Control Your Offspring
The web comic Control Your Offspring started in October 2011. Also known as Control You Offspring, it is the work of Joe Ogielo, aka, Cuz I’m Joe. The web comic follows the newspaper gag-a-day formant with each comic standing on its own.
The comic features Anthropomorphic Personifications of the strip's creator’s pets. They also break the fourth wall with the pets commenting on the artist’s drawing skills.
The comic also features several one off gags and parodies of movies and pop culture.
Tropes used in Control Your Offspring include:
- Art Shift - The style of works changes and evolves with each strip
- Furry Comic - Lead characters include two dogs, Simmy and Ozzie and two cats, Stanlee and Sabrina
- Filler Strips - Ocasional one off strips
- Mall Santa - At one point, Simmy threatens a Mall Santa
- Talking Animal - Simmy, Ozzie, Stanlee and Sabrina all talk