Rhymes With Orange

What Came Up In My Garden

HilaryP — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:14:05 +0000

One of my nice spoons. I was weeding the bed and felt something metal.

The other prize-winning fruit is my cat Seltzer. He likes to sit on the pea shoots, tangle himself into the netting, then get annoyed and violent when he cannot get out. He takes cats cradle literally.

Speaking of cats, I had a good news/bad news event happen a month ago. Good news: George Takei, Captain Sulu of Star Trek fame, posted my Take-Your-Cat-To-Work-Day strip on his Facebook page. It got 69 million shares last I checked. Bad news, the version he used was stripped of my name, the date, the name of the strip and the address of the website. It probably was sent to him that way, but what a bittersweet tale of a strip going viral.

Since Mother’s Day is coming up, I’ve been advised to tell you that Mom would rather have a signed color cartoon print than new slippers or a bottle of vodka. Here’s one she might like. It ran on 9/12/2004.

Happy Spring, everyone!

Hilary

My New Ears And Other Improvements

HilaryP — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:14:25 +0000

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:

You can now buy SINGLE RWO GREETING CARDS ON-LINE instead of a set! There are about 70 designs here– check them out!

MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO…
“Mike Du Jour”

Mike Du Jour debuted this past September. It’s by Mike Lester, and I just love his drawing style. He also does kids books and is an editorial cartoonist who leans heavily to the right. I’m thrilled he’s doing Mike Du Jour so I can enjoy his humor without wanting to hit him over the head with a newspaper for his political views. (But that’s just me. My dad loves his politics.)

By the way, when’s the last time you saw that Wham video? You’re welcome.

AND SPEAKING OF CARTOONS, WE’RE GIVING OUT FREE SAMPLES LIKE THOSE LADIES AT THE GROCERY STORE!

You can get your fave strips delivered to your inbox for a 7 day free trial without showing your plastic to anyone. It’s on online subscription called DailyINK.

My syndicate also wanted me to remind you that a framed color reprint of your favorite cartoon makes a GREAT VALENTINE GIFT. Find the strip you want on the website then press the “buy this print” button below it. Easy peasy.

Like for your spouse, or your cat:

The fine print on DailyINK:

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MY NEW NOM DE PLUME

You know how your fingers are so used to typing your name at the end of a letter?
Are you ever off by one key?
Today, “HILARY” became “GUKART.”
My new nom de plume.

XO,
GUKART

Funniest Moment Of My Day

HilaryP — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:04:05 +0000

Happened this morning, when I was trolling for wireless in downtown Northampton:

Today’s Dog Strip Is So Autobiographical I Have Proof

HilaryP — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:30:47 +0000

At my house, anything edible is behind a cupboard. Not so at my parent’s house.

Shared From My Wall. My Real Wall. Onto my Fake Wall.

HilaryP — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:27:28 +0000

Cartoonist Norm Feuti, creator of Gil and Retail, gave me this Gil comic. I treasure it, and wanted to share it with y’all.

I Sing and I Talk About Screwing Up Words– An NPR Radio Essay

HilaryP — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:32:25 +0000

Click on the logo to hear last Friday’s commentary on New England Public Radio.

Here’s the actual link as well:http://bit.ly/UqPizf

Twinning in the New Year

HilaryP — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:55:22 +0000

New Year’s Eve isn’t the only time for hazy confusion. Let’s keep it alive in 2013.

Rhymes With Orange dog and cat cartoons are featured in the winter issue of Modern Dog Magazine, with Carrie Underwood on the cover. But isn’t Carrie Underwood really just Reese Witherspoon with a new name? The proof:

While I like the article and the magazine, it killed me that they used a photo of me from more than a decade ago…WEARING MAKE UP. In order to bring it up to date, please remove foundation and add wrinkles. I’ve provided a handy guide.

And since we’re on the topic of dogs, here’s another comparison I posted a long time ago: Darth Vader, meet Pekingese.

“Darth, I am your father…”

And the last pair of unlikely twins: Jetsons, meet IKEA:

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope to keep in better touch.

My Two Favorite Photos From My Stay in West Tennessee

HilaryP — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:12:48 +0000

Kristin’s mom’s filing system. Look above “Geico.”

Dressing up the cat, a la 1915. Kristin’s grandmother did this.

Why It’s Better To Be A Middle-Aged Woman Than A Teenaged Boy

HilaryP — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:57:01 +0000

They don’t kick you out of Walgreens when you do this:
WATCH THE VIDEO

An Apology For Today’s Strip

HilaryP — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:05:22 +0000

I am very sad to report that today’s strip wasn’t pulled from papers given the tragedy of Newtown. Already I have heard from a few readers who were mighty angry, and rightly so, for opening their comics page and seeing it. I create and send in my strips four weeks before they appear in the newspaper, and newspapers generally lay out the comics page part of their paper ahead of time as well. Sometimes editors catch things like this and ask for a replacement strip for their papers from my syndicate. We always give them one. I am sorry that I didn’t catch it, that my syndicate didn’t catch it, and that the comics editor of your newspaper didn’t catch it. The world has changed since I drew this strip and it just isn’t funny anymore.