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?
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! about 4 years ago
yes, yes avada kedavra.
The last of Nate's Cheez Doodles almost 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) almost 4 years ago
Orville Wright was a wright brother. makes sense francis should go as him.
hockey man almost 4 years ago
:(
STUFF ENJOYER about 1 year ago
Teddy’s reaction makes sense in the last panel.
smooth_sphinx497122 12 months ago
Walter Gropius is a real person.