Webcomic Right up there With Sabrina Online.
Housepets! is a popular long running webcomic by artist/writer, Rick Griffin.
The series follows the adventures of anthropomorphic dogs, cats, ferrets pretty much any animal who can talk in this universe. They live with their "parents" (Their masters whom they refer to as their moms or dads).
The comic itself is very fun to read and I really enjoy the characters (except for Bino). I think Peanut captures the true personality of a dog: excited, lovable, loyal and kind. I really like the other characters, Fox and King because they have great chemistry, they have a good brotherly bond, and a friendship done right. Out of all the characters my favorite has to be Fox, because he is loyal and friendly and smart.
The art style has evolved a lot. Mr.Griffin likely went through three or four different changes. In the first book, the characters had awkwardly giant hands which was weird at first but I got past it. The earlier designs was also slightly flat almost as if the author had "same face syndrome" because most of the characters I could barely tell apart. The current art style however is great. They look more distinct and three dimensional and their espressions are made to be well, expressive.
The writing is very good, and that's saying something cause considering Rick started a new career as a writer. The story arcs have a good blend of humor as well as some really serious story writing. Like I think if he wanted to, Rick could make a graphic novel because he has the makings of a good writer. He writes very unique plots, and has great character development leaving you wanting more.
Overall Housepets! is an amazing webcomic with fun characters and entertaining stories. If you love slice of life/adventure comics with adorable characters then please give this a read.
-Jerry Springfield
Webcomic A webcomic gem here,folks.
When looking for a comic, you generally want one that will last until you are old. To me, Housepets is a definite must for those that like to take their comic reading overtime seriously. It updates 3 times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and gives a wonderful, playful mood in terms of drawing and originality in it's storyline. It follows story-arcs (lasting as long as one week to a month, depending on the story) and some one-offs in-between the story which act as breathers in-between, similar to your classic comics with one page joke panels.
The story mainly focuses on a world about pets and animals who are sentient and can behave as human as any other human being (they even have thumbs, so that's a plus). While the comic originally focused on the Sandwich family and their pet dog (Peanut) and cat (Grape), the story expands as it gets older to the other pets in the neighbourhood and their backstories and families. Eventually, the pets start entering romance which have some interesting choices in terms of who chooses who: You'll come across the usual cats dating cats and dogs dating dogs, but as you read the story it's not exactly a one-species dating area and then things get much more interesting. With alot of good choices to show off personality and characteristics of such a setting, you'll be interested in learning where these relations develop with the lovely characters in this comic and finding out where these choices they go through lead up for them.
In terms of unusual settings introduced in a romance and comedy comic, you'll come across magic and heaven as the story goes on. The magical part starts off as psychic magic tricks and peering into time from a pomerian (which is adorable, i might add), but grows into full grown magical gryphons and dragons which can be off-putting to the new-comers with the sudden shift of magical gods. The introduction of heaven shortly afterwards can be considered something of an odd choice, but considering the circumstances behind heaven in the comic and the pets, it's not a bad choice for the characters once you get into it. While it's certainly a little off at first with these two chances, the comic doesn't hurt itself much with these in the long run. The magic gets the characters into less than casual scenarios and heaven is used as more of a utensil to show the characters some depth inside a literal genie scenario at times with their own morals and ideas looked into.
That being said, the comic has been around for at least 8 years at this point and it's been doing spectacular in it's long-running course with it's load of fun characters and great combination of art and comedy and romance. If you are interested in reading a comic that updates three times a week and see all sorts of adorable pets and animals trying out all sorts of cute and funny ways to make your life enjoyable (and possibly theirs alot more hectic), give Housepets a try! You won't be disappointed one bit.
