Captain RibMan

Captain RibMan is the name of an online comic strip created by John Sprengelmeyer and Rich Davis. It centers on the activities of a superhero, Captain RibMan, and is less about saving the world than it is about political commentary.

The main characters are Captain RibMan and Billy. Captain RibMan does, in fact, possess some superpowers, (such as flight) but spends quite a lot of time in his recliner in front of the television set. His cape (all superheroes have capes) is a checkered tablecloth. Billy is a young child whose function in the strip is generally to be a sounding-board. He is the stereotypical 'normal' kid, as opposed to the eccentric Captain RibMan, who is convinced that everything on TV is true. Sometimes also appearing in the strip is a female reporter, named Polly Current, who will occasionally interview Captain RibMan.

Captain RibMan was chosen as the "Best Online Comic Strip – 2001" by Yahoo! Internet Life.

The comic strip is no longer in distribution.


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