Favorite Panel

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:40 am

trekkie wrote:^ You might be right Rufus did make a phone call before he left the farm with Maxwell.

I loved Grape and Max’s expressions in the last panel of the last strip of “The Maxwell Thing” .

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

Rex and Dallas also have wonderful reactions (Rex has really turned in such a sensitive soul - would be fun to see him spotlighted for a turn or two).

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 4:51 pm

No kidding that it would be. Can you say "Rex's Kitten and Pup Daycare Services" as the name of a future arc?

trekkie · Post by **trekkie** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:54 am

This whole panel.

https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... tch-plans/

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:13 pm

trekkie wrote:This whole panel.

https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... tch-plans/

...and Halloween's comin' up.

dr_eirik · Post by **dr_eirik** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:41 pm

NHWestoN wrote:
trekkie wrote:This whole panel.

https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... tch-plans/
...and Halloween's comin' up.

In a similar vein, and I can't find it now, the Halloween one where Fox and Karishad switch colorations. It's wonderful because it's so subtle.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:33 pm

I have to wonder where Karishad got the idea to do that from? LOL

Champion Wallace · Post by **Champion Wallace** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:20 pm

dr_eirik wrote:
NHWestoN wrote:
trekkie wrote:This whole panel.

https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... tch-plans/
...and Halloween's comin' up.
In a similar vein, and I can't find it now, the Halloween one where Fox and Karishad switch colorations. It's wonderful because it's so subtle.

Halloween Interlude

dr_eirik · Post by **dr_eirik** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:19 pm

I love imagining the next day Fox discovering the paint doesn't come off.

trekkie · Post by **trekkie** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:35 pm

I love the whole panel. Bailey and King are sweet Princess Peach as and Mario respectively.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:23 pm

I just realized that the Mario costume that King is in has the colors of his shirt and overalls switched like in the television show.

fenrirblack · Post by **fenrirblack** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:50 am

I was flipping through Year 3 and had to share this gem.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:14 pm

I really do hope that they do bring Actor Dog back someday but that seems unlikely.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:16 pm

does he have a name? if not he should be Wright, since his tag is the copyright symbol.

Gameb18oy · Post by **Gameb18oy** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:31 pm

Buster wrote:does he have a name? if not he should be Wright, since his tag is the copyright symbol.

OBJECTION!!!... Should be the first line out of his mouth and I feel bad for you if you don't know what is being referenced

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:32 pm

Since the Wiki that SuperStar updates has him listed as "Actor Dog", I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a name.

dr_eirik · Post by **dr_eirik** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:12 pm

I do love his slightly incredulous look here. And I guess someone feels bad for me because I'm not sure what's being referenced here either...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Sep 25, 2019 7:25 pm

I'm assuming he looks like that because he doesn't know what the crap is going on. XD

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 4:53 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I really do hope that they do bring Actor Dog back someday but that seems unlikely.

Not to mention Colleen, Karo, and Skip the Hawk!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:41 pm

Yeah I am sort of thinking that all of those characters are one-offs and we won't ever have them show up unless they do in a Guest Week comic.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 3:57 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Yeah I am sort of thinking that all of those characters are one-offs and we won't ever have them show up unless they do in a Guest Week comic.

I agree. Colleen and Karo mirror Duchess and Bino who are already very well developed. Rick does occasionally bring out such characters but one-joke one-offs (Jasper and Jinx) or duplicates that fail to find a niche (Rodney and Snow) just disappear. Skip could be a character like Tiberius the Falcon in "Secret Lives of Pets" but Rick probably thinks Jessica's treehouse has enough tenants. And bird don't seem to thrive in Rick's world. But … it IS Rick's world, so who knows? Maybe Skip could transform into a sadistic gym teacher...…...

dr_eirik · Post by **dr_eirik** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 11:41 am

NHWestoN wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:Yeah I am sort of thinking that all of those characters are one-offs and we won't ever have them show up unless they do in a Guest Week comic.
I agree. Colleen and Karo mirror Duchess and Bino who are already very well developed. Rick does occasionally bring out such characters but one-joke one-offs (Jasper and Jinx) or duplicates that fail to find a niche (Rodney and Snow) just disappear. Skip could be a character like Tiberius the Falcon in "Secret Lives of Pets" but Rick probably thinks Jessica's treehouse has enough tenants. And bird don't seem to thrive in Rick's world. But … it IS Rick's world, so who knows? Maybe Skip could transform into a sadistic gym teacher...…...

