Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for February 23, 2024

There’s the eyepatch seagull. I like seeing tie-ins to past arcs, especially that one.

Sterling leads the league in shattered condiments.

Argh, it be Long John Seagull, me old nemesis. Next he be giving me the black spot, he be.

Our Sterling is nothing if not creatively destructive.

Of course, we should have known…..are they gonna play it?

now make it cheese ball and suddenly spud is star player however… I don’t think the ball will last

I worked for a golf magazine and this reminds me of the time one of my colleagues tried out his golf swing on a bottle of tippex!

Mayoball sounds like something Calvin should have invented as an alternative to Calvinball. However, he would still prefer Calvinball – “You know it’s great cos it’s named after me!”

I would suggest safety goggles

Calvin and Hobbes are waiting for you guys, so stop talking and get out, quickly.

I’ve had friends who played beer ball. They could get a case of really cheap beer and use the cans for a ball.

I was never drunk enough to play the game (it appeared to be a prerequisite) and am unsure of the rules. There may have been extra points for busting the can open, spraying the other players with cheap brew.

Mom’s not relishing the idea…

Sterling’s back. I was wondering what that little demon has been up to.

Add plenty of cornstarch to that mayo, Wallace, it’ll thicken up a treat. You ought to get three or four good mayoballs from that jar.

I see using a giant slingshot to launch the jar of mayo as a more satisfactory method of condiment application and redistribution.

You really needed to ask, mother dear?

Why’s the seagull wearing an eyepatch?

Even if Mom allows this, it’s going to be a short game.

Take the game outside !

I would like to see a series of strips with Sterlings view of the world.

Sterling, the one with so many origin stories, is baaack!

Mayo ball! I love it!

I love Mom’s sing-songy voice in the first panel, and her eyes in the last one.

Could be worse. Jai-aioli is much stinkier.

Apparently, I’ve been playing Pickleball all wrong.

Proof that seagull is family on the wall there!

I love how Will writes “Wallace” in nice cursive in the first panel and then the rest of the sentence in the regular font. You can almost hear how she talks to him!

That picture of seagull is beautiful!

When we were teenagers, we played “Dart Baseball”, where a person would stand about 20 ft. from a dartboard hanging on the wall while another person would stand next to the dartboard holding a broken pool cue. The objective was to throw the dart at the board while the second person attempted to block or deflect the dart. These were metal tipped darts and the thrower would try to burn it past the second person. Amazingly, we went several rounds without incident before the dart stuck in the broken pool cue. Instantly, everyone’s IQ jumped 50 points, the pool cue was dropped to the floor and we never again played that insane game. Other equally dangerous games but not “Dart Baseball”.

Who’s up for a quick game of pickle mayo?

Sort of like pickle ball but a lot more gooey?

You have got to remove the mayo from the jar before pitching.

No, Sterling, that is not how they play cricket in northwest Ireland.

Oh my…. they have a photo of Seagull’s father in their house!

Not my kind of game and you can’t blame your little brother…..

He is never called Wally?

At first glance, it looked like a kind of good cop/bad cop game.

I’m on board with mayo-ball. Long as I don’t have to clean up afterwards.