Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for January 31, 1997
January 30, 1997
February 01, 1997
Transcript:
Nate: Hey! That's me! Francis: And me!" Panel 1/Nate: I hear that foreign exchange student is arriving here today." Nate: Big Nate's cartooning contest rolls on! And today's winner IS ... Panel 2 /Nate: I wonder where he came from - France, Russia, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Spain, Slovenia ..." Panel2/Francis: There he is! "MICHAEL SAAMBALUK, age 12,of Weatherford, Texas!" Eric: Hey, guys! I'm Eric - The exchange student from Winnipeg!" Nate: I must say, Michael really captured my rugged good looks!" Panel 4/Nate: Canada? We've been robbed! You're supposed to be a FOREIGN exchange student! That's only 200 miles away! Eric: In my land, it's 320 kilometers."
This strip better not be making fun of Canadians! I’m Canadian. American TV shows and stuff got all this stuff about Canadians all wrong. We don’t talk on high pitched voices or say “aboot” instead of about. They’ve got to learn to respect us more. We smile and say sorry.:-p That’s for making fun of us