Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for June 19, 2023

He should save them for the next Rotten Sneaker contest.

Into the bay they go. Tradition! Tradition!

Look at all the flora and fauna. They are a protected environment now.

Nope, nope, nope. Too many invasive species, and burning them is against the Geneva Convention. Just going to have to keep wearing them until Wallace absorbs them into his skin.

Anyone remember that old water purifier commercial from the 80’s?

Wallace’s shoes would have been perfect for that!

Erp, indeed!

I love Wallace’s comment “But then we’d be lying”.

Good thing she’s wearing gloves..!

Shr’ooms on those bad boys….funky!

The third panel reminds me of a closeup shot in a Ren & Stimpy cartoon.

They’re gonna leave a ring around the bay.

The Bay doesn’t deserve that kind of treatment. Also who would want to swim in it afterwards?

That look on Mom’s face – :D

In the 2nd panel, Spud’s and Seagull’s expressions show that they know that the sneakers should definitely not be donated to anyone,

Bury them, and see what grows.

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LOL. Little mushrooms!

Aren’t you glad you’re wearing gloves?

The drawing in this strip is the icing on top of a delicious cake!

There’s a screw!

See, there’s a REASON he’s been throwing them in the bay, mother dear—he was going to need new ones anyway.

Nothing left in the front half of them? Looks like bad parenting to me.

Arrr… Consigned to the briney deep they’ll be then! Yarr!

The watermen of Eastport (Annapolis) Maryland have a tradition of burning their socks sometime around the Spring Equinox.

The mushrooms were the deciding factor… toss ’em.

The Last Thing you should put in the bay is toxic waste!

Not to be too much of a drag, but I repeat my belief that this behavior is unfair to Wallace’s hard-working parents. I’d expect this from Calvin.

The shoes of a boy who has really lived and without fear!

Wallace sure goes through a lot of shoes.

…OK I was thinking that throwing shoes in is littering, but this is way worse pollution than expected.

At least she was wearing gloves, lol

Wallace’s pair of shoes is an X Files episode.

The look exchanged by Spud and Seagull is so telling.