Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for October 08, 2023

South county version of Paul Bunyan?

Joe O’Brien killed him a b’ar, when he was only three.

He swam out and towed in a stalled ocean liner!

Joe-O filled in for Popeye !!! … :)

Wallace’s explanations are always better.

I want Wallace to write my obit. I wonder if I should pre-order.

Gotta love the Sunday strips :-))

“Matunuck” is a real place in Rhode Island, where Wallace is set.

Fight the fare increase;

Vote for Joe O’Brien.

Help get Charlie off the MTA.

(and I do know it’s George O’Brien in the song.)

“Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.”― Mark Twain

And afterwards, everyone enjoyed some Matunuck mussels, er, oysters at the Matunuck Oyster Bar, 629 Succotash Rd!

Heck, that’s the Mousetrap gear….

More likely Big Ben Covington…

Matunuck is a village on the southern Atlantic coast of Rhode Island, near Charlestown (fourth panel).

Likely one of Dads tall tales.

Not actually what it says on the plaque, huh? I wonder what the real story is then…

Unfortunately Mighty Joe-O was on vacation in late September 1815.

Brilliant!

Whatever the truth, I like Wallace’s explanation better……

After he popped open a can of spinach, of course.

Great art! Thanks for the history lesson – sort of.

Shades of John Henry.

What about them shooting down that balloon that’s sailing over the ocean?

Opening panel has a windmill near the shore with a light wind blowing. “Wallace the Brave” is written in the sky.

Best buds with Old Stormalong, no doubt.

Reminds me of the time Pecos Bill rode a tornado for three days until it was forced to rain out from under him. :)

And he’s humble, too!

Oh great – Wallace is a budding Republican, can’t tell fact from fiction.

Otherwise known as “History is what you make of it”. Especially where outsized heroes are concerned.

So he’s like Popeye?

Matunuck

Hmm, that looks suspiciously like the Jamestown Lighthouse…

I hate it when my picnic gets ruined.