Oct28
Oct21
I thought this would be fun to share with Rip Haywire fans
I took the initiative to kind of explain Rip Haywire to new readers…following in the footsteps of the great adventure comics and created a Phantom-esque “for those who came in late…” styled week of strips for new readers whose newspapers picked up Rip Haywire…No idea if they will ever use this but it’s in the system and can be used. I’m now also trying to focus on shorter stories if you can believe it…this strip is always under construction until it starts to work for me instead of me working for it…still the most fun i’ve ever had…(besides Brevity) But not an easy sell to newspaper editors…but to the editors who take a chance on Rip Haywire I and the readers thank you!
Check ‘em out.
Dan
Aug28
Chat LIVE with Rip Haywire cartoonist Dan Thompson (that’s me!) on twitter Friday 8-30 1:30 PM CDT
on August 28, 2013 at 6:34 pm
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This should be fun…ask questions about the strips!
Jun14
Knock out, smack me in the face awesome Breezy fan art for Rip Haywire!
on June 14, 2013 at 2:23 pm
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Anthony VanArsdale sent some fan art my way of Breezy, Rip’s newest gal pal. Anthony told me he worked up this piece from the 3rd panel of the strip she first appeared in. He also wrote jokingly:
“P.S. Breezy can give me a ride in her copter anytime she wants! That is assuming she gets a new one.”
Don’t worry, she will be getting a new helicopter soon. I love this! It has that little golden books type appeal to it, doesn’t it? It’s so cool. Thank you, Anthony! I can’t stop staring at it! Check out Anthony’s blog @ www.anthonyvanarsdale.com
(Click image for a larger Breezy)
May14
Last month the editor for my local paper Madison Taylor here in sunny NC threw a bunch of Girl Scouts of America (minus the cookies) on my drawing board! The troop needed a cartooning badge and needed to know the steps to create a comic strip…I thought this was pretty cool and possibly an opportunity to get me some free girl scout cookies. So, I drew up this step by step with Rip Haywire as the guide.
Ah, I can picture a group of little girls all sitting around the table looking at this thinking….WTF?
Then I thought, maybe some cartoonist and readers might like it too…so here it is
PS:
Still waiting on the cookies
Jan09
2013 here we come! Buy my books I’m broke! (but who isn’t) Sorry for the delay on fixing the site I had to change hosts to run comicpress. The host I was with slowed the site to a halt. After of course I paid that host for the full year…I had no choice but to move to another…
Here’s a picture of my books on my desk next to comics I love.
This is funny…I play xbox360 and I created an avatar a while back of Rip Haywire for kicks…they really need to add a squinty eye to choose…I’ve been trying to play Skyrim but I got an arrow to the knee. wah-wah-wahhh
Happy New Year, and I will try my best to write some exciting stories this year!
Best
Dan