Rip Haywire by Dan Thompson for April 30, 2024

Now things are going to have to change, and that starts with you, Cobra(in order to get him out of this dream)!

Too many blows to the head to realize Cobra is right? Say it ain’t so, Rip!

Eh who writing this hallucinations story these days? Some AI?

Even in a driving rain….Rip goes to his first love….Pancakes!!!

Sadly pancakes just leave me feeling bloated—I rarely eat them. You can have them, Rip.

All that we see or seem… Is but a dream within a dream. —E.A.P

Too bad none of the trio is smart enough to come in out of the pouring rain.

Guess I’m gone. Too bad, this was a fun strip but blowing the whole thing up? As I said before, meh.

No me despiertes, si duermo,

y si es verdad, no me duermas.

Mas, sea verdad o sueño,

obrar bien es lo que importa.

Si fuere verdad, por serlo;

si no, por ganar amigos

para cuando despertemos.

—Calderón de la Barca

So says the dog who was neutered as a puppy…

If you have a plotline direction that hasn’t been KA-violently exploited yet, bring it on!

KA-Pancake Love!!

ka-dilemma

A brilliant (or dismal, depending on your point of view) manifestation of the internal depressive state of the residents of Starbright on hearing of the recent bankruptcy of the Pancake Emporium. Ka-Groan.

KA-NEVER LOVE AGAIN!

Cue Mr. Pancake popping up and saying “can’t go wrong with pancakes, Ripster.” (It’s still possible this could all be a hallucination.)

If a man has pancakes (and, I guess, a dog), what else does he need in life?

I like Fireball, I hope she sees through her biological mother’s manipulative deceit and still loves her dad.

So Corrine the Cobra clone told Rip Junior that he was a genetically manipulated clone of Rip Haywire, and RJ developed into Tank Tucker, who later rescued her from bad guys, how will Tank respond to the news about the REAL Cobra Carson being rescued from a Skull facility? STAY TUNED KIDS!

I’m sure Hazy will be happy to hear that. She may renounce her name and go back to being Fireball again.

On the other hand, this is the sexiest Cobra has been for a long time.