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{{Infobox webcomic <br />
| title = Housepets!<br />
| image = [[Image:HousepetsHeader.PNG]]<br />
| author = Rick Griffin<br />
| url = http://www.housepetscomic.com/<br />
| status = Ongoing Monday-Wednesday-Friday<br />
| began = June 2, 2008<br />
| genre = General humor, slice of life<br />
| rating = [[Image:Censor_PG_button.png]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Housepets!''' is an [[anthropomorphic]] webcomic by [[Rick Griffin]]. The comic is loosely based upon a series of sketches created in Griffin's childhood about a dog named Bino, who also appears as a supporting character in the comic as it exists today. Griffin came up with the idea of expanding his sketches into a full webcomic in 2006, drew up a few rough strips in 2007, and unveiled the comic itself on June 2, 2008. ''Housepets!'' won the 2009 [[Ursa Major Award]] for ''Best Comic Strip''.<ref>[http://www.flayrah.com/c/2009-ursa-major-award-winners 2009 Ursa Major Award winners]</ref><br />
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== Premise ==<br />
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The primary setting of ''Housepets!'' is Babylon Gardens, a suburban neighborhood somewhere within the United States (the strip itself does not specify the exact location of Babylon Gardens, although Griffin states that the Sandwich house was based upon a former residence of his in North Carolina). In the ''Housepets!'' universe, most animals are sentient. Mammals with paws are fully anthropomorphized, able to speak and walk upright; mammals with hooves (and all other animals) are non-morphic, but retain the capacity for speech. Pets live twice their normal lifespan. Animals also enjoy certain rights (for example, a police dog can arrest humans, complete with a fictional legal precedent cited), but wild animals not kept as pets have no legal status. Most pets are regarded much like surrogate children, referring to their owners as "Mom" and "Dad" as well as adopting their surnames, and may be kept by humans who opt not to have children of their own. Also, the intoxicating properties of orange soda are exaggerated.<br />
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The action of the comic revolves around the lives of the various pets living in Babylon Gardens, although many strips focus specifically upon Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly, pets of the Sandwich family. Most strips adopt a "slice of life" approach, depicting pets dealing with common problems such as coping with boredom, visiting the vet, and interacting with other pets in the neighborhood.<br />
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Translation projects are highly active for Portugese, French, Italian, German, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Other translation projects, including Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Swedish, Dutch, Danish and Arabic, are in the works. In addition, some novelty translations, including lolspeak, Olde English, Musical, Advertising, and "Real" (all animal lines replaced with animal sound onomatopoeias) have been undertaken. There is also an unofficial-but-sanctioned project, the [http://www.housepetscomic.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=236 Refur Project], to color the original black-and-white comics that were drawn prior to Christmas 2008.<br />
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In addition to adding color effective Christmas 2008, the style of the comic was changed in March 2009 to closer reflect Rick's typical drawing style.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{main|List of characters in Housepets!}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://www.housepetscomic.com/ Housespets! home page]<br />
*[http://rickgriffin.deviantart.com/ Rick Griffin's deviantART]<br />
*[http://www.furaffinity.net/user/rickgriffin/ Rick Griffin's FurAffinity page]<br />
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{{Ursa Major Awards winners}}<br />
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