2016/06/03 - End of Year Eight

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:00 am

[ End of Year Eight ]

Title Text: dang cellphone was in the limo

Quick, Keene, find a wet shirt competition!

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:01 am

Post by **SeanWolf** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:02 am

Holy...

Someone has it out for Keene

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:03 am

Another multiparter arc!

Now things are really getting interesting!

bjchan95 · Post by **bjchan95** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:04 am

Well you did it, I'm more excited than when the arc first started...

Urocyon · Post by **Urocyon** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:04 am

Well THAT was unexpected...

Iceheart · Post by **Iceheart** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:06 am

So now Keene is going to be stranded on an island for five years only to return with a vendetta to bring down the list of people his father gave him, as the Green Ferret.

ChekeBello · Post by **ChekeBello** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:10 am

Ok, Keene, is time for an smart move; just call Lana, only tell her and play to be dead a while just to undercover Steward real plot.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:11 am

Well ... that was intense !!! The sequence was perfectly executed, great work there Rick !

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:12 am

WAS THIS ATTEMPTED MURDER?!?

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:13 am

Waking up, underwater.
Air bubble; getting shorter.
Thinking cool;
Thinking faster,
Mere seconds from disaster.
Pulling fast, on the frame
Not wondering; no-one’s blame
Swimming hard,
Climbing well
Out of the water’s swell.
New question, what occurred?
New thought; blame blurred
Down or up
Driver gone.
What the heck is going on?

FancyHat · Post by **FancyHat** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:15 am

Holy PolandBalls! Someone tried to whack Keene! I bet it's those two twits(You know who..) from before at it again! That or the bloody driver had one too many schnapps or maybe Keene really needed to hire a better driver.. (I never thought I'd say this, but I hope that bloody driver is still in that vehicle,if this was an attempted hit[A murder in which the murderer is paid by another person to commit the act in return for cash. Usually ends with one of or both preps being arrested and tried for the 1st Degree]) Welp..Time to bring out the ol' Sherlock Holmes outfit and get to cracking the case.

Nameless coyote · Post by **Nameless coyote** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:15 am

Oh my. The chauffeur is missing...
Hm, maybe that's why Keene felt woozy when he entered the water in the Room of Recall...?

And that last panel...

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:15 am

An assassination attempt?!!

Very well laid out and emotionally charged strip.

Awesome work!

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:17 am

OH GOSH! Some Heavy Rain stuff's going down right now! D: That was literally attempted murder, I mean he may have even been slipped sleeping pills with how he just suddenly knocked out in the flashback. Gonna be honest, I wasn't expecting it to take a dark turn like that, but I like it! This is super interesting.

Edit: IT'S EVEN RAINING

Also it's the end of year 8 already?! That year flew by so fast! I feel so old

WishIWasHearEarlier · Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:24 am

But we still don't why Keene was awakened in the first place.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:24 am

Gbr23 wrote:
Last year I wrote:
A year ago I wrote:So here´s a funny fact: in almost all the "End of the Year" strips, Joel/King is present in them:

Year 1
Year 3
Year 4

And now Year 5, the only exception to the rule is Year 2

So Rick, was this planned or is it just a funny coincidence ?
Year six

Yeah, Im going with planned
Year 7
And the gag continues

And the gag is broken after 5 consecutive years

FancyHat · Post by **FancyHat** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:30 am

Okay, to be frank, we need a list of people who would want Keene dead so we could figure this wee problem out...Exactly who the blazes wants Keene deader then dead..

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:31 am

Thomas and Celia Milton are the first ones I would think of as the one who would order a hit. If that's the most likely case, the other ferrets are in danger as well.

Urocyon · Post by **Urocyon** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:35 am

Okay, to be frank, we need a list of people who would want Keene dead so we could figure this wee problem out...Exactly who the blazes wants Keene deader then dead...

IT WAS….DAISY!

Keeshah · Post by **Keeshah** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:37 am

Keene is suddenly wishing he was an Otter!!

Nameless coyote · Post by **Nameless coyote** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:50 am

Thomas and Celia are the obvious first suspects here. I think if that's the case, we might get a confirmation soon - the car'd hit the surface just a few moments before Keene woke up. While I'm sure the duo isn't present anywhere around, whoever was directly responsible for the "accident" might still be close.

Also, I hope that piece of paper in the first panel isn't what remained of the letter to Fox...

Darquirrin · Post by **Darquirrin** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:55 am

Anyone else notice this is EXACTLY the same scene as what happened with Charlie in the movie, 'All Dogs Go To Heaven'?
Same care off the end of the pier. Same person comes back in said car from heaven. It's a really cool homage to the movie.

leinglo · Post by **leinglo** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:12 am

Having people that want you dead is one thing, but when Keene's own chauffeur is going to be trying to stage car accidents to kill him...

I think it may be time to make another leap for animal rights and have one of the wolves get a driver's license, because right now it's looking like Keene doesn't have many humans he can trust.

Or maybe there needs to be a trustworthy human character introduced (who actually stays human) to stick with the animals and give Keene more direct help from the human side of the aisle.

On a side note, has it really been eight years? Wow.

Neowulf · Post by **Neowulf** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:12 am

An end of year comic without King, huh?

