Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for September 23, 2015

I see disaster coming..

Chances are she goes by Trudy or her middle name.

No seventh grade girl allows herself to be called Gertrude by anyone but family members, and especially not by other students. Now Nate has broadcast her name for the entire school to hear

I’ve had the opposite reaction when I met an elderly lady (in her 80’s or 90’s) named Heather. I always thought of that name as a newer (1980’s) name.

Uh oh! They don’t like the sound of that.

In ‘Hamlet’, Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark.

And then, there is Gertrude Hawk…

Do Teddy and Francis like the name or do they know this gal???

Can’t wait for tomorrows!!!

Ok, Nate finally found the Mystery Girl, don’t listen to your friends big guy.

yeah i don’t get whats so wrong about that name. It may not be common but there are many people in the world have that name you know that

love their faces

It is not a really common name, that’s all.

Go back 3 years

The reactions in panel 4 just get funnier and funnier! XD

Very romantic XDDDDDD

Lolol GERTRUDE!!!

GERTRUDE?? Lol

Cliffhanger!

Their eyes are as big as saucers haha

They react the same way Nate did.

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