take that Champion Wallace and everyone else who contradicted me. No need for that kind of callout. :| Also, since real wild wolf packs are typically family units, and we know that Miles' pack are one large extended family, it's likely that he was merely...
by rickgriffin
Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:34 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/09 - If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put Your Pee On
Replies: 52
Views: 15883

Re: 2018/07/09 - If You Like It Then You Shoulda Put Your Pe

Sleet wrote:That is an absolutely frightening title.
I'm sorry, I absolutely could not pass up the opportunity
by rickgriffin
Fri Jul 06, 2018 12:47 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/07/06 - The Hills Have Eyes
Replies: 67
Views: 17990

Re: 2018/07/06 - The Hills Have Eyes

Champion Wallace wrote:Title Text: ugh yet ANOTHER character that may ambiguously be a descendant of one we saw from seven thousand years ago
Oh Rick, nice try, but you forgot we're now going to argue superfluously about their gender, too.
Oh really

Why do you think I spelled it Gale and not Gail
by rickgriffin
Mon Jun 25, 2018 12:52 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/06/25 - Obvious Pink Floyd Reference
Replies: 48
Views: 14113

Re: 2018/06/25 - Obvious Pink Floyd Reference

It saddens me that people haven't heard Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
by rickgriffin
Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:05 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/06/18 - Official Paperboard Presentation
Replies: 30
Views: 10010

Re: 2018/06/18 - Official Paperboard Presentation

Frank wrote:Lana, you suck at explaining
Ahem, she has a paperboard presentation standee, hence she is EXCELLENT at explaining
by rickgriffin
Thu May 31, 2018 9:37 pm
Forum: Announcements & Feedback
Topic: Guest Week Incoming!
Replies: 0
Views: 51415

Guest Week Incoming!

Gonna take at least one week, maybe two off, so please to send in guest strips to housepetscomic@gmail.com As usual: please size your comic sensibly. 1200 px wide max, legible fonts, and must be a web-postable format (PNG, GIF, JPEG) Anything that is unreadable or the wrong size will be sent back. I...
by rickgriffin
Mon May 28, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/05/28 - Alternative Methods
Replies: 92
Views: 28013

Re: 2018/05/28 - Alternative Methods

*sniff* *sniff* smells like a retcon. Nah. Taking advantage of past ambiguity, maybe. He has to know how basically everyone interpreted this statement from the time it was made, it's come up in basically every thread that might even vaguely involve a reference to the Cosmic Geeks. Including, I'm pr...
by rickgriffin
Mon May 28, 2018 2:21 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/05/28 - Alternative Methods
Replies: 92
Views: 28013

Re: 2018/05/28 - Alternative Methods

Wait... I don't get it, dood. Dragon and Pete weren't supposed to remember who they are. Kitsune's words weren't about their memories of demigods at all, he doesn't bring it up at all in that panel. He's talking about specifically how long they have to live. That's to close a loophole of them knowi...
by rickgriffin
Mon May 21, 2018 5:59 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It
Replies: 87
Views: 25047

Re: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It

I made a separate thread for untold story suggestions first, I'd like to know if there's anything in particular that's been bugging people
by rickgriffin
Mon May 21, 2018 5:58 pm
Forum: The Comic
Topic: Untold Stories
Replies: 78
Views: 48144

Untold Stories

Since in the current comic I'm teasing something I didn't think I was gonna tell but now might, I want to ask the forums for suggestions on stories I've implied happened in the comic but never told. For instance, I am formulating a story about Breel's old life in the nineteenth century. I might gath...
by rickgriffin
Mon May 21, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It
Replies: 87
Views: 25047

Re: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It

There is actually an explanation to this

. . . well, NOW there's an explanation to it. I might tell the story sometime. Need to gather together a list of untold stories for people to vote on though . . .
by rickgriffin
Mon May 21, 2018 5:43 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It
Replies: 87
Views: 25047

Re: 2018/05/21 - Don’t Read Into It

Pandooble wrote:Step 1: Take character with very little known information
Step 2: Imply backstory with another character with untold backstory.
Step 3: Sit back and relax as fans lose their minds trying to figure it all out.
I'm gonna be honest this is my usual method of operation, so now you all know my secret
by rickgriffin
Sat May 12, 2018 8:56 pm
Forum: Announcements & Feedback
Topic: Ursa Major Awards 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 46217

