DNF - a third through. Completely unfunny, and not pretty. Must have got a different file to everyone else.

Wallace the Brave
by Will Henry
I found this group of comic stories hilarious. I was reminded of Calvin and Hobbs, although he did not have an imaginary character. The stories are all those stories that a little boy would have happen to him. I loved the truth and character of Wallace.

*thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*

4 stars.

This was hilarious! I requested this book thinking it looked like a good one based on the cover and the description, but once I started I couldn't stop, it was addictive and so funny! It was better than I thought. Not saying the cover doesnt do it justice at all, I like the cover. The kids are....wellllll, I will use the word 'cheeky' They are excatly like some kids I grew up with (wont mention names *coughstevencough*) I was laughing through most of it. I liked the dad, I thought he would make an awsome father!

This, from start to finish held my attention, and if there were more pages, I would have kept going and going. I do hope there is more to come from this author because this was classic! Just loved it!

Highly recommend this to all, but expecually if you are needing a little pick me up laughter type book.

This was a super cute collection of comic strips about a young boy named Wallace, his friends, and family. Definitely for fans of Calvin and Hobbes.

A comic strip about a kid who likes school but doesn’t want summer to end. He’s got a strange little brother, an even stranger best friend, and I’m not sure how to describe the redheaded girl, other than she’s mostly mean. His parents are surprisingly cool, especially for a tiny place like Snug Harbor. Dad in particular is surprisingly snarky.
To the highlights!
That was a mean trick by the teacher.
Didn’t take long for that big nose to get him into trouble, and even a redhead should know the expression “hornet’s nest.”
“Got two different feet.” Love it when Occam’s Razor is employed in a schoolyard.
“Oddly disproportionate skull.” Wow, big vocab. And yes, backhanded compliments hurt just as much as forehanded.
Some birds spout Greek philosophy, I prefer the one who simply says “Truth.”
“I’m more the ‘Google images’ type.”
“For realsies?” Someone stole my line!
Now I know what that salt on the streets is for. . . mmmmmm, mud pies!
“Like a wildebeest playing a broken accordion.” Yep, I’d pay to see that even if the sound is horrific.
“Science everywhere!”
There’s a kraken on the map, but not close to the sasquatch.
3.5 pushed up to 4/5

This was a great story but not something that could capture and sustain my attention.

Oh my goodness, I adore this comic!! So much cuteness and hilarity!
Wallace and his best friend, Spud, meet the new girl at school, Amelia, and are very impressed with her courage and baseball-throwing style. Each page has its own funny little punchline as we follow Wallace's strange interactions with friends and family at school, at home, on the ocean, on the field, through the summer and winter and all the in-between times.

Wallace's fisherman father, his creative mother, and weird baby brother make a delightful home setting for the antics and whimsical conversations of a little boy curious about the world and determined to dream big.

One of the best things about this comic is Wallace's close relationship with his parents. When Wallace comes to his dad with a crazy idea, his father doesn't criticize or say how ridiculously impossible it is to trade in their car for an ostrich to ride. His father enters into the fantasy with his son, and they have fun deciding how they will saddle their ostrich and cook the ostrich eggs. I love seeing kids and parents really talking and enjoying one another's company! What a great family!

Best Friend Spud is an anxious neighbor boy who follows in Wallace's bold wake with trepidation, and Amelia is a mischievous tag-a-long who prefers to lead. This mismatched trio burst into new situations with the wild recklessness of youth, throwing their shoes out the door, and skirting around the imaginary monsters lurking in drains and under beds.

I adore everything about this comic! The artwork is playful and cute. The jokes are entertaining and hilarious. The characters are splendid in every particular.
The style reminds me strongly of Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes put together! I wish I could give this 10 stars!!

This was a fun, cute collection of comics as Wallace goes back to school. This is enjoyable for adults and kids who need a little humor and easy reading. Thank you for the advanced copy.

What a strange book. I liked the style but I'm not sure about how much kids will like this.

I did not enjoy this book. It was confusing, the drawings are cool but it skipped around a lot and made no sense.

I loved meeting Wallace, his family and his friends, Spud and Amelia. If you miss Calvin and Hobbes, you will want to give Wallace a try. Modern (yes, there is technology) and Wallace lives by the seashore, which makes for some good seagull and sea monster strips.

Wallace the Brave is a great fun comic strip that revolves around Wallace, as the title would suggest, and his friends and his school bus. The book is made of lots of short and sweet comic strip stories that mostly humorous and light-hearted. Thanks to the comic strip basis of this book, it'll likely be a good book for slightly less keen readers to get stuck into - pictures are always a help! Additionally, you can read as much or as little as you want before putting the book down as each strip is so short. However, I liked the adventures of Wallace, particularly his conversations with the school bus driver, so I'd read this in one sitting!

