Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for November 21, 2024

Seagull was there when Sterling first arrived.

But Mom, WHY had the milk gone bad at that very instant? Answer me that, Mom.

Great, totally unexpected, last panel.

Those who don’t understand the auguries don’t deserve an explanation. Talking about Wallace here.

Milk gone bad. Mom’s cover story regarding the coming of Sterling and how nothing would ever be the same… she knew…(not to say it would be bad, just different)

That’s a sterling example of dissembling.

Yeah, that’s it, the milk….that’s my story and I’m sticking with it.

Haha! Nothing to do with sweet Sterling, no no.

Careful Mom. We were walking on a trail through the Florida Everglades when we spotted a large owl sitting on a tree branch directly above the trail. But what we didn’t see was the big pile of owl droppings right in the middle of the trail.

“I sense EVIL in your path… DROP IT and RUN” rough translation “HOOT H-H-H-HOOOOOOOOOOOOT”

In more than one hundred languages historically spoken in the six inhabited continents, owls are the most frequently cited animal soothsayers. That is to say that they have a very ancient and worldwide reputation for kn(owl)edge of the future. Their appearances and utterances were most commonly cited as bad omens and were usually related to death, ghosts and… fear. Ambiguously, such knowledge, when properly considered, could have the positive effect of forewarning of possible problems. To be forewarned is to prepare for the worst and perhaps prevent it.

I’ve worked with a LOT of owls; trust me, they are not wise soothsayers..

It couldn’t have been a portent of doom about Sterling?

Yeah, no. It wasn’t the milk…Sterling, maybe???

It was an omen for sure and a joy that they had the little demon now. What a relief for the animal kingdom.

I am hearing ‘Ave Satani’ from The Omen (1976) by Jerry Goldsmith. BTW, Jerry had composed music for numerous well-known films and television shows.

The middle panel is so smart, with the two inserts of each stare. Who else in art is doing things like that?

He’s the daughter of Rosemary’s baby, a regular, old-fashioned ghoul

Will “Hoot Hoot” Henry. What a hoot.

……did not know what to say……

Sounds like the milk going bad was the result of Sterling coming.

Either that it was concerning Sterling’s…Sterlingness.

Sterling Denial