Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for April 19, 2021

Spud’s VO2Max is a negative number…

Right down to the nub!!!

My three year old grandson is always looking for pencils to sharpen using grandma’s electric sharpener.

the seagull is like: dont worry guys i got this

that moment when you are so excited that your eye goes under your nose outline

Now that is a true friend … Wallace would even let Spud heave in his backpack!

Wallace’s exclamation “Sweet Neptune” has precedent in comics.

Wonder Woman swore in the names of both Greek and Roman gods. When any reader asked why she referenced both pantheons, the standard explanation was that the Roman deities were avatars of the Greek ones, different to appeal to different cultures, but the same in their divine essence.

And sometimes her oaths were even declared in the names of actual historic persons, the poet Sappho being one example.

So, over the years we got:

Thunderbolts of Jove!

Great Hera!

By the wings of Mercury!

Merciful Minerva!

Shades of Pluto!

Suffering Sappho! [ Not to be confused with Sylvester J. Pussycat’s well-known Thufferin Thucotash! ]

And one declaration also used by her colleague (and one-time lover) Aquaman, Great Neptune!

Wallace would approve, don’t you think?

Best friends ♡.

Our family expression is “I’m so excited my bum tickles!” It has to be for something wicked good, tho.

Rose appears to be in hallway safety monitor mode.

Our new home came with a vintage hand-crank pencil sharpener attached to the garage wall, and it is perfect!

First time I’ve seen the seagull fly, I think.

I used to work as a draftsman. I had an electric pencil sharpener AND and electric eraser! But that’s old school now CTL+ALT=DEL

Wallace’s “bag” lunch?

I remember when I would get excited too.

A true friend lets you puke in his backpack

It’s the simple things…..

And no running with sharpened pencils. YOU’LL POKE YOUR EYE OUT!

“First gear, fellas.” I love it.

Play your cards right and she might let you empty it after school (barf!)

Was Wallace offering his bag as an emesis bag (Barf Box) for Spud to throw up in? The floor would be easier to clean. It is a variation on ‘The dog ate my homework’.

I think there’s still some left in there from last time

Is elementary school the only place they still use pencils? I still remember the smell of lead and wood. Draftspersons? Mathematicians?

Heyyyy anybody got a friend like that?