Rip Haywire
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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]
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External links
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