Re: Ursa Major Awards 2017

Sinder wrote:So I'm curious

Do you have somewhere to keep these things or do you send them back and ask for money instead

Or are they made of chocolate
They're kinda piling up around my bookshelf
by rickgriffin
Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People
Replies: 75
Views: 25360

Re: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People

It's a lifetime of reading reviews, good sir. People giving their opinion of how a story they read or a show/film they watched resolves. But whereas a professional reviewer waits until the story is fully over, the internet offers the chance for instant opinions and people feel free to give it. It's...
by rickgriffin
Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:31 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People
Replies: 75
Views: 25360

Re: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People

No my question is why does everyone always read a serialized comic like the most recent comic should be read as the conclusion, it must be terribly confusing to think the comic or plot or character arc is ending constantly How about you treat the punchline as a punchline and wait for Keene to actual...
by rickgriffin
Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:18 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People
Replies: 75
Views: 25360

Re: 2018/04/23 - A Ferret Of The People

. . . what the crap is anyone even talking about in this thread?
by rickgriffin
Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:34 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/04/06 - The White Writer
Replies: 49
Views: 16932

Re: 2018/04/06 - The White Rider

Nobody wrote:Rick, you missed a golden opportunity when you didn't name this strip "The White Writer."
Dangit, I knew there was a pun in there but I couldn't think of it

BRB changing strip title
by rickgriffin
Wed Mar 28, 2018 12:29 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/03/28 - It’s Over(?)
Replies: 40
Views: 12977

Re: 2018/03/28 - It’s Over(?)

Let me get this straight. The mana pool has the raw power to destroy the universe, but a massive energy blast directly powered from it cannot destroy the Forgotten? I know the pool was already drained somewhat by the portal opening, Tarot's sealing efforts, and Res' transformation, but come on. Jus...
by rickgriffin
Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:54 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/03/19 - Love Will Set You Free
Replies: 124
Views: 55457

Re: 2018/03/19 - Love Will Set You Free

As a note, perhaps, maybe rambly as I am p tired from Furnal Equinox right now My personal ideas about how the comic should attend to same-sex couple representation should be, to anyone who's been keeping up, quite obviously shifted over the years as I changed my own personal stances; when it began ...
by rickgriffin
Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/02/21 - Imagine Sisyphus Happy
Replies: 95
Views: 36574

Re: 2018/02/21 - Imagine Sisyphus Happy

lootboxes are always for sale
by rickgriffin
Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:24 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/02/21 - Imagine Sisyphus Happy
Replies: 95
Views: 36574

Re: 2018/02/21 - Imagine Sisyphus Happy

Argent wrote:You get paid in hell scrip that you can only spend at the hell store and they're always out of everything.
ding ding ding
by rickgriffin
Tue Feb 13, 2018 1:17 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/02/13 - Like If U Cri Every Tine
Replies: 28
Views: 10332

Re: 2018/02/13 - Like If U Cri Every Tine

valerio wrote:Hey guys (Or Rick, even better): Need help for translation: which sets of fonts were used this time? Thank you!
Concurso Italian BTN
Segoe Print
Istanbul
Smarty Pants BTN
Yu Gothic
NSimSun
by rickgriffin
Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:27 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2018/01/03 - Potent Portents
Replies: 28
Views: 14363

Re: 2018/01/03 - Potent Portents

Buster wrote:enough with the filler, resolve the bloody cliffhanger already.
What's that? You want another week and a half of filler? Well okay . . .
by rickgriffin
Mon Dec 25, 2017 9:32 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets
Replies: 87
Views: 40277

Re: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets

Hehe, it's great! Cute and funny :) A not-chocolate soak sounds pretty nice, actually. The OSX download version doesn't work for me though (on macOS version 10.13.2). When I run "Game", it opens an all-black window. Under the Window menu, there's a Devtools, and if I open that and view th...
by rickgriffin
Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:54 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets
Replies: 87
Views: 40277

Re: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets

Bandit1990 wrote:I unzipped it with 7zip, this is what I got.

