''Rhymes with Orange'' is an American

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written and drawn by Hilary B. Price and distributed by

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. The title comes from the commonly held belief that no word in the

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s with " orange". It was first syndicated in June 1995. While the strip has no named recurring characters, common themes include

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s, dogs, and absurdities of modern life. It appears in over 400 newspapers daily, and won the Silver Reuben for "Best Newspaper Panel Cartoon" from the

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in 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2014. Rina Piccolo has assisted Price on her comic strips since 2016 and is now a co-cartoonist with the strip.

Collections

Three strip collections have been published, ''Rhymes with Orange'' (1997), ''Reigning Cats and Dogs'' (2003), and ''Pithy Seedy Pulpy Juicy'' (2007).

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''Washington Post'', 2002
Interview with the cartoonist
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