The problem (if you can call it that) is that Rick has an enormous number of characters. That's great in a way because he doesn't need to slot a character into the wrong role. Think if he didn't have an already established group of geeks for use in Temple Crashers. He could have pulled other characters in, but it might have felt wrong. I'm sure when he needed a dog to chase Marion up a tree, Kevin was an easy choice. Using Bailey or Fido or really even Bino would have felt off. He's got a cast with a huge range of motivations, abilities, intelligence, etc.

The downside is that we all have favorite characters and even some side characters who we want to see again even though they've had limited strip time to date. I, personally, would love to see Terrance again. Its always fun to see the raccoons, even if we may not see any of them for a year or more.

As for birds? He's got Trinket who has had a small but important role in a couple of arcs. I think he may be the most established of any of the avians we've seen.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:31 pm

Admittedly, I was a bit surprised that Fox's partner was a whole new character in Mungo rather than Terrence especially since he made it into the K-9 poster.

dr_eirik · Post by **dr_eirik** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:47 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:Admittedly, I was a bit surprised that Fox's partner was a whole new character in Mungo rather than Terrence especially since he made it into the K-9 poster.

I suspect what we already knew about Terrance didn't fit the story that Rick had in mind. It definitely would have played out a lot differently since Fox and Terrance likely are similarly strong. Also, I think that arc needed someone pretty unfamiliar with Fox. And Mungo wasn't a totally new character, he was in the wedding scene before he was even named (I understand that his tag was added later).

I've wondered if Terrance is even a patrol dog since the Aztec arc. He was present in a non-speaking role when Joel is arrested, but later he's supposed to be the forensics liaison.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:49 pm

I know he was at Kingley's wedding but I still consider him a new character since he wasn't fleshed out back then.

fenrirblack · Post by **fenrirblack** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:19 pm

It's less a favorite panel but two since they go together. But the two right panels just crack me up.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:20 pm

So it would be a section that is your favorite instead of your favorite panel?

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Fri Oct 11, 2019 9:29 am

Actually, the first panel is pretty funny, too...….

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Oct 11, 2019 6:09 pm

I'm very much wondering if Falstaff was sat on as a baby now.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Sat Oct 12, 2019 2:15 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I'm very much wondering if Falstaff was sat on as a baby now.

Might explain some things....

LunarFox · Post by **LunarFox** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:37 am

The third panel of this: https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... e-of-life/

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:15 pm

You mean Marion freezing his tail off after he took a nice large dip in a dirty toilet?

LunarFox · Post by **LunarFox** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:43 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:You mean Marion freezing his tail off after he took a nice large dip in a dirty toilet?

Oh come on, I'm not that awful...

No, it's what Marion's saying that makes me like it, just how serious they are about it, yet how silly what they're saying is. "Start a dynasty of squirrel emperors," "meet our enemies in mortal combat," come on, Marion.

The sad thing is, though, that I can relate to that feeling of, "well, the world hates me, I give up and now I'm just spurting nonsense," I've done it a time or ten. I'm fine, but I know his pain.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Oct 14, 2019 11:42 pm

I know that it wasn't gonna be that. Just pointing out that was what happened in that panel.

mrjaco · Post by **mrjaco** » Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:31 am

Not really because when I think "burritos", my next thought is "toilet".

Sir Chestnut · Post by **Sir Chestnut** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:32 am

I like the last 2 panels of this one. Very Looney Toonsesque.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 2:56 pm

Sir Chestnut wrote:I like the last 2 panels of this one. Very Looney Toonsesque.

In All Quiet on the Western Front, soldiers often used their shovels as weapons of last resort. We had an old Austrian WWI vet who lived in our town. When I asked him about that, he said they used to sharpen one side of the shovel even though you'd be punished if the officers caught you. He said the Russians and Italians - the folks the Austrians fought - did it, too.

For what that's worth.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:36 pm

You think that blow to the head would have made her nicer...

trekkie · Post by **trekkie** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 3:39 pm

She has a hard head, I think. I like those panels too.

NHWestoN · Post by **NHWestoN** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:51 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:You think that blow to the head would have made her nicer...

I think it would have made her comatose.

trekkie · Post by **trekkie** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:54 pm

I love King’s face in the third panel.