Rip Haywire

Rip Haywire is an American serial comic strip written and illustrated by North Carolina artist Dan Thompson.[1] It is a comic version of action/adventure strips like Indiana Jones, James Bond and Steve Canyon for the Dilbert generation. United Feature launched the strip in newspapers beginning 5 January 2009.[2][3][4]

Times-News publishes the Rip Haywire comic strip since March 2, 2009.[5]

Contents

Main characters

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

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

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

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-New publish and "it's also got an quirky sense of humor."[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b ""Rip Haywire" swings onto comics pages". Denver Post. January 13, 2009. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DP&p_theme=dp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=125BA12C6D0417F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  2. ^ Robert Greenberger (December 12th, 2008). "‘Rip Haywire’ gets Syndicated January 5". comicmix.com. http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/12/12/rip-haywire-gets-syndicated-january-5/. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  3. ^ Alan Gardner (December 10, 2008). "United Media launches Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson". The Daily Cartoonist. http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/12/10/united-media-launches-rip-haywire-by-dan-thompson/. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  4. ^ Tom Mason (January 14, 2009). "Q&A: Dan Thompson and RIP HAYWIRE". comics.gearlive.com. http://comics.gearlive.com/comix411/article/q308-qa-dan-thompson-and-rip-haywire/. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  5. ^ Madison Taylor (February 22, 2009). "Coming soon: Rip Haywire, directly from Graham". TheTimesNews.com. http://madisontaylor.freedomblogging.com/2009/02/22/coming-soon-rip-haywire-directly-from-graham/1013/. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Rip Haywire - Meet The Characters". United Feature Syndicate. http://unitedfeatures.com/?title=meetchars:rh. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 
  7. ^ Mike Wilder (February 22, 2009). "Comic strip's creator mixes adventure and humor". TheTimesNews.com. http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/thompson-22841-haywire-strip.html. Retrieved June 9, 2011. 
  8. ^ Madison Taylor (November 23, 2010). "Art imitates life, maybe". TheTimesNews.com. http://madisontaylor.freedomblogging.com/2010/11/23/art-imitates-life-maybe/5086/. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 
  9. ^ Madison Taylor (September 16th, 2010). "The bully pulpit". TheTimesNews.com. http://madisontaylor.freedomblogging.com/2010/09/16/the-bully-pulpit/4598/. Retrieved June 10, 2011. 

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