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A first attempt at starting the comic began in 2009. Reactions varied from complete apathy to utter condemnation. The first bubbles of discontent toward the comic occured when Simpson published a non-story comic where Raine [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Broke The Fourth Wall]] to talk about "red dogs" and "blue dogs", not so subtly taking aim at Red State/Blue State politics, specifically at the Republicans.

Fans and non-fans alike were not pleased with D.C. Simpson's allegory, and even if you didn't find the idea of doing a comic where a major plot point involves [[But You Screw One Goat|a dog making out with a young boy]] to be weird, a lot of people couldn't get past Simpson's ultra left-wing politics, which had already started to grate on some fans due to ''I Drew This'', although ''Ozy and Millie'' tended to avoid this [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Political|because it wasn't really a politically-themed comic]].

Fans and non-fans alike were not pleased with D.C. Simpson's allegory, and even if you didn't find the idea of doing a comic where a major plot point involves [[But You Screw One Goat!|a dog making out with a young boy]] to be weird, a lot of people couldn't get past Simpson's ultra left-wing politics, which had already started to grate on some fans due to ''I Drew This'', although ''Ozy and Millie'' tended to avoid this [[What Do You Mean It's Not Political?|because it wasn't really a politically-themed comic]].

The comic elicited such a heated response from even Simpson's ''fanbase'' that she ended up disowning a fan message board [[Small Name Big Ego|because they didn't receive this comic very well]]. In 2011, however, she decided to [[Continuity Reboot|restart the comic]], but reaction wasn't much better this time around, because the few pages she happened to post went past [[Darker and Edgier]] by having Raine Dog apparently being assassinated, leaving the rest of the story to be told in flashback. Putting aside that she opened on a dark note, the new opening looks very much like Raine was being set up as a Martin Luther King of her universe, and the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of this new take didn't bode over too well, either.

The comic elicited such a heated response from even Simpson's ''fanbase'' that she ended up disowning a fan message board [[Small Name, Big Ego|because they didn't receive this comic very well]]. In 2011, however, she decided to [[Continuity Reboot|restart the comic]], but reaction wasn't much better this time around, because the few pages she happened to post went past [[Darker and Edgier]] by having Raine Dog apparently being assassinated, leaving the rest of the story to be told in flashback. Putting aside that she opened on a dark note, the new opening looks very much like Raine was being set up as a Martin Luther King of her universe, and the [[Unfortunate Implications]] of this new take didn't bode over too well, either.

=== Tropes: ===

* [[Accessory Wearing Cartoon Animal]]/[[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]/[[Fully Dressed Cartoon Animal]]/[[Half Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Rainedog has been ''all'' of these in the comic and its associated artwork.

* [[Accessory-Wearing Cartoon Animal]]/[[Barefoot Cartoon Animal]]/[[Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]/[[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Rainedog has been ''all'' of these in the comic and its associated artwork.

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: As noted, Raine has blue fur. Of course, this is actually a political commentary associating Raine with liberal, "blue state" Democrats.

* [[Author Avatar]]: Raine

* [[But You Screw One Goat]]: Among the other [[Unfortunate Implications]] of the comic is the suggestion of bestiality. The fact that this was supposed to be a comic deconstructing the relationship of cartoon humans and animals in contrast to real-life humans and animals doesn't make this any better.

* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: Among the other [[Unfortunate Implications]] of the comic is the suggestion of bestiality. The fact that this was supposed to be a comic deconstructing the relationship of cartoon humans and animals in contrast to real-life humans and animals doesn't make this any better.

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Raine's refusal to hunt means she has to scavenge from garbage bins. By the present, she's become a vegetarian.

* [[Continuity Reboot]]: In April 2011, Simpson restarted the comic from the beginning and took down all the old pages.

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* [[Talking Animal]]: All animals, apparently.

* [[Walking the Earth]]: Raine does this for a while after escaping from her neglectful owners.

* [[What Measure Is a Non Human]]: Not much, even though they can communicate with humans.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Not much, even though they can communicate with humans.