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Safe Havens
Safe Havens is a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook. It was originally syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group starting October 3, 1988 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. 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 lasted until January 2021.
Samantha, Jenny, and Dave are the only original characters left from the Day Care. Roger entered shortly after the strip began. The strip's original main character, a boy named Matt who was the son of the day care operator, was dropped early in the elementary school stretch.
These are our main characters. The souls who never fit into any of the school's official catalog of Cliques, so they were listed in the box marked "Other." Their own mascot is (appropriately) a cat who is the clone of a dog. They are always open to new members.
Samantha Argus - Samantha is the main character, a woman with a hopeful nature and a genius scientific mind. However, she is a bit of a control freak and often attempts to help people, even when they don't need it. Her technical side enables her to see the world rationally and realistically, which comes in handy when you're surrounded by a mermaid, the spirit of a late grandmother, living dust bunnies and a genetic mishap that turned the family border collie into a school guidance counselor. She is now married to Dave Hamper and gave birth to their firstborn in September 2018. Her role on the mission to Mars was commander, or as she puts it, "Rocket Administrator". Since the mission's return she has been named head of the genetics lab where Rupert and Rosalind work.
Dave Hamper - Dave is dyslexic, but found that instead of it being a disability it's simply an alternate yet perfectly viable way of interfacing with the world. He uses his unique special talents to achieve stardom on the basketball court. He was stationed with "Nuova Pallacanestro Firenze", a team in Florence, Italy, but retired in 2016 due to an ACL injury. He is married to Samantha Argus, who he has been soulmates with since almost the beginning. His role on the mission to Mars was Pilot.
Jenny Fuerte - Jenny is vain, shallow and self-centered, possessing a set of personal ethics that could charitably be called "situational". She is everything that Samantha is not. Contrastingly, the two have been friends since preschool. She has been Dave and Bambi's agent since college. She is married to Luis Fuerte and has a daughter, Candide.
Thomas Volant - Thomas is naturally acrobatic, has since infancy preferred being on a trapeze. He has performed for Cirque du Soleil. He is married to Remora and they have a son, Marlon, who took after him by hanging on a trapeze. His role on the mission to Mars was co-pilot.
Safe Havens
Safe Havens is a comic strip drawn by cartoonist Bill Holbrook. It was originally syndicated by Washington Post Writers Group starting October 3, 1988 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. 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 lasted until January 2021.
Samantha, Jenny, and Dave are the only original characters left from the Day Care. Roger entered shortly after the strip began. The strip's original main character, a boy named Matt who was the son of the day care operator, was dropped early in the elementary school stretch.
These are our main characters. The souls who never fit into any of the school's official catalog of Cliques, so they were listed in the box marked "Other." Their own mascot is (appropriately) a cat who is the clone of a dog. They are always open to new members.
Samantha Argus - Samantha is the main character, a woman with a hopeful nature and a genius scientific mind. However, she is a bit of a control freak and often attempts to help people, even when they don't need it. Her technical side enables her to see the world rationally and realistically, which comes in handy when you're surrounded by a mermaid, the spirit of a late grandmother, living dust bunnies and a genetic mishap that turned the family border collie into a school guidance counselor. She is now married to Dave Hamper and gave birth to their firstborn in September 2018. Her role on the mission to Mars was commander, or as she puts it, "Rocket Administrator". Since the mission's return she has been named head of the genetics lab where Rupert and Rosalind work.
Dave Hamper - Dave is dyslexic, but found that instead of it being a disability it's simply an alternate yet perfectly viable way of interfacing with the world. He uses his unique special talents to achieve stardom on the basketball court. He was stationed with "Nuova Pallacanestro Firenze", a team in Florence, Italy, but retired in 2016 due to an ACL injury. He is married to Samantha Argus, who he has been soulmates with since almost the beginning. His role on the mission to Mars was Pilot.
Jenny Fuerte - Jenny is vain, shallow and self-centered, possessing a set of personal ethics that could charitably be called "situational". She is everything that Samantha is not. Contrastingly, the two have been friends since preschool. She has been Dave and Bambi's agent since college. She is married to Luis Fuerte and has a daughter, Candide.
Thomas Volant - Thomas is naturally acrobatic, has since infancy preferred being on a trapeze. He has performed for Cirque du Soleil. He is married to Remora and they have a son, Marlon, who took after him by hanging on a trapeze. His role on the mission to Mars was co-pilot.