Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for June 04, 2011
June 03, 2011
June 06, 2011
Transcript:
Rip's plan for a quick rescue has hit a slight snag - Rip: You're having the baby now!?! Shelly: Can you believe it? The baby's going to be a *shudder* Gemini. Augggghhh! That's a spicy meatball! Rip: Plop-faint! Cobra: Now there's a first.
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 13 years ago
“Plop-Faint?” Are the sound-effects in this comic strip that lame?!
Chithing Premium Member almost 13 years ago
@Josh I guess you missed “KA-TACKLY” from a couple of days ago. Thing is, a lot of us think they’re more cheesy (in a good way) than lame, and that’s what makes it fun.
McGehee almost 13 years ago
Rip did it backwards. With me it’s always FAINT-PLOP.
DorianKTB almost 13 years ago
Ha! I knew all it would take was the agony of childbirth to make even a strong man like Rip cave! Just as well; birthin’ babies is women’s work! :-)
dan thompson creator almost 13 years ago
I get really mixed reviews on the sound fx …I stopped using them for a while and readers missed them, but then other readers didn’t. It’s a love-hate thing.
eowyn_2 almost 13 years ago
I don’t get the spicy meatball thing.
dante.deangelo almost 13 years ago
I like them, Dan. And I’m happy to have been introduced to this comic, it’s fun.
dan thompson creator almost 13 years ago
Thanks, Dante! I welcome everyone to give it a chance and invite a little danger into their day;)
Comicsexpert almost 13 years ago
As a comics expert, I would keep the sound effects in. It’s campy and I think that’s the tone of this comic of what I’ve read of it.
cwreenactor almost 13 years ago
Rip has met his match.
cwreenactor almost 13 years ago
I have followed this since it was at Comics.com. “Rip” is to the spy genre what “Brewster” is to science fiction, “The Legend of Bill” is to heroic fantasy, and Capt. Victorious in “Ink Pen” is to super heroes. The sound effects add to the fun.
Uncle_Bad almost 13 years ago
The sound effects go along with the snappy/sappy/scrappy dialogue, the over-the-top plots and the characteristically caricatured characters. They help keep Rip Haywire from being Secret Agent X-9. (Not that that I have anything against X-9 … but I prefer Rip.)
Uncle_Bad almost 13 years ago
@comicexpert: Since we have a comic expert in the house, let me pose a poser: In the June 2nd Rip Haywire strip, in the first exposition panel, I think Dan is using a classic comic device of having a text box surrounded by background in order to tell us readers the situation but to also show us the setting. But I can’t remember which comic strip used to do this often and it’s driving me nuts. If I’m right and this is the hallmark of a specific comic, can you remember where this is from? (I could ask Dan, but he’s busy drawing.)
Dragoncat almost 13 years ago
First time for everything, right? Can you imagine if it turns out to be TWINS? It’s a comic strip – anything is possible. And BTW… Veridian and Uncle bad’s theories for yesterday work for me, too.
Dragoncat almost 13 years ago
TNT would be SO proud of Rip right now… And whose to say Dutch would not have plop-fainted too?