Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for November 14, 2021

Wow. Just plain wow. What an imagination!

how is spud not dead at this point, not from the jellyfishes, in general

“theres a jellyfish in my nose” well now u have a special booger

Nature writers have found it convenient to refer to the bioluminescent ones as comb jellies or just jellies. This is to differentiate them from their stinging relatives which are usually referred to as jellyfish. So we can be pretty sure— since he is not howling in pain— that what Spud has in his nose is one of the bioluminescent comb jellies.

I grew up on the Gulf Coast and have vivid memories of encounters with both varieties of these animals. Like Wallace, I had a multi-purpose net for catching bugs and butterflies and sea creatures and, once, a cottonmouth moccasin… but that is another story entirely.

One day at the beach I spotted a beautiful pulsing pink jellyfish with long trailing tentacles. I knew this was the stinging type and not to be touched, so I scooped it into my net to take a closer look. After I let free, I watched it swim away, pulsating. About an hour later, my net happened to brush against my right leg… and I discovered that the jellyfish had left some of its stinging cells in the net. Ouchies.

Calamine lotion helped, but my skin hurt for several hours.

As for comb jellies, when my brother and I would seine for bait fish at night, many of the jellies would become trapped in the warp and woof of the net. Back at home, we set the nets in the yard to dry, staking the two handles in the ground with the long net fabric hanging between. In the gathered darkness, the (sadly) entangled jellies began to glow, to luminesce blue, like, yes, Christmas lights.

Beautiful!

Jellyfish: There’s a giant, hairy monster swallowing me alive!

I would have thought that the seagull (Doesn’t it have a name yet? I propose Sammy!) would be more aware of and less surprised by the bioluminescence.

How can someone as dense as Spud be so bright?

LOL, love the 2 stories going on. Spud & his eternal love for food and Wallace & the gang having fun with science. “There’s a jellyfish up my nose” is going to be an all time classic line, for me anyway.

From panel 1, seeing them on the dock, I knew Spud was going in!

I’m just glad Spud can swim. Wallace knows how to make is rather dull companion special.

Spud certainly made a splash with the jellyfish.

That dock really needs a railing.

As usual, Spud thinking with his stomach and not his brain.

Thanks for the light show……

Another example of great colouring, essential for selling the gag in the last panel. Fantastic!

Some jellyfish may end up glowing Spud’s toilet in a few hours!

Medusa’s Ball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPBRCGPT28

I got to thinking – too bad there isn’t such thing as a peanut butter fish…

there’s much death defiance in cartoonland.

No signature?

Once again Spud proves his coolness to Amelia. When will she give him a shot?

I live for this stuff

When I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB, we would go down to the beach to watch the night launches. The bioluminescence would make the surf look like landing approach lights, and the wet sand would glow around your footprints for several seconds.

It’s rare to see Amelia and Rose so surprised.

I wonder who is unintentionally in the water more often, Spud or Andy Capp.

Falling off the dock appears to be one of Spud’s hobbies.

Richard Scarry, who drew funny illustrations for children’s books with animals as characters behaving like humans, did a story about a couple sightseeing in Rome. They drive around, lose control, and wind up in the Trevi fountain. A bystander says, “Most people toss in a coin for luck. You threw in a whole car! You will have very good luck.”

Get some jellyfish jelly while you’re in there!

Just in your nose, Spud? :))))

(Actually an alien)