Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for October 30, 2016
October 29, 2016
October 31, 2016
Transcript:
Nate: Trick or treat! Nate: I'm David Ortiz! Teddy: I'm Harry Potter! Francis: And I am famed German architect Walter Gropius! Francis: "Who was Walter Gropius?" You ask! *chuckle!* only the founder of the legendary Bauhaus school! Francis: Gropius, an undisputed master of European modernist architecture, championed a style that combined radically simplified forms and rational functionality! Francis: Rejecting the ornamentation of earlier movements, Gropius and his colleagues strove to integrate art and mass production on a large scale! Francis: Gropius left perhaps his most lasting legacy in-- Baby: Mommy, make him stop! Make him stop! Baby: He's hurting my ears!! Waah! Nate: It's finally happened: you've literally bored someone to tears. Teddy: Avada Kedavra
Wilde Bill over 8 years ago
Oh, Teddy, using a forbidden curse will get you sent to Azkaban.
SecretSpy over 8 years ago
It’s too much information for the little boy to handle!
I actually knew who Walter Gropius was before Francis explained in a lengthy detail because of Academic Decathlon.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 8 years ago
The name sounded vaguely familiar. I must have run across it at one time during my reading.
Dr.DocSmith over 8 years ago
There is no modern architecture…..just steel and glass boredom…..yuck!
Strod over 8 years ago
Nate went as David Ortiz? Â
Then Francis should have gone as Orville Wright and Teddy should have gone as Pope Francis… you know, to even things out.
Phred Premium Member over 8 years ago
Very funny.
Melki Premium Member over 8 years ago
Bet she gave him a rock.
Zulixus over 8 years ago
Ah, first Halloween related strip.
laurac5800 over 8 years ago
Great job, Francis. Great job.
Sushirama88 over 8 years ago
Jeez Francis! It’s Halloween not the knowledge bowl!!!
EmojiSpeak over 8 years ago
EmojiSpeak over 8 years ago
Chad Cheetah over 8 years ago
Anyone else see the hint of Teddy’s “scar?”
TheCuttingEdge202 over 8 years ago
Silencio
BiggerNate91 over 8 years ago
Nothing more scarier than a boring Francis.
Teto85 Premium Member over 8 years ago
As progressive as Gropius thought he and Bauhaus were, he was a chauvinist pig who shunted women into textile design and kept them out of architecture classes for years.
Nate Teddy Francis forever bffs over 8 years ago
did teddy ever tell paige?
Kidcrumpet3 over 8 years ago
Hilaurois
Dapperdan61 Premium Member over 8 years ago
Cmon Francis you could’ve done Trump. Everyone knows he’s the equivalent of the boogeyman & Freddy Krueger combined.
big nate is awesome over 8 years ago
Who’s Walter Gropius?
coolstarm over 8 years ago
This is a new low.
OldestandWisest over 8 years ago
Tom Lehrer wrote a song about Gropius’ ex-wife, Alma.
BigNateBiggerNate28 over 8 years ago
this is random but yay!!!!!!#harrypotterfam i love HP
BigNateBiggerNate28 over 8 years ago
Happy Halloween everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BAndABro over 7 years ago
am i the only person who got the last panel?
scrimblo over 5 years ago
Love your costume Teddy! And clearly you know your spells.
Tyrion HamiltonGoodson about 5 years ago
Teddy is like to Francis: Go to H-E Double Hockey Stick
Jingle3 almost 5 years ago
bit intense there teddy
ND Cool Z over 4 years ago
Oh c’mon, Francis’ voice can’t be high enough to hurt a little kid’s ears..
Avada Kedavra = Hogwarts’ deathspell
Tyrion HamiltonGoodson over 4 years ago
Nice going Francis, you made the kid upset >:-(
Nobody! over 4 years ago
yes, yes avada kedavra.
The last of Nate's Cheez Doodles about 4 years ago
If you wanna whatch a scary movie, ask francis to tell you about some random dude from the 1800s.
Over-Confident Nate (Comic Reviewer) about 4 years ago
Orville Wright was a wright brother. makes sense francis should go as him.
hockey man almost 4 years ago
:(
STUFF ENJOYER over 1 year ago
Teddy’s reaction makes sense in the last panel.
smooth_sphinx497122 about 1 year ago
Walter Gropius is a real person.