John and Rich Davis created the comic strip “Captain RibMan” which was syndicated (by Universal Press Syndicate and Tribune Media Services) in over 300 newspapers. Yahoo! awarded it “Online Comic Strip of the Year.”  The strip was featured in The Hollywood Reporter, The Washington Post and Variety. It was honed under the guidance of Jake Morrissey, the editor for Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side and Fox Trot.

The popularity of the strip spawned a syndicated advice column, “Ask Captain RibMan,” wherein questionable advice was dispensed. With his comic strip and advice column, Captain RibMan became the most widely distributed character in college newspapers. In 2003, a restaurant, “Captain RibMan’s Meat Market,” opened in Lawrence, Kansas.

Captain RibMan follows the adventures of an inappropriate superhero and, often, his interactions with a neighbor boy. Reclining in his Laz-E-Boy eating chips in his secret hideout, RibMan is much more content commenting on world events than helping improve them. Disguised as Jack Bull (ace-reporter for The Daily Weekly), RibMan knows the grittiest, most dangerous places in the crime world, and wields this knowledge to avoid them. He uses his superhero-celebrity status to hawk cheap products and is always happy to sell his name to make a quick buck. He can fly (after eating a can of beans), has super strength, x-ray smell, extraordinary lethargy, colossal apathy, super-human ennui and very poor eating habits.

Captain RibMan featured guest appearances by actual celebrities who would help co-write strips or pen advice columns. Throughout its run, it starred Jerry Seinfeld, Mark Hamill, Howie Mandel, Mike Nelson (MST3K), Dick Morris, Tony Hawk, Sid Caesar, Fred Willard, Bender (Futurama), Bill Nye, Carmen Electra & several Playboy Playmates.

For a compete anthology, please check out “Captain RibMan’s MASSIVE DUMP: An Incomplete & Poorly Researched History of America’s Most Wanted Superhero” on Amazon.