History ComicStrip / RipKirby

%% * {{Blackmail}}: A very frequent occurence in the series, often targeting Pagan, who has a lot of darkness in her past.

* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: All too common among witnesses.

* BettyAndVeronica: Honey and Pagan, respectively
* {{Blackmail}}: A very frequent occurence in the series, often targeting Pagan, who has a lot of darkness in her past.
* BrainyBrunette: Pagan, though it's more street smarts than book learning.
* BumpIntoConfrontation: Lady Lilliput does not take well to being bum ped into by a child.
* CardSharp: "Fingers" Moray

* FemmeFatale: Pagan Lee, initially.
* FilleFatale: "Silky" Shaw, leader of a street gang and accomplice of a forger/blackmailer.
* TheGamblingAddict: Elizabeth "Betya" Bannister
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Honey is young, sweet, wholesome and reflexively kind, a strong contrast to Pagan.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: Lupo, and the two even smaller girls he's taking care of.

* NapoleonDelusion: Captain Cormorant is borderline with this towards Lord Nelson.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The Mangler.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Rip Kirby, in response to an offer by Derek Starlock.

* StartToCorpse: The second strip.
* UnclePennybags: The Starlocks' true nature, once Rip figures out how to get them out of the mess they've created.
* WronglyAccused: A frequent plot in the series.

* BecomingTheMask: initially goes undercover as a model to help Rip solve a murder. It turns out she's really good at the job, and within a couple of years is considered expert enough to mentor beginning models herself.

* BecomingTheMask: Honey initially goes undercover as a model to help Rip solve a murder. It turns out she's really good at the job, and within a couple of years is considered expert enough to mentor beginning models herself.

''Rip Kirby'' was created by Alex Raymond, who was also the original creator of the ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' comic strip. When he returned from serving in WorldWarTwo, he discovered that the syndicate had [[ExecutiveMeddling given that strip to another artist]] and wouldn't let Mr. Raymond take it back. As a consolation prize, they offered a much better financial deal if Mr. Raymond could come up with a new strip for them. After some consultation with the editorial staff, Mr. Raymond chose to make a detective strip, featuring a man who was a combination of cerebral and hardboiled, while also being very modern and "cool".

* CivilianVillain: "Fingers" Moray's second appearance had him claiming to be reformed and working as a private eye. He was actually planning to engage in some jewel theft.

* OutlivedItsCreator: Somehow, the strip managed to last 43 years past the death of creator Alex Raymond.

* HairOfGold: Honey.

''Rip Kirby'' was created by Alex Raymond, who was also the original creator of the ''FlashGordon'' comic strip. When he returned from serving in WorldWarTwo, he discovered that the syndicate had [[ExecutiveMeddling given that strip to another artist]] and wouldn't let Mr. Raymond take it back. As a consolation prize, they offered a much better financial deal if Mr. Raymond could come up with a new strip for them. After some consultation with the editorial staff, Mr. Raymond chose to make a detective strip, featuring a man who was a combination of cerebral and hardboiled, while also being very modern and "cool".

* AuthorExistenceFailure: Somehow, the strip managed to last 43 years past the death of creator Alex Raymond.