Everyone wants to be the next <em>Calvin and Hobbes</em>. This collection of what appears to be a daily strip in the newspaper, tries, and it is ok. It is not Calvin and Hobbes, what is, what can be, but it is a bit like <em>Big Nate</em> and so many of those daily children focused strips. It is not <em>Peanuts</em> either, though it hardens back to the earlier days of the strip.

Wallace the Brave is funny at times, boring at times, and perplexing at others. They live in a non-descript time in the 20th or 21st Century, in a town called Snug Harbor, where the world seems to be just that town, and no more.

There were a few laugh out loud comics, such as the time that Wallace says to wave at the clouds, just in case there are aliens there, watching them, or when his mother syas to stop feeding grasshoppers to his baby brother, or he'll spoil his appetite. But there are also a lot of clunkers too.

If you like comic strip collections, this isn't a bad one to check out, but don't expect a lot from it, if you hold it up to the classics.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Appropriate text and graphics for school-aged children. The adventures that Wallace gets into will keep readers engaged and entertained until the last page.

When I started reading Wallace the Brave, I thought it was going to be a different take on Calvin and Hobbs. I figured there would be a little kid getting into trouble, while everyone around him is more mature and tries to bring him back to the real world. I was wrong. These comics stand on their own, and are enjoyable for readers of any age.

The illustrations bring you back to a simpler time. They are not as clear cut as older comics. Sometimes characters will randomly have a unibrow, which oddly works. I feel that the illustrations show the connection between the author and the book. Having perfectly drawn characters every time is not as important as the story.

Wallace is the main character, but you also have his friends, family, and teacher. All of the characters are lovable in their own way. While there isn't an animal that follows them on their adventures, there are seagulls that show up every now and then to bring in more humor. There are adults in this book, but unlike other comics, the adults sometimes act just as childish as the kids. This seems more true to life than an adult always being serious and trying to bring their children back to the real world.

My favorite character is Sterling, Wallace's little brother. I'm not sure how old he is supposed to be, but he is hilarious when he shows up. He is a character that can sit quietly in the background until he has something to say. Like most little children, the things he has to say tend to be a little off the wall and filled with drama.

I appreciate that Will Henry does not just do the standard story lines. With the number of characters he created, he is able to do more. I found myself wishing there was another Wallace the Brave book so that I could keep reading. I did receive a copy to review, but I will be buying a physical copy when it is published. The simple joys shown in this book make me wish I was still a child.

I really don't know anyone that wouldn't enjoy this book. I guess if someone really does not like the comic format then they wouldn't like it, but that is it. I am highly recommending this book. I hope a second volume is in the works.

I was given a copy of this book by NetGalley for an honest review.
Author: Will Henry
Publisher: Andrews McMeel
Publication Date: 17 Oct 2017

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

I never heard of Wallace the Brave, but I was curious when I spotted this book over on Netgalley. The blurb and the cover did shout: "Read this book!" So I obliged, though I wish I hadn't. 

There were good moments, oh yes, there were. But sadly, it was also terribly boring, and it tried just a bit too hard to be funny, and failing at that. I got to page 40 and then I was already already looking at the page count and dreading the fact I still had 140+ pages to go before I was finished. And I so did want to finish this one, plus I had hopes that this one would get better (spoiler: no). 

Also this just felt like Peanuts x Calvin and Hobbes. The art was definitely C&H, the story was a mixture of Peanuts and C&H. It just didn't work for me. I love both those comics, but to see someone try to combine them and make something new? It just didn't fit. It just didn't mesh. It was just too forced. Just like the humour.

The characters were pretty decent, I especially liked Wallace and his family. I was happy to see that his brother was a weirdo, but not an annoying weirdo, like so many other little brothers are in books/comics. The parents were great, they were fun, interesting. Wallace and his imagination, oh good lord, that kid should write books/make comics.

I would have loved to see more of the town the characters lived in. We see enough parts of it, but until the map at the end I never could connect all these parts together in one picture. The map was a nice addition, though I feel it could have been more detailed.

I did like the fact the houses were all build on poles (I guess because the water can rise at any moment?). 

I also thought this story took place in the past (like 80s/90s), but then there are some mentions which sets it firmly around this time. 

All in all, I am happy that I tried this book. It wasn't all for me, but there were a few fun things that I did enjoy.

This is a great book to hand to kids who have made it through all the Calvin and Hobbes books. It's enough like them to please the kids, but different enough that it isn't just more of the same. The fact that it's a comic book really appeals to kids because they don't think they are really reading when it's a comic book.

A fun graphic novel with a lot of lovable characters.