Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for December 20, 2022

I would call the fire department at this point.

Are there no locksmiths? Are there no workhouses??

Give Sterling a rock. You’ll be inside in no time.

Spud after possessing the key for a while: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz-8CSa9xj8

… why did she think giving Spud the extra Key was remotely going to end well.

maybe Gary will get the keys and sandwiches for everyone!

Of course it is…

Diana Rigg, once upon a time, described herself as “very forgetful.” She kept forgetting to carry her apartment key and would find herself locked out. Always resourceful, she would pick up a milk bottle and break a pane out of the sidelight window, reach inside, and unlock the door by hand. Then she would call the building superintendent and have him replace the broken pane. Long about the third time this little scenario played out, he undertook to replace the pane with a small glass “door” that Ms. Rigg could open by hand and thus access the lock. He too was a resourceful (and pragmatic) person.

I bet there was a cool ceremony to send it into the quarry.

OMG! I love this… Spud acting like Gollum.

I love Seagull’s expression in the 1st panel.

The ring, er, key abandoned the Maclellans..

I was wondering about that. I figured they would have given a key to Spud’s mom.

I think my original suggestion of rock meet window is even more valid at this point.

And I thought Mum was the sensible parent. Not now.

A youth of today who can’t handle responsibility? How absurd.

I openly and vocally laughed at this one! Poor Spud, haunted by a responsibilities of a key.

I mean…to be honest, that outcome was totally foreseeable. This IS Spud we’re talking about, after all.

“One key to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them.”

Spud is the hero they need and deserve.

They should have gave it to the Gull

Break a window, get in. Tape a piece of cardboard or wood or really anything handy over the window. Dad is a fisherman, I’m sure he has tools and stuff to fix it until they can replace the glass. If it gets too cold, stuff an old pillow or blanket in with the cardboard.

The only downside I can see is that Sterling could easily escape into the night, in which case the town will be burnt to the ground by sunrise.

Why didn’t she give the key to one of the parents?