Rip Haywire

Rip Haywire is an American Serial comic strip written and illustrated by North Carolina artist Dan Thompson. It is a comic version of action/adventure strips like Indiana Jones, James Bond and Steve Canyon for the Dilbert generation. United Feature launched the strip in Newspapers beginning 5 January 2009.

Times-News has published the Rip Haywire comic strip since March 2, 2009.

Main characters
There are three main characters: Rip Haywire, his cowardly collie TNT and his ex-girlfriend Cobra Carson.

In a later strip, they are joined by a orphan kid they dub R.J.

In an interview with Times-News, Dan Thompson described his characters as the following:
 * 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."