Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for January 14, 2024

Nate sure had a lot to type

Really dig this one actually, the insults are original!

9\10

As soon as I started reading this, I predicted Mary Ellen Popowski would be mentioned. Low and behold, in panel 4, she is.

Come on, Gina. Have the guts to accept the huge new increase in readership this column will bring. Because Nate is burning EVERYBODY here.

Scathing, but brilliant.

Well he’s finally learning to report facts

I like how Nate’s smiling while typing all this, as if he’s pleased with his insulting criticism

HAHA this is delightful, I haven’t laughed reading BN in a while but this was hilarious!

Doesn’t Nate play the trombone? I’m surprised he doesn’t play in the orchestra.

6th panel: I’ve always found it curious how Nate doesn’t have any hair on the back of his head.

Encore: One More Saturday Night

I’ll bet the “Inna Godda Da Vida” was passable, though…

Let him be Gina!

Today’s my birthday! I’m 15!

So, for my birthday, I’m doing to a Dim-Sum restaurant, then I’m going to a sci-fi café.

But sometimes you can’t get your wishes to come true, because I got a normal cake instead of Victorian Sponge Cake, which I’m annoyed at.

Wish me a happy birthday if you see this!

We had a music critic many years ago, at the newspaper where I worked. His reviews were all “puff pieces” … no criticism at all. One night I was at the office when this chap posted, in the mailbox outside our building, his review at the exact time the orchestra was playing 2 miles away. I went down, opened the box and read the review … nothing but glorious praise. We didn’t publish the review and the managing editor terminated the critic’s contract!

Why is the text justified

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Reminds me of the scene in Citizen Kane: “You’re Fired, Jedediah.”

Well, you gotta admire his honesty.

Nate put his heart and soul into that

Orchestra is not bad Nate. Maybe your school orchestra is. But should brass instruments be in band

I actually laughed at each panel in this “review”…..way to go, Mr. Peirce! WAY. TO. GO!

“Critics can’t even make music by rubbing their back legs together.” – Mel Brooks

Honest reporting, good job Nate!

Finally, an honest reporter who tells the truth!

Looks like there wasnn’t anything positive aside from leaving the auditorium. However, that was a rather scathing rebuke for an elementary school concert…….

Hilarious!! Brilliant!

Critic, not murderer.

Guys what state are yall in and how cold is it?? im in texas and its freezing

Nate’s grin throughout the entire thing is priceless. He’s so happy to be destroying his peers.

Critics never have to worry about their next victim of inspiration.

9/10, I love these critic comics! Did you notice the “Mad Cow Disease” reference to another strip?Wordle: starts with h, ends with o.

Words… words. We need more words.

Gina is the music critic critic

Sup? I’ll be here sometimes but I’ll try to come every day.

Awesome comic, enjoyed reading it. I love Nate’s reporter skills.

Considering the stings in Nate’s critique, Jacob Dillard and his parents got off easy.

Nate’s understanding of the term ‘music critic’ is ‘be critical’, so he thought he was doing a bang-up job!

I do remember when I had an orchestra concert and we had a lot of mess up’s, but it wasn’t this bad.

Hopefully, there are more than one Phoebe at P. S. 38.

Just dunking on every instrument.

I’m gonna say no!

Isn’t Nate in the brass section? I thought he played trombone?