We have an Amish family next door, they raise sheep. Usually the sheep just sit there, every day, eating grass and doing their sheepy thing, growing hair. Then one day they all disappear, only to reappear the next day all de-wooled and looking, ahem, sheepish.
I wonder why the old farmer is the only one (including the sheep!) not to look surprised? What does he know? Although seagull looks simply angry – maybe he understood what the farmer knows as soon as he saw Sterling!
I still like the Calvin & Hobbes version: C: Dad, where do babies come from? D: well, most people get the kit from Sears and follow the instructions. C: I CAME FROM SEARS? D: no, you were a blue light special at KMart – almost as good and a lot cheaper. (it does explain a few things, of course…)
catchup 11 months ago
Yet another Sterling creation myth! I like this one.
angelolady Premium Member 11 months ago
I like the tiny little bird on the fence post.
angelolady Premium Member 11 months ago
Bet the opening panel is really cute. (sniff)
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 11 months ago
Origin Story #46.
Baba27 11 months ago
Aw, a Sterling in sheep’s clothing!
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 11 months ago
Ooh, once you let them name them they get attached. Rookie move there.
Ida No 11 months ago
Shear lies.
Michael Jones 11 months ago
a rugged Dude it is
posse1 Premium Member 11 months ago
I wish I could’ve seen my own face when I read ‘It was a little boy." I did not see that comin’!
crookedwolf Premium Member 11 months ago
Seagull’s expression in the fourth panel!!
Pocosdad 11 months ago
Watson Farm – where men are men, and sheep are afraid.
CaptainKiddeo 11 months ago
Mom looks completely unimpressed with the “rugged dude”.
VanLaser 11 months ago
Sterling always turns up like a bad penny
jschumaker 11 months ago
I love Seagull’s expression in the 4th and 5th panels. He knew Sterling was bad news from the moment he saw him.
Brian Premium Member 11 months ago
Could’ve taken care of that unibrow while you were shearing. Sterling is fake sleeping. Everyone know he really sleeps with his eyes open.
ajr58(1) 11 months ago
Sterling across the multiverse …..
The Doctor 11 months ago
Not as dark and satanic, but a little more confusing. How did he get covered in wool?
Old Time Tales Premium Member 11 months ago
We have an Amish family next door, they raise sheep. Usually the sheep just sit there, every day, eating grass and doing their sheepy thing, growing hair. Then one day they all disappear, only to reappear the next day all de-wooled and looking, ahem, sheepish.
Sunzoomspark 11 months ago
I wonder why the old farmer is the only one (including the sheep!) not to look surprised? What does he know? Although seagull looks simply angry – maybe he understood what the farmer knows as soon as he saw Sterling!
Code the Enforcer 11 months ago
Will Henry should do a book solely based on the plethora of Sterling origins! It would sell, I say! … :)
scyphi26 11 months ago
I think this Sterling origin story is my favorite so far. Simple and straightforward yet effective!
jrgtr42 11 months ago
I still like the Calvin & Hobbes version: C: Dad, where do babies come from? D: well, most people get the kit from Sears and follow the instructions. C: I CAME FROM SEARS? D: no, you were a blue light special at KMart – almost as good and a lot cheaper. (it does explain a few things, of course…)
goboboyd 11 months ago
Sterling was the brand name of the sheep shears?
Spider-UK 11 months ago
So this is origin number 5 for Sterling?
mr_sherman Premium Member 11 months ago
The opening panel shows Wallace and his dad walking along the path with Sterling asleep in the carrier.
GKBOWOOD Premium Member 11 months ago
Those sheep are really cute! I love how big their eyes got in the 5th panel.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 11 months ago
How many “That’s how we got Sterling” myths is that now?
NWdryad 11 months ago
OMG I love all these origin stories…
ChrisTrey 11 months ago
So Seagull has been around since before Sterling became part of the family? That’s a long life span for a bird. Or is the current Seagull his/her kid?
Or is Wallace’s Seagull friend like Jonathan Livingston Seagull, with the ability to travel in space and time at will?
imagenesis 11 months ago
Even the sheep were surprised!
wordsmeet 11 months ago
I didn’t see that one coming! Hahahah! Sterling, the mutant sheep-boy.
YouSless Premium Member 9 months ago
I mean, this one actually seems like it’s true.
doyle.denise17 Premium Member 28 days ago
Me too!