The Gobbling Gluttons

Welcome to "The Gobbling Gluttons," a scene of glorious mayhem from the "Where's Wally?" series that swept the world after Martin Handford launched his striped-shirt hero in 1987. By 1990 these puzzle pages had become a global craze, and this one plunges you into a food-mad frenzy. Hundreds of tiny figures cram every corner, shoveling meals into their mouths, dropping platters, and toppling over one another in a swirl of reds, browns, and cheerful clutter. The scroll tucked into the left side lays out the game, asking you to track down not only Wally but his companions Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, and the sneaky Odlaw.

The magic here comes from just how packed each square inch is with hand-drawn life. Little jokes and small disasters play out everywhere, and the fun of picking one familiar face out of a sea of near twins is what turned Handford's illustrations into a pastime shared by kids and grown-ups everywhere. Rather than something to admire from a distance, this is art meant to be searched, and somewhere in all that gobbling, Wally is hiding in plain sight.