Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for November 12, 2021

Good news—by 2AM, Wallace’s parents will start looking for him and when they don’t find him playing pinball at the Snug Harbor Bar & Grill, they’ll check in at Spud’s.

They unfroze Spud. And the gull came back. Comic segue!

Boundaries are important even with best friends.

Wallace, when do you sleep?

Spy’s is always so distracted.

Clearly, lots of us love the Wallace offerings.

These little vignettes are just so perfect.

Panel 4 is more than a plot twist or a surprise ending. (Hitchcock and O. Henry had those down pat.) It’s more like one of Churchill’s periodic sentences in that it is not logically or grammatically complete until the very end when it condenses, coalesces into the perfect brain-tickling >>KER-BLAMMO!<<

The first three panels establish the question, tease possible answers, and then (it’s worth repeating)

/ₖₑᵣ₋ᵦₗₐₘₘₒ!/

and it all makes sense. And also, assuming you are not dead, is hilarious.

Wallace examining his fingernails is also perfect. And the fact that Wallace, Spud, and Gull-Boy… all haunt one another. Gary should take note.

About periodic sentences:

“The idea is to throw the mind forward to the idea which will complete the meaning. This sentence arouses interest and curiosity, holds an idea in suspense before its final revelation is made. The periodic sentence is reserved [so as not to overtax the reader] for emphatic statements and to secure variety.” (Jana Reid)

Voodoo Swamp Expedition! I used to date their drummer!

Good friends take us out of our comfort zones, great friends break and enter them..!

The seagull looks like a plushie, I want one! ♡

Well Spud, you don’t have to worry about him knocking on your door any longer.

Hahahahahaaaaa…

Without Wallace, Spud wouldn’t get out anywhere.

Weekends with Wallace – A new travel show.

C’mon, Spud, deep down you enjoy hanging with Wallace too. Otherwise, you surely would’ve put your foot down on that association years ago.

You are sooooooo slow on the trigger……

It wouldn’t be out of character for Spud to use a night cap to keep his pillow clean.

Why wait till morning. Voodoo happens at night by a full moon.

Dang- Wallace Is Brave! Stuck in the school air ducts yesterday and now he wants to go romping around in a swamp with a foreboding name?

Spud’s eyeballs sure get a workout in this one.

Voodoo swamp expeditions…Isn’t that what Saturdays are for?

The seagull looks very comfortable …