three issues, which were published every other month, ending in September 2005. Spinoffs Barrett Chase and Scott Lunt founded the website Perfect Duluth Day in 2003. Chase was a cartoonist and copy editor for the Ripsaw, and Lunt helped deliver the paper. Former Ripsaw Managing Editor Paul Lundgren became a part-owner of Perfect Duluth Day in 2009, as did freelance illustrator Brian Barber. The Ripsaws former "Web Jërk" and Assistant Art Director Adam Guggemos went on to found Duluth's weekly Transistor in 2004, which featured columns and comic strips by former Ripsaw contributors. See also Defunct newspapers of Minnesota List of newspapers in Minnesota References “AAN’s smallest paper publishes in rock ‘n’ roll time,” by Whitney Joiner. Oct. 30, 2003 AAN News. “Boylan threatens murder.” Oct. 25, 1924 Ripsaw. Friendly, Fred W. “Minnesota Rag: The Dramatic Story of the Landmark Supreme Court Case That Gave New Meaning to Freedom of the Press,” May 1981. Random House (). Reprinted May 2003. University of Minnesota Press () “The Great Family Journal grows like a Green Bay tree.” Feb. 21, 1920 Ripsaw. “Presenting John Morrison’s Duluth,” by John Ramos. Spring 2005 Cheerleader. "Ripsaw magazine suspends publication," by Peter Passi. Feb. 4, 2005 Duluth News Tribune. "Ripsaw News makes cuts," by V. Paul Virtucio. Dec. 31, 2003 Duluth News Tribune. “The Ripsaw’s Phenomenal Record,” Oct. 4, 1919 Ripsaw. "Ripsaw returns next week," April 22, 2005 Duluth News Tribune. “Ripsaw to suspend publication and retool as a monthly,” by Don Jacobson. Dec. 19, 2003 Business North. “Ripsaw turns 85,” by Paul Lundgren. March 13, 2002 Ripsaw. “R.I.P. Ripsaw,” by Julia Durst. Jan. 26, 2006 MNArtists.org. “Tabloid attacks draw fire from city officials,” by Jason Skog. Feb. 14, 1999 Duluth News Tribune. Publications established in 1917 Publications disestablished in 1926 Publications established in 1999 Publications disestablished in 2005 Defunct newspapers published in Minnesota Mass media in Duluth, Minnesota