Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for September 16, 2011
September 15, 2011
September 17, 2011
Transcript:
You look upset, Nate. Principal Nichols totally ruined my idea! My plan was: I paint a giant mural in the cafetorium that will last for years!... Decades!... Forever! His plan is: All the kids in the school make individual paintings on pieces of poster board! Posterboard isn't forever. This is barely a step up dome pipe-cleaner sculpture.
homer911 over 13 years ago
Whats wrong with Pipe Cleaner Sculpture??
wwh85cp over 13 years ago
For anyone actually interested in history, Nate’s mural would be ghastly in many ways. After all, his idea of historically important characters is full of recent pop culture ‘stars’ and almost nothing else.As an ego-building tool for Nate, the one-man mural would be ideal, until his choices became passé. At that point, it would be a laughingstock. As a learning tool for his school, the principal’s idea is far superior. Nate’s ego wouldn’t allow him to see that, and it wouldn’t be funny anyway. I wonder who Mrs. Godfrey would want to see on that wall?
Comic Minister Premium Member over 13 years ago
Is Nate going to sue or what?
wwh85cp over 13 years ago
I picture Nate on a scaffold, with an artist’s beret at a rakish angle, a paint-spattered smock, and a dreamy expression, as he paints Miley Cyrus gyrating with Justin Bieber…“It’s a commentary on the transient nature of our popular culture.” says a voiceover (probably Chad, off ‘camera’).
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
Why is it a carFtorium and not a CAFETERIA like when I was in school? Or even when my kids were in school, and that’s not that long ago. Did I miss something along the line?
michael100 over 13 years ago
get a life, nate.
NightHawk2005 over 13 years ago
No, I think it’s Nate who needs to get a life. I mean, this is a kid who thinks Reggie Bush is George W. Bush’s brother and thought Zachary Taylor was a middle linebacker for the Dolphins. The last thing I would want is him painting a historical mural.
doctorwho29 over 1 year ago
I like how genuinely sympathetic Mr. Rosa looks