ThefollowuptotheEisner-nominatedcollectionofWallacetheBravecomics,featuringbeautifullyillustratedscenesofchildhoodimagination,friendship,outdoorexploration,andadventure.Think“Peanuts“ifCharlieBrownwerelessofamopeor“Calvin&Hobbes“ifCalvinweren’tabitofapsychopath.“WallaceTheBrave“isaboutafamily.There’sDad,afisherman,Mom,agardener,theiralmostferalyoungsonSterling,whonevermetabughewouldn’teat,andhisolderbrotherWallace,arambunctious,imaginativekidbigonexploring.MostlyweseetheworldofthestripthroughWallace’seyes,asleepyEastCoastbeachtowncalledSnugHarborwherethestreetsarelinedwithicecreamshopsandthebeachesaredottedwithrockytidepools...Theworldofchildhooddepictedinthestripisatimeless,outdoorsyonereminiscentofstripslike“Calvin&Hobbes“and“CulDeSac,“bothofwhichHenrycitesasinfluences.--NPR’sGlenWeldon
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