Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for July 02, 1994
July 01, 1994
July 03, 1994
Transcript:
Francis: You heard back from the syndicate? Nate: Yeah! Here, you read it! I'm too nervous! Francis: "Dear Mr Wright: Your recent comic strip submission, "The Snuggles Family," is saccharine, trite, cloying, obsequious, and utterly putrescent." Nate: I'm not sure, but I think I've just been insulted! Francis: I'll get the dictionary.
peanuts511 over 10 years ago
saccharine – excessively sweet or sentimental.trite – lacking originality or freshness; dull on account of overuse.cloying – disgust or sicken (someone) with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment.obsequious – obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.putrescent – undergoing the process of decay; rotting.
peanuts511 over 10 years ago
oh you’ve been insulted all right
uksing921 almost 9 years ago
I think Peirce just wanted a chance to show off.
♞нυитєявσу_z♘ almost 4 years ago
In other words…
“Stupid comic. Stupid characters. Stupid sweