Rip Haywire

Rip Haywire is an American serial comic strip written and illustrated by North Carolina artist Dan Thompson.[1] It is a comics version of action/adventure entertainment like Indiana Jones, James Bond, and Steve Canyon for the Dilbert generation.

Rip Haywire
Author(s)Dan Thompson
Websitewww.gocomics.com/rip_haywire
Current status/scheduleCurrent serialized daily strip
Launch date(syndication) 5 January 2009 (5 January 2009)
Syndicate(s)United Feature Syndicate
Genre(s)Adventure

Publication history

United Feature launched the strip in newspapers beginning 5 January 2009.[2][3][4]

North Carolina's The Times-News has published the Rip Haywire comic strip since March 2, 2009.[5]

Main characters

There are four main characters: Rip Haywire, his cowardly talking collie TNT, his wife Breezy and his ex-girlfriend Cobra Carson.[1][6]

In a one strip, they are joined by an orphan kid they dub R.J.

Rip marries Breezy Easy, a young lady with fiery red hair, on August 27, 2016.

In an interview with Times-News, Dan Thompson described his Rip, Cobra and TNT characters as the following:[7]

  • Rip Haywire is "a combination of classic action heroes such as James Bond, Indiana Jones and Jason Bourne."
  • Cobra Carson is "always out for herself ... She's like all the James Bond girls rolled into one."
  • TNT is "the opposite of Lassie."

Reception

According to Madison Taylor, an editor of Times-News, the serial has detractors and fans among the paper readers. Some dislike serials, some desire more humor and less intrigue. Some like it because "it’s different than anything else" Times-News publishes and "it's also got an quirky sense of humor."[8][9]

gollark: It was much slower to develop.
gollark: I might have accidentally skipped one at one point, which would take us to 8, but who knows.
gollark: I think 3 and 5.
gollark: Several, but I forgot their numbers.
gollark: Ah, bee induction.

References
  1. ""Rip Haywire" swings onto comics pages". Denver Post. January 13, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  2. Robert Greenberger (December 12, 2008). "'Rip Haywire' gets Syndicated January 5". comicmix.com. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  3. Alan Gardner (December 10, 2008). "United Media launches Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  4. Tom Mason (January 14, 2009). "Q&A: Dan Thompson and RIP HAYWIRE". comics.gearlive.com. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  5. Madison Taylor (February 22, 2009). "Coming soon: Rip Haywire, directly from Graham". TheTimesNews.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  6. "Rip Haywire - Meet The Characters". United Feature Syndicate. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  7. Mike Wilder (February 22, 2009). "Comic strip's creator mixes adventure and humor". TheTimesNews.com. Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  8. Madison Taylor (November 23, 2010). "Art imitates life, maybe". TheTimesNews.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  9. Madison Taylor (September 16, 2010). "The bully pulpit". TheTimesNews.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
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