Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for October 28, 2023

Burst !

I enjoy a nice, crunchy Payday. What about the rest of you all?

Carrots dipped in chocolate?

YUCK

Okay so lemme get this straight, Francis has been ripping on Nate about liking Good & Plentys and he doesn’t even have a favorite candy? This convo feels so unnatural since it’s just Nate and Teddy arguing over their favorite and then they gang up on Francis all of a sudden. I know a lot of people thought this arc started strong but I honestly thought it was just another reboot of an unoriginal Peirce idea and it ended up sinking far lower than it should’ve.

We know Big Nate strips can be better than this. We know the storytelling can be great I mean- LOOK AT THE NOVELS!!!

Let’s just wait and see…

2/10 strip

Let’s see Nate and Teddy try to do that on the planet Hocotate, and see how it goes down

(If you get this reference, you get a bundle of golden PikPik carrots)

What’s y’all favorite candy?

Wow, this arc went off the rails. First half okay, then it turned to ragging on Nate, now this? There’s something so ridiculously and unnecessarily jerky about Teddy telling Nate he has to change his candy ranking. What?? What kind of statement is that??? Then out of nowhere they gang up on Francis, which admittedly cam be funny, but feels so artificial. Francis DOES like candy. Peirce just ran out of good and plenty jokes I guess.

5\10, the punch line was decent, but dear lord what was this mess of an arc? What is going on, Peirce? Idc what people say. He can do better, imo.

So Francis prefers carrots over candy and that’s why he doesn’t like Good & Plentys? And this is from someone who doesn’t wanna be given apples instead of candy

this month there has been not a single strip where these three act like friends

Well, Francis can enjoy Nate’s Dad treats then

Nate, let them do that.

Tbh, me too, Francis. But I would never dip a carrot into chocolate. That’s just WRONG.

Strip rating: 8/10 The ending was pretty funny.

Well that was a lol.

Francis is on another level of weird, but not AS weird as Marty, 1 can hope they don’t team up, or it’s gonna get spooky.

6/10, really, Francis? I actually don’t eat candy a lot, I eat it rarely.

….then go help Marty out giving out “treats” Fran-Man! (it’ll give the kids an extra target for the eggs…)…..

Ha that’s right Francis is a freak 8/10 funny arc rating 6/10 ending made it better

Yeah, what is up with that? Carrot sticks?

I like carrots but don’t waste good chocolate dipping them into it. Also, carrot houses better enjoy getting egged…..

Seems to me, if Nate is doing this for all of them to go by, rhen he should create a rating that reflects his and Teddy’s likes.

Valrohna Guanajuato 72% cacao is my favorite ( I am not picky about bean country of origin)

Who here likes Halloween?What’s you most memorable outfit?

I think my favorite candy bar (if I could eat candy bars) would be either Snickers or Baby Ruth. I remember when I was a kid, my favorite candy bar was called Zero. I also went through a Clark Bar phase.

Beat up someone that has opinions different that yours. That seems to be a common theme these days.

HA! Carrot Top won’t make that mistake again!

Yeah… this is incredibly inconsistent with what we’ve seen in the past.

I’m with Francis. Even as a kid, I preferred carrots to candy, although I do like “Good & Plenty”s.

At this point like none of them are close to being good friends like at all

Francis has been Martified! The disease… it’s spreading…

If they all have different candy opinions, they should just each make their own instead of arguing

That was the only logical thing to do.

In this day and age, you might actually find kids who would like veggies better. Saw a fun size salad package on the internet the other day.

Physical and verbal bullies!

Not a big fan of how this arc turned out sadly. Started strong, then fell off pretty fast. Either way, the best candy in my opinion is Crunch.

I agree with teddy LOL! 1/5 I just hope they trick or treat. I wonder what Nate’s costume is going to be?

Since you’re so quick to criticize, why don’t YOU write it, and do better?

(sarcastic) ha ha it’s funny because Nate hates healthy foods

Junior mints. Solid choice, Teddy.

Okay, now i can agree with these guys.

I like carrots better. Ok, shoot me