Is it weird to give anthropomorphic cats and dogs pet cats and dogs in a cartoon?

I am writing a comic book about streetfighting cats and dogs. Some of them have watchdogs they keep as pets. I am wondering is it weird to give them pet cats? In some of the old Disney caroons Goofy had Pluto as a pet. In Goof Troop the Goofs had a pet cat and the Petes had a dog. I don’t see that as being any different. Please help.

Anything that makes your comic seem more interesting is good. It may be less common, but I wouldn’t say strange, it’s more "fantastical" and "boundary-pushing".

I’ve seen quite a few comics where the anthropomorphic characters have pets (I’ve even seen pets with pets with pets). In fact, sometimes these pets are as equally anthropomorphised as their animal owners.

However, I recommend that you made the pets less anthropomorphic just to make them seem more like, well… "pets".

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2 Responses to “Is it weird to give anthropomorphic cats and dogs pet cats and dogs in a cartoon?”

Sode no Shirayuki on January 10th, 2012 at 5:42 am

I think it’s okay, you can just give the pets less human-like features than the anthropomorphic animals
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Atomic Fox on January 10th, 2012 at 6:20 am

Anything that makes your comic seem more interesting is good. It may be less common, but I wouldn’t say strange, it’s more "fantastical" and "boundary-pushing".

I’ve seen quite a few comics where the anthropomorphic characters have pets (I’ve even seen pets with pets with pets). In fact, sometimes these pets are as equally anthropomorphised as their animal owners.

However, I recommend that you made the pets less anthropomorphic just to make them seem more like, well… "pets".
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