| Safe Havens | |
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| Author(s) | Bill Holbrook |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Updating weekdays and Saturdays, no Sunday. |
| Launch date | October 3, 1988 |
| Syndicate(s) | Washington Post Writers Group (1988-1992); King Features Syndicate (1993-present) |
| Genre(s) | Dramedy, satire |
| Preceded by | On the Fastrack |
Safe Havens is a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook. It was originally syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group starting October 3, 1988[1] as a weekday only strip (opposite the Sunday only strip Outland by Berkeley Breathed), the strip switched to King Features Syndicate in 1993. The strip has been published in more than 50 newspapers. The strip originally concerned the group of pre-schoolers at Safe Havens Day Care, but has focused on Samantha and followed her as she has grown up (approximately in real-time) and gone through elementary school, high school, college, and (currently) marriage.[2] The comic then went online in 2010.
The strip is located near the seashore in the fictional city of Havens, several hundred miles from the state capital. However, in 2018 the setting changed to a spaceship on a crewed mission to Mars that is expected to last until 2021.
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 338. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ Markstein, Don. "Safe Havens". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 2 April 2020.