Webcomic Housepets
A recently found comic, it is an extremely interesting one. The plot is for the most part compelling, involving at its most basic level sapient pets dealing with day to day life, and at a deeper level the game between Kitsune, Tarot (Dragon) and Pete, which seems to affect every characters life in an as of yet unseen way. The only issue I have found has been what appear to be holes in the story. Not missing information or bad plot points, but spots where it seems at least to me there should be more story, as if a strip was lost. A prime example of this is when King first meets Fox and Bino, where it feels something was left out. The characters are endearing, Peanut and Grape especially so due to their complext relationship and though the other chacters seemed flat at first, my intrest in them has grown as their backstory has filled in, Sasha's, King's and Fido's being the most apparent so far. The jokes are for the most part funny, though if your humor is more towards being cynical or dark, the comic will seem simple. The author also has a self imposed PG rating, at least as far as TV Tropes has let me know, and though some of the more relationship oriented stories suffer slightly from this, it keeps the comic on a more lighthearted tone, something I at least approve of. It is a furry comic, though I am still confused the importance many readers still attach to the appearance of a character, not knowing why that of all things matters, and it will turn away many who find this type of art style abhorrent for the above peculiar reason. Other than that it is a fun and interesting read, and I heartily recommend it.
Webcomic Sorry, but I think this comic is a mess.
Sorry to play the bad guy here, but I don't think this comic is a good a others say it is.
And I'm gonna give away from slight spoilers for this review, so be warned.
There were things I liked, sure. The regular anthro animal characters are likable, King's character arc was compelling, and when the comic's focus is strictly focused on the mortal animals and their antics, it becomes enjoyable in it's own right.
But in the comic's attempt to build its world, it later ended up drawing me further away from whatever mindset I supposed to go into the comic with. I dare say that the comic seems to suffer from an identity crisis.
Much of the pro-human oppression the obliviously sapient anthros clearly go through is mean-spirited with them being subjected to arbitrary laws and horrid acts of abuse that mess with any comedic or light-hearted tone the comic wants to establish. And while I saw rare occasions a human would treat an anthro fairly and politely, the human race (again with rare exceptions) as a whole in this comic doesn't seem to show any remorse or guilt for the prejudicial oppression their "pets" go through, making them come across as apathetic, if not outright evil arrogant bigots who think their treatment of anthros as "lesser' beings is justified. Yet most of the "pets" seem more okay with this setup than they should be, which has heavily pushed my suspension of disbelief.
And while there some attempts from Keene Milton to give anthros more rights. Bafflingly, he and other who seek to push for more Anthro rights
And then there are the Celestials, Pete and Dragon are unlikable, annoying, and arrogant jerks with very little humorous or redeeming qualities balancing them out, yet the comic presented moments that seem to indicate you're supposed to feel sorry for them when they suffer emotional breakdowns rather than view said breakdowns as satisfying catharsis for how much they've pestered the main characters and meddled in their affairs.
And from I've read so far, their later temporary descent to mortality presented only a PROMISE of character development for them, and from what I gathered, it's development that the comic still has gotten to yet.
The other demigods were fine, I guess, but the plots centered around them are often difficult to follow, not helped by how some strips sporadically bring up large amounts of exposition that contrast how straight forward the rest of the comic was written.
Really, if not for King's character arc and how involved the demigods were in that bit, you could've downplayed, if not outright removed the demigods from the comic and narratively wouldn't have lost anything worth keeping (Pretty sure there are more mundane ways to bring Zach and Jessica together, for instance).
As if this review, I've binge-read the comic up to the 2017 strips trying to enjoy it the same way Rick intended. It's possible I'm missing or overlooking something, but if Rick's playing the long game on the things I've criticized, he's doing so in a way that's moreso testing my patience for the comic's flaws than he is enticing me or keeping my interest.
And really, I'm not convince Housepets as much of a central identity, does it want to be a light-hearted comedy starring anthro pets? does it want to be a drama-comedy with social commentary? Does it want to be about the supernatural? It almost comes across as Rick's throwing whatever he likes into the comic without much regard for narrative consistency or coherency.
I started reading this comic knowing it has a massive following and I tried my hardest to enjoy it the same way other readers seem to. Which is why it kinda breaks my heart that I can't seem to approach this with the same mindset other readers seem to.
You're welcome to give a rebuttal to my criticisms on this webcomic. In fact, I sincerely hope you do.