Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for December 19, 2012

hey, a sock puppet is better than nothing.

Nate should find some other Christmas gift ideas

Look how fast Dad hid behind the paper.

I totally concur, Marty (though I still wish you’d soften your heart a bit about this)!! And the way only Marty’s eyes, nose & mouth are hidden behind the paper, with 75% of his head still “out there”, is a great balancing act that “put a fine point upon” his closing remark!! Smirk! SMIRK!!

you are missing a great teaching tool Have him do gratis work a dog pound where he has to clean up body functions. that should have him quit asking for a dog

What happened to Bitsy? Are these rerun strips?

I hope Ellen makes an appearance for Christmas.Haven’t seen her in a while.

yeah. nate usually thinks: Spitzy you idiot whenever spitzy makes a failed attempt of something/

He wishes for a dog every Christmas. Maybe he needs to revisit his wish list,

Copyright 2012, no rerun here

Will we be coming back the Nate & Gina “date” thing at some point? Love to see where that goes.

What happened to that Nate puppet that girl gave you years ago?

get the ol’ man down to a shelter and his heart will break. Then you get a dog.

Every year Nate tries to get a dog. This is the first time that I remember that Nate tries to get his dad to pity him enough to get a dog. From his father’s reaction, Nate may have more success this year.

I say get him a goldfish!

Dad needs to get the hint

I don’t think so, their just black dots.

Play with Spitzy

You know, Lincoln should give Nate a dog. He’s been asking for one for years! It would be a good addition to the strip.

That sock puppet looks like it just recovered from rabies.

Are heads supposed to make a “thunk” noise when someone slaps their head? Makes it sound like Nate’s head is empty. Well, I mean, after all, Nate doesn’t seem to have a brain, so I don’t really know.

This really is pretty sad

I do wish he could have a dog. Then again it would be alone in the house a lot.

insert hollow coconut thunk noise