Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for December 04, 2022

My kind of town!

I LOVE THIS. My love of this is over the top. It struck a nostalgic sentimental chord deep within me. Or something.

And the tourists, too.

Is that the name of one of the student sports teams?

Snug Harbor’s number one attraction on TripAdvisor!

I can understand Amelia’s frustration. The place I’m at had two snowflakes in one year, and now there are 3-meter-tall monuments at both locations and tourists from as far as China coming to take selfies-with them.

How to know that you live in a small town…..

I know a 7-11 that has a sparrow nest built in their sign.

There’s a lot to unpack, here. And don’t get me started on stop signs.

Heehee “Sparrow Swag”..

Anyone notice the bunny?

I lived in a town so small, that a traffic jam was having to stop at a stop sign because there was a car passing by.

That is what small towns do. Anything to attract attention. Think, Lake Woebegon, Minnesota, and their “Toast & Jelly Days.”

Wife and I drove to a small coastal town one Saturday and got stuck in town during a parade. Seems if July 4th falls during the week, they have their parade on the following Saturday. This strip captures the feeling perfectly!

I live in a one traffic light town on highway 101.

I’d be happy to live in Snug Harbor. Seems nice to me.

One of the bright spots this time of year is watching the birds at the feeders when I wash the dishes!

In our town we get ducks nesting in the shrubbery outside McD’s. Everybody leaves them alone, even as they cross the road to the river and back once a day!

Ha! My town has 5 sets of stoplights! It was 4 for a long time, but people complained about getting in and out of Wal-Mart, so if you need to make a left out of their lot… now you can.

Very imaginative! Kudos, Mr. Henry!

The world would be a better (and happier) place if more people celebrated the small things and found more beauty in the every day…. so… good job, Snug Harbor.

Well, that was nice of the town.

The Minn town we temporarily lived in made a big deal when the Dairy Queen reopened every Feb 14th. And yes we waited in 25° for a Blizzard ☺️

I would like to live in Snug Harbor.

The sparrows must have know the light was there when they picked the spot. Seems cruel for the town to remove that feature.

Beautiful art work, as usual.

All we have is a fake ark. I’d rather have sparrows.

Sometimes a guffaw. sometimes a gentle smile, but always, always a bright spot in my day! Thank you Will Henry!

A town didn’t have a tornado siren for years because birds built a nest in it. They now test it every day at noon.

Hey, if you can monetize a Ground Hog…

I would be very glad if my town needed no more than one traffic light.

Our town has zero traffic lights.

Heaven……

Snug Harbor is the comics version of Stars Hollow in Gilmore Girls which, was inspired by New England towns. Per Google: Though fictitious, Stars Hollow was inspired by quaint, quirky hamlets across New England. Show creator Amy Sherman-Palladino has revealed that the town Washington Depot, CT, first inspired Stars Hollow for her.

I once bought 4 mosquito “curtains” that attached with velcro for the covered portion of my deck (and used binder clips and magnets at the openings) but has 2 large panels that are around a foot too long so it made a “loop” in the corners. A little brown bird, either a nuthatch, chickadee or a wren would use the one corner loop to sleep in without any nesting materials.

I want to move to Snug Harbor!

This reminds me of the tiny town I live in!

I think Amelia did win the lottery living in a place like Snug Harbor, and having friends like Wallace, Spud, and Rose, but she probably won’t realize this until she’s much older, and living in the big city …

Come for the commentary, stay for the drawings.

Many years ago, an entire stretch of newly constructed freeway was shut down because a family of foxes was denning in the center berm. It went on for at least a year.

If you’ve got beef with the sparrows you’ve got beef with Spud and I suggest you let that one marinate.

I want to relocate to Snug Harbor!

as long as the town has good places to eat, go for coffee and the. I am for it. It sounds like a place whose retail is not run by Walmart.

Amelia: “Oh, please! Sparrow me all your quaint, small town charm!”

I love this comic, it just has such a homey and wholesome feeling that makes me want to draw a comic just like it.

If I win the lottery, I am moving to a one traffic light town.

Does the gentleman in the lower left (wearing a green scarf) have a beak? Is he some sort of man-sparrow?

There’s always some guy with merch! Can’t we just enjoy some nature without some schmuck marketing it?

You know, in Vermont they don’t allow roadside ads. It’s a brilliant idea.

As it ought to be…all for nature!

I’ve taken several pictures of nests built in store and hospital signs in my neighborhood.

If I couldn’t live there, I’d at least like to visit frequently. The Sparrow Swag looks cool, too.