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 has published the Rip Haywire comic strip since March 2, 2009.[5]

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ""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. 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. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  8. Madison Taylor (November 23, 2010). "Art imitates life, maybe". TheTimesNews.com. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  9. Madison Taylor (September 16, 2010). "The bully pulpit". TheTimesNews.com. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

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