The plot centers around Peanut Butter and Grape Jelly, pets of the Sandwich family, and their various misadventures. 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. Animals also enjoy certain rights (for example, a police dog can arrest humans), but wild animals not kept as pets have no legal status. Most animals are sentient most mammals are fully anthropomorphized, able to walk and talk, and live double their normal lifespan. The primary setting is Babylon Gardens, a suburban neighborhood somewhere within the United States. Housepets! won the 2009 Ursa Major Award for Best Comic Strip
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. 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. Housepets! is an anthropomorphic webcomic by Rick Griffin. Four books have been published by Plan Nine Publishing.
The full archive is available on the web. The Suburban Jungle was first published online 1 February 1999, and ended its run on November 6, 2009. Predation (in the style of Kevin and Kell) exists, but with many laws, written and moral, concerning where and when a kill may be made.
The world of The Suburban Jungle is like our own, but solely populated by anthropomorphic animals. Among the numerous other characters appearing in the strip are her roommate Yin the Panda, her boyfriend Leonard Lion (owner of The Watering Hole, a frequent setting), and Dover Cheetah, a computer nerd who tries to woo Tiffany but eventually marries her sister, Comfort, and Drezzer Wolf, Tiffany's agent. It is set in a fictional urban community and centers around the life of its star, Tiffany Tiger (a model/TV personality), and her circle of friends and associates. The Suburban Jungle was a webcomic written and drawn by John "The Gneech" Robey and colored by K. Cover of the 1st comic strip collection book