June 19th, 2015

News Around The Kingdom: “Rhymes With Orange” Celebrates An Anniversary

by The King

Greeting Comics Royals!

Today marks the 20^th Anniversary of “Rhymes With Orange.”Hilary Price has been drawing and writing “Rhymes With Orange” since 1995. It has thrice won “Best Newspaper Panel” by the National Cartoonists Society and appears in 400 newspapers and websites internationally. When she began drawing “Rhymes With Orange,” she was the youngest woman to ever have a syndicated strip.

Congratulations, Hilary, on reaching this incredible milestone! Here’s to another 20 years!

Rhymes With Orange by Hilary Price

In other news …

Terri Libenson (“The Pajama Diaries”) discusses the lack of support systems for parents, including equal pay, flex time, better maternity and paternity leave, part-time rights and on-site daycare, to improve the quality of life for working parents.  

Dan Piraro is testing out a new format on his blog to make it easier for his fans to read “Bizarro” on different devices. Let him know if the new format is to your liking.

Mort Walker shares Part One of the history of Beetle Bailey enlisting in the Army.

Jonathan Mahood (“Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog”) is taking a photography class and shares some of his recent photos.

Jeff Parker has taken up bike riding again and so has another character in “Dustn.” Can you guess which one? Find out here.

Brian Walker shares one of the best “School’s Out” celebration photos we’ve ever seen on HiandLois.com.

Finally, a new character will be appearing in “Take It From the Tinkersons” starting in July.

Thanks for catching up on this week’s News Around the Kingdom. See you again next Friday!