| Rip Haywire | |
|---|---|
| Author | Dan Thompson |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Current serialized daily strip |
| Launch date | (syndication) 5 January 2009; 17 years ago (5 January 2009) |
| Syndicate(s) | United Feature Syndicate |
| Genre | Adventure |
Rip Haywire is an Americanserialcomic strip written and illustrated byNorth Carolina artist Dan Thompson.[1] It is a comics version of action/adventure entertainment likeIndiana Jones,James Bond, andSteve Canyon for theDilbert generation.[citation needed]
United Feature launched the strip innewspapers beginning 5 January 2009.[2][3][4]
North Carolina'sThe Times-News has published theRip Haywire comic strip since March 2, 2009.[5]
There are four main characters: Rip Haywire, hiscowardly talkingcollie TNT, his wife Breezy and hisex-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 withTimes-News, Dan Thompson described his Rip, Cobra and TNT characters as the following:[7]
According to Madison Taylor, an editor ofTimes-News, the serial has detractors andfans 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]