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News Around the Kingdom: April Fools’ Day, Robotics Week and NCS Nominations

By ComicsKingdom Admin

Greeting Kingdom Royalty!

It has been a busy week in the Kingdom with April Fools’ Day and the start of baseball season. Did you enjoy our little “Scratch-n-Sniff” gag? It s also Awards season, so we are very pleased to announce that three of our cartoonists have earned nominations for their cartooning work.

Congratulations to Terri Libenson (“The Pajama Diaries”) and Isabella Bannerman (“Six Chix”) on getting the news that their cartooning work has been nominated by the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) for “Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel of the Year.” Hilary Price also received a nomination for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” for her stellar work on “Rhymes With Orange.”

 

This is the last week to donate to the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. No amount is too small. Sandra Bell Lundy shares why this event is so special to her here and John Hambrock shares links on his Edison Lee blog on how and where you can make a donation

Hilary Price talks about cutlery cleaners and identity thieves …

The Tinkersons are now on Instagram, make that Tinkstagram

National Robotics Week (NRW) kicks off next week!  Jonathan Mahood has done another weeklong NRW-inspired Bleeker series about it …

Pop on over and read the sticky situation that Mamet and crew find themselves in the annual “maple sugaring” series at Deflocked.com

Dan Piraro explains how sometimes, not always, the “horizontal” works better …

Alex Hallatt shares some super cute panda illustrations

John Rose and the “Snuffy Smith” gang celebrate National Tater Day … In case you were tardy to the party, read Comics Kingdom’s tribute blog post about it here.

Jeff Parker had an April Fools’ Day flashback and shared with us the Great Comics Switcheroo of 1997 …

Brian Walker celebrates the start of baseball season at HiandLois.com

Karen Moy addresses some burning questions from readers about Mary Worth

Rina Piccolo shares another cartoon video. This one is called “The First Robin of …?”

Part Two of “Master Magicians and Phantoms,” a previously published interview with the late great Lee Falk, is now posted on the Mandrake the Magician blog.

Finally, a travel blogger who writes “Rant and Roam” published a photo-filled post about her trip to Popeye and Olive Oyl’s creative birthplace, Chester, Illinois!

 

Thanks for stopping by! Please return again next week for another edition of “News From Around the KIngdom.”

Have a great week!