In April 2018, the collection was nominated for Eisner Awards as best humor publication and best publication for kids ages 9-12 categories. ReceptionĪ Wallace the Brave collection was published in paperback by Andrews McMeel Publishing in 2017. The setting of Snug Harbor incorporates elements of Henry's hometown of Jamestown, Rhode Island. He has claimed both Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes and Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac as influences on the strip's style.
Wallace the Brave is elaborated from sketches of a child Henry began to make after working on Ordinary Bill.
After graduation he created the comic strip Ordinary Bill, which depicted a beach bum cartoonist and ran in his hometown newspaper The Jamestown Press, but found the subject matter too limiting. Will Henry, the pen name of liquor store co-owner William Henry Wilson, previously drew a strip called Dormmates for the Connecticut Daily Campus, the daily student newspaper at the University of Connecticut. In March 2018 it began appearing in over 100 newspapers worldwide. It debuted on the company's GoComics website in 2015. Wallace the Brave is a humor strip written and drawn by Will Henry and syndicated through Andrews McMeel Syndication. “When I was reading comics as a kid, I hated that Charlie Brown was kind of like a loser and a downer.Universal Uclick/ Andrews McMeel Syndication But Wilson says he wanted “Wallace” to be happier. Author: Will Henry Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction Topic: Humor / Comic Strips & Cartoons, Comics & Graphic Novels / Humorous, Transportation /. It’s a bit of a throwback to the days when the concerns of childhood centered more on sea shells and space ships than smartphones, to a world where the echoes of early “Peanuts” or “Calvin & Hobbes” can be heard in the distance. Set in the quiet waterfront town of Snug Harbor, the strip illustrates the sometimes strange adventures of a young boy named Wallace, his odd best friend Spud, and new-in-town Amelia.
But the inspiration for it is found closer to home in the country’s smallest state. Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave remains the newest, and only, syndicated comic strip introduced this year ( for two more weeks, anyway). His syndicated comic 'Wallace the Brave' appears in more than 100 newspapers nationwide. “Wallace the Brave” comic strip, which he pens under the name of Will Henry, is now in more than 100 newspapers across the U.S., including the Houston Chronicle where it begins Sunday.Īnd the Houston Chronicle is where this piece introducing readers to their newest comic strip appears.
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