Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for August 16, 2022

I bet this will end in Nate saying Oh How I hate her.

Next strip is either going to be him stressing about the 200, or him dropping this one.

6/10

3rd time’s a charm, right?

200 dollars for that ugly thing?

If this turns out to be a monthlong arc, and the rest of it is just Nate trying to get $200…

I knew the cost would be part of the problem! And even more so if the unbought vase breaks as well

As if Nate has a $200 allowance. Also as if his father would raise the allowance.

Still want one make it 400$

The vase was more skinnier and taller the last time I saw it. And he can’t get out of this, he has to just tell Mrs Godfrey,

5.5/10 Facial expressions aren’t a substitute for a real joke.

It’s beginning to shape up to the short story The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant.

It’s really the teacher’s fault. Why would she allow Nate to care for this rodent in HER home? It would have been simpler, (and obviously SMARTER), to give him the cage to take to his OWN house. At $200 for a replacement, I would ‘fess up. I also think, after this accident, I would take it upon myself to take the critter home lest I do any more damage to the teacher’s house.

POV: He drops the vase$400 in debt lmao

Maybe it’s time to try gluing the old vase.

….looks like he already IS dropping it……..cash register say: “Tough luck, kid: Cha-ching! Cha-CHINGGGG!!”……….

At least Nate found the actual vase

I bet he drops it. You never know.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Script rating: 9.99999999999/10

Oh no… Rating: 7/10 because of the twist

DID HE LEAVE SHERMAN OUTSIDE HIS CAGE?!?!

Nothing interesting can come out of this. The jokes are only mildly funny.

Sometimes the solution to a problem is a new problem.

about to be four hundred

Uh-oh… He’s dead for sure.

3/5 First panel kinda made yesterday’s comic useless… sorry Peirce

You still have some lawn mowing money right Nate? And like the sales lady said, you better not drop it. 6.5/10 this one kinda surprised me.

200 DOLLARS?!?! Figured this might happen. Getting kind of predictable. But 200 dollars is CRAZY! Anyway, here’s today’s quote:

The bravest thing you can be is yourself.

-Me (Actually, it’s of the front of a planner, but I did really like it.)

Mrs. Godfrey finds out and makes him to extra work

again…..

How the heck does he draw these faces?

Cripes…

Wow, so you think we could make it all the way to 1000 tomorrow?

oh, no…

Yep, I knew it. And the broken vase isn’t worth much at all. This is just like a short story about a lost “diamond” necklace. The family worked for ten years to pay off replacing it only to finally discover that the original necklace was a common one with fake jewels.

Never assume. Just be honest

Panel 4 be kinda crazy.