Wendell & Wild is a classic Henry Selick joint about living with your personal demons

A girl with neon green afro puffs wearing a school blazer and carrying a boombox with a speaker that appears to be an eyeball. The girl is scowling and standing in front of a chalkboard.

Kat introducing herself to her new classmates | Image: Netflix

Netflix’s Wendell & Wild, starring Lyric Ross, Jordan Peele, and Kegan-Michael Key, feels like an instant classic tailor-made for all the young punks too cool for school