Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip distributed by NEA since 1991. Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.
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Cyberbrick said, 11 months ago
Nate got busted!
garfieldfanclubpresident said, 11 months ago
Poor Nate just lost one item. Then again, Mr. Eustis might send him to the gallows…
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Feed Me Comics! said, 11 months ago
We haven’t seen Mr Eustis in ages! We’ve seen Spitsy, his nutty doggy, but not the guy in ages! One of my favourite strips is where Mr Eutis is on a diet and Nate delivers him cookies for his troop but Mr Eutis says he can’t eat them because he’s on a diet. So Nate ends up eating the cookies and ends up home sick and full. For some reason, it makes me sad, that comic.
How do you pronounce Mr Eutis’ name? In my head, I say it as Ute-Iz.
Kuldip Rai said, 11 months ago
@Feed me comics!
The spelling of Eustis looks a lot like how the London Underground station Euston is spelt, so I pronounce it “U-stis”
UltraMoose said, 11 months ago
Does anyone find it odd that Mr. Eustis’s neck is 5 times as wide as Nate’s? I don’t care, however. It’s the comics page! Certain things are allowed to be exaggerated to a certain extent. Nice expressions, Senior Peirce.
OldestandWisest said, 11 months ago
@UltraMoose
Neck, what neck? I don’t see one, Eustis’ head appears to start at his shoulders!
Strod said, 11 months ago
@UltraMoose
Well, compare Mike Tyson’s neck to that of a thin ten-year-old boy. Not quite five times as wide but certainly a shocking difference.
MagicFan said, 11 months ago
@Kuldip Rai
Eustace, one of the characters from Narnia, pronounced his name that way.
Cartoonacy said, 11 months ago
@Feed Me Comics!
How do you pronounce Mr Eutis’ name? In my head, I say it as Ute-Iz.
That can’t be right, because his name is “Eustis,” not “Eutls.” You left out the first S and, in your pronunciation, replaced the I with an L.
It should be pronounced like this (even though the spelling is a little different).
bignate
said, 11 months ago
@Cartoonacy
Yes, most of you have it right. Yoo-stiss. There was a building called Eustis Hall where I went to college, so I copped the name from there.
pencilkid5 said, 11 months ago
Nate’s a theif!
Comic Minister said, 11 months ago
I guess your dad must have borrowed it.
Suzanne
said, 11 months ago
There are those of us who buy what we need and those who borrow everything.
orbenjawell said, 11 months ago
@OldestandWisest
ALL the “certifiably rotund” characters in this strip appear neck-less: Kim, School Picture Guy (BOTH seen in a very recent storyline!), Coach John, Chad, Principal Nichols, etc. etc. This adds even more whimsicality to the already hilarious “ready to bust out of their pants” look….Laugh! LAUGH!!