Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for June 28, 2011
June 27, 2011
June 29, 2011
Transcript:
Wow. This is the easiest test I've ever taken in my life! I know every answer! I mean, I don't think I know... I know I know! I'm one hundred percent positive! ...And all because I studied! How sickening.
Maxito almost 13 years ago
Just when exactly will he wake up from this Horrible Reality.
bignate creator almost 13 years ago
I don’t know the answer, but I’ll try to find out from some of the folks at gocomics.
Maxito almost 13 years ago
He Really is doing Great..and this really is Sickening..
bignate creator almost 13 years ago
And you’re right — it wouldn’t make for a very interesting comic strip to have the main character get 100 on every test!Charles Schulz of “Peanuts” was always asked why he never let Charlie Brown win at anything, and he always said: “because losing is funnier than winning.”
JoePhan almost 13 years ago
wow this was unexpected! i wonder if their will be a twist
AmariT almost 13 years ago
I think this is the twist.
Yukoneric almost 13 years ago
I spent the night before a world history test rereading the 4 chapters being covered. I received a B. Never put that much into history again. Settled for my C.
Mopman almost 13 years ago
Here’s my guess at the twist. He will get a 100 on the test, but the teacher will accuse him of cheating, because how could Nate possibly do so much better than usual?
Or the end result is just that it will infuriate Gina that he beat her.
arson549 almost 13 years ago
In Peanuts Charlie Brown never kicks the football because Lucy never holds the ball. One day Linus held the ball. Lucy asked Linus Did Charlie Brown kick it? Linus said You will never know.I want to know if Charlie Brown ever kicked that football…
StoicLion1973 almost 13 years ago
@sparkbell – hold a seance, you may get an answer.
QunMang almost 13 years ago
To think I was going to blow by the comments to catch up on my reading since I was gone for a week, only to find the artist himself has been taking part in the comments. Lincoln, I have been a fan of this strip for a very long time now, ever since it first appeared in the local newspaper. Thanks for the fun daily read of a look back into 6th grade. Before Wimpy Kid there was Lincoln Peirce with Big Nate.Am I remembering correctly that the Nate-drawn panels, you know- when he should be doing school-work…, that appear periodically (line drawings on a notebook background) were drawn by your own child, at least originally?
Potrzebie almost 13 years ago
By the way Mr. Pierce, My daughter and myself enjoyed playing in Big Nate Island online last year.
pschearer Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Poor Nate! His life has been ruined.
astar15 almost 13 years ago
I do think that this is the twist. And pschearer is right. His life is ruined!
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 13 years ago
Come on Nate you can do it!
coolvq almost 13 years ago
This comic strip rules. Thanks for being a part of our comments, Lincoln! I definitely idolized comic artists as a young kid and have been following Big Nate in the Chicago Tribune/Daily Herald for years. It rocks out. Keep up the good work!!
ComicsFan76 almost 13 years ago
Nate will probably turn out fine provided the angst ridden years die out during his 20s.
2nSaffy almost 13 years ago
Nate please don’t vomit…
buddytoe almost 13 years ago
This is too good to be true, Nate.
dude42500 almost 13 years ago
what i ment to say was HI Linton pierce!
n64kid888 almost 13 years ago
I don’t like studying either, Nate.
arson549 almost 13 years ago
I AM A BOY!!!
arson549 almost 13 years ago
And I really do hate that the B.N. Archive is only back up to May 16, 2011.
mac47 almost 13 years ago
He learned his lesson.
bignate creator almost 13 years ago
You are much too kind to mention my strip in the same breath with those others. George Herriman, Walt Kelly, and Bill Watterson are creative geniuses. When talking about cartoonists, I often compare them to theoretical physicists. Guys like Herriman, Kelly, and Watterson are Einsteins. And, of course, not everyone can be Einstein. But theoretical physics still needs to be taught, and there are thousands of talented, capable physicists out there teaching it. So that’s how I think of myself: I’m not Einstein, but I’m a good, solid physicist. Teaching at a college somewhere. Hoping to get tenure.
ComicsFan76 almost 13 years ago
@sparkbell Yes, my profile pic is Tino Tonitini from The Weekenders, my favorite character in that cartoon.
bignate creator almost 13 years ago
Well, Sallymargaret, you clearly are a real comics historian, which I appreciate. I love comics from the “Golden Age” of the 20’s and 30’s, even though that was way before my time. I’m a huge fan of all the strips you’ve mentioned, along with a personal favorite of mine, “Polly And Her Pals.” And Popeye is probably my all-time favorite comic strip characer.
arson549 almost 13 years ago
@sallymargaret It’s okay that you mistook me for a girl :)
Seeker149 Premium Member almost 13 years ago
If only this were just a joke. I’ve known plenty of students smart enough to significantly improve their grades after I guide them through just ONE good study session. I have a feeling that instead of learning from his experience, Nate will imitate my own kids and just go back to mediocrity because he’s not intrinsically motivated… bleh…
This one is definitely going up on my wall.
Destinedforgreatness1811 about 10 years ago
I never study and I never get more than 3 qwrong
Destinedforgreatness1811 about 10 years ago
wrong
Appel Pai over 1 year ago
Don’t you hate it when somebody tells you to do something, because it make the thing you’re going to do easier, but you’re like “no that doesn’t work” except then when you do it, it turns out the person who told you to do it was right?
STUFF ENJOYER 10 months ago
Ironic, isn’t it?