Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for August 30, 2021

OW!! Glad he didn’t catch that nail on the way down.

That is gonna hurt in the morning.

Wallace, you don’t want to head back to school carrying a doughnut pillow.

It’s MISTER Will Henry to you today! Respect!

Wallace experienced pier pressure.

That looks painful.

Drip.

We used to do something like this on purpose at the community pool when I was a kid. We’d stand at the end of the diving board, drop ourselves onto our butts and bounce off into a dive. That is, until the lifeguard blew the whistle and told us this maneuver wasn’t allowed. The last time I was at a public pool (about 20 years ago), diving boards were no longer allowed at all. I guess too much legal risk these days? What a shame.

Spud is such a good friend!

Spud certainly has a future, possibly as a used car salesman.

This time Wallace got the bum’s rush..

Ouch. Just ouch.

In real life it looked like Wallace would have hit the top of the piling with his back or the back of his head. In either case he could have ended up in the hospital.

Ouch, a hard bounce on the bum.

A slippery hickory dock?

For once, it’s not Spud falling off the pier.

“A slip, to the hip, and then a trip…”

Ouch. Cool, but definitely an ouch…..

The blue sploosh is so evocative of the real thing.

That’s the most awkward thing I’ve seen Wallace do all summer.

Ah, a ricochet dive. Like the Triple Lindy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMMYT3vkTk

Spud is a wingman in the making.

The butt flip. Should be made into an Olympic event. The seismic SPLOOSH earns him a perfect 10.0

Get the feeling that in ten years this situation will be preceded with “Hold my beer and watch this.”?

At least it was his bum and not his head that hit!

Did we miss the flip?

Call the dock

First time today that I laughed out loud at a comic! Thank you, Will Henry.

OWah

Ouch! Good thing Wallace doesn’t have much occasion to sit down in the summer.