Image
Huh, weird. For some reason when I attempted making an Android build, it replaced my Windows build despite me not telling it to do that. Anyway, the link should work properly now.
by rickgriffin
Mon Dec 25, 2017 1:40 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets
Replies: 87
Views: 40277

Re: 2017/12/25 - 12 Days of Housepets

What do you mean? The executable is in the zip file. You just need to extract it an keep the file structure intact.
by rickgriffin
Fri Dec 15, 2017 1:58 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/12/14 - Double Hockey
Replies: 125
Views: 55658

Re: 2017/12/14 - Double Hockey

IceKitsune wrote:I'm gonna be completely honest this feels like a shocking cliffhanger just to be a shocking cliffhanger. If Breel could use the mana pool how was he standing in it? Why does only him crying activate it? Why does it open a portal to Hell?
I thought I did pretty good at setting it up . . .
by rickgriffin
Sun Dec 10, 2017 10:11 pm
Forum: Announcements & Feedback
Topic: Guest Week!
Replies: 3
Views: 26039

Guest Week!

Hey, I think I need another break so I'm calling for Guest Week for next week (18th-23rd); please send all guest comics to housepetscomic@gmail.com Note this please: 1. All text must be legible 2. The maximum width is something around 1200 px. Do not send working size pictures, PLEASE RESIZE. 3. Ple...
by rickgriffin
Fri Dec 01, 2017 3:24 am
Forum: Announcements & Feedback
Topic: HOUSEPETS! BOOK 8 NOW AVAILABLE!
Replies: 10
Views: 70950

Re: HOUSEPETS! BOOK 8 NOW AVAILABLE!

https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... /panicnic/

First (proper) comic in the book

I'm actually surprised someone remembered the subtitle always comes from a comic in that year
by rickgriffin
Mon Nov 13, 2017 2:06 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/11/13 - Restitution
Replies: 51
Views: 32060

Re: 2017/11/13 - Restitution

Cool cool, I think the only "downside" is that from now on there aren't going to be new originals to buy in your store, but then again, I don't think that's really a downside. And there are still plenty of strip-originals left. *looks at massive box filled with unlisted originals* Yeah, m...
by rickgriffin
Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:20 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/11/13 - Restitution
Replies: 51
Views: 32060

Re: 2017/11/13 - Restitution

Well it's not like physical inking is all that expensive to do, it's basically pennies per page, if that. (Physical coloring, now THAT gets expensive) But it IS a lot faster. I decided to switch mainly because I was playing it too safe with my physical inks; I'd end up leaving nearly whole pages to ...
by rickgriffin
Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:11 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/11/13 - Restitution
Replies: 51
Views: 32060

Re: 2017/11/13 - Restitution

Gbr23 wrote:Well... At least Pete left a message

Now Rick, is the whole process digital or are you sketching phisically like you used to ?
Whole process is digital now
by rickgriffin
Wed Nov 08, 2017 3:03 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/11/08 - Them There Hills
Replies: 26
Views: 11897

Re: 2017/11/08 - Them There Hills

for those who are wondering whos' جعفر بن يحيى ( Ja'far ibn Yahya ), he was the Persian vizier of the Arab Abbasid caliph, Harun al-Rashid. He had a reputation as a patron of the sciences and did much to introduce Indian science into Baghdad. He also happens to be a particular character in Arabian ...
by rickgriffin
Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:30 am
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/11/06 - Secret Collect
Replies: 25
Views: 14431

Re: 2017/11/06 - Secret Collect

Arabic's been updated to be more someone-who-actually-knows-what-they're-doing-y I tried to have it be funny even if you don't know what she's saying! (But yeah the first panel is "But I'm out of money! Ugh, I'll try anyway . . ." and the last panel is "Did you actually learn Arabic o...
by rickgriffin
Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:47 pm
Forum: Old Comic Discussion
Topic: 2017/09/29 – Lead To Gold
Replies: 44
Views: 21448

Re: 2017/09/29 – Lead To Gold

NOTE: The arabic has been updated with the proper ligatures. Manga Studio doesn't support them so I basically needed to import a sufficiently large enough raster image of the text to get it right.