I make it as personal as possible because I think that’s where you get the nuances like the strange things that happen. “It always kind of bugged me because I as a happy person…In the back of my mind, I always thought that there would be a comic that better reflected what I was used to…a regular upbringing. “When I was reading comics as a kid, I hated that Charlie Brown was kind of like a loser and a downer,” he said in a phone interview from his home. But Wilson says he wanted “Wallace” to be happier. 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.
It helps that “Wallace the Brave” closely mirrors his experiences. The winters are pretty darn slow…I do the bulk of my cartooning in the winter.” “The liquor store is a small town in Rhode Island where 80 per-cent of our business is in two months. “I bought with the intention of knowing that it gave me a little more freedom in my schedule to draw cartoons,” said Wilson in a phone interview. “When I was reading comics as a kid, I hated that Charlie Brown was kind of like a loser and a downer.But Wilson says it’s not quite as hectic as it sounds.
Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave remains the newest, and only, syndicated comic strip introduced this year ( for two more weeks, anyway). “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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