Rip Haywire | |
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Author(s) | Dan Thompson |
Website |
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Current status/schedule | Current serialized daily strip |
Launch date | (syndication) 5 January 2009 |
Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate |
Genre(s) | Adventure |
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.[ citation needed]
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]
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]
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]