The dead truly are rising.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:13 am

Uh... Where's the driver? Let's hope he jumped out before the car went under.

leinglo wrote:Or maybe there needs to be a trustworthy human character introduced (who actually stays human) to stick with the animals and give Keene more direct help from the human side of the aisle.

Do you mean to say Lindberg, Ryan, Jeff, Jeeves, and the Sandwichs aren't trustworthy? O_o

leinglo · Post by **leinglo** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 1:30 am

SuperStar wrote:Uh... Where's the driver? Let's hope he jumped out before the car went under.

leinglo wrote:Or maybe there needs to be a trustworthy human character introduced (who actually stays human) to stick with the animals and give Keene more direct help from the human side of the aisle.
Do you mean to say Lindberg, Ryan, Jeff, Jeeves, and the Sandwichs aren't trustworthy? O_o

Nothing wrong with those people, but they're all more side characters that we don't see very much or know all that well. I was thinking a human semi-main character that can have a little more to their character description than a single paragraph. Though, admittedly, any one of those you listed would be excellent candidates to step up and take more visible roles. Having Jeeves become sort of an Alfred character for Keene would be pretty cool. He's British, he could foil another death plot on Keene by revealing he's ex-SAS or MI6 or something.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:11 am

Either the staff was so fed up with Keene as to try and get rid of him, or he was getting way closer to his political goals, and it was time to stop him.
Either way, congrats, Rick: This was one of the most intense action scenes ever!

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:14 am

If the continuation has more action, can we please get our favorite purple cat involved in some? She's an expert at applying pressure to stupid people's faces.

FritzyBeat · Post by **FritzyBeat** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:17 am

Holy Moly someone is after Keene o:
Like, I KINDA expected this when I saw him talking while getting into the limo and stuff, but I didn't EXPECT it expect it *shot*

The plot thickens~

Also, hi, I'm back temporarily after like.... I dunno... 6 months of silence? Yeah, sorry about that XD I'm not good at keeping up on forums anymore

Still totally check in on the comic when I can tho'~ owo

dakaggo · Post by **dakaggo** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:24 am

Alright I'm going to say what everyone is thinking... not enough Breel in this one. Never enough. More please.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:32 am

dakaggo wrote:Alright I'm going to say what everyone is thinking... not enough Breel in this one. Never enough. More please.

Everyone is a very strong word.

FritzyBeat · Post by **FritzyBeat** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:33 am

dakaggo wrote:Alright I'm going to say what everyone is thinking... not enough Breel in this one. Never enough. More please.

Wait, so what's up with Breel then?
I mean, I caught up on all the comics and know who the character is, but they didn't seem like anyone TERRIBLY special compared to the other supporting cast. Am I missing something here that is causing lots of people to fall in love with this heavenly fur ball? ;P

(sorry, I am so horrendously out of touch with the events of this forum the last 6 months :'D What is even a housepets) *shot*

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:10 am

Urocyon wrote:
Okay, to be frank, we need a list of people who would want Keene dead so we could figure this wee problem out...Exactly who the blazes wants Keene deader then dead...
IT WAS….DAISY!

No one ever suspects the Daisy. She is probably working with the Spanish Inquisition because:
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Nameless coyote · Post by **Nameless coyote** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:31 am

FritzyBeat wrote: Wait, so what's up with Breel then?
I mean, I caught up on all the comics and know who the character is, but they didn't seem like anyone TERRIBLY special compared to the other supporting cast. Am I missing something here that is causing lots of people to fall in love with this heavenly fur ball? ;P

Keene and Breel seemed to be attracted to each other, with all the blushing, hand-holding and tail-hugging, as well as totally accidental "slinky" phone background. Some people loved that, others didn't for various reasons (for example because Breel's in afterlife, or cause he's a guy).

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:33 am

D-Rock wrote:WAS THIS ATTEMPTED MURDER?!?

Douglas Collier wrote:An assassination attempt?!!

No, it was an ... accident *wink*

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 3:38 am

IdleCurator wrote:
Urocyon wrote:
Okay, to be frank, we need a list of people who would want Keene dead so we could figure this wee problem out...Exactly who the blazes wants Keene deader then dead...
IT WAS….DAISY!
No one ever suspects the Daisy. She is probably working with the Spanish Inquisition because:
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

No she's too dumb to do something like that.

Not A Furry · Post by **Not A Furry** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:30 am

Loving the art on this one! And the cliffhanger! And the effort of keeping an awesome 3-day-a-week comic on schedule 8 years straight!

Happy birth(ish) day Housepets!

ConvoyWolf · Post by **ConvoyWolf** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:49 am

OMG! I totally didnt see this coming!....seriously i thought hed just wake up in bed or somethin.

Poor Keene. Seeing him in the last panel, cold and frightened.... i just wanna pick him up off that dock pillar and wrap him in a warm towel then hug him tight.

Jamonius · Post by **Jamonius** » Fri Jun 03, 2016 5:03 am

Well, this is an unexpected surprise! Yet it makes sense, Keene is trying to make changes to his world that would really shake up a lot of societies and that's bound to make some people, powerful people, upset. This does look like a hit: Keene suddenly dozing off argues for him being drugged shortly before the car was sent in the water. The driver being missing also does not bode well: if he's someone directly hired by the Milton's then Keene needs to have some of his own staff investigated and clean house. If the guy was an employee of some kind of chauffeur service then it's police raid time as soon as Keene is secured and has time to talk to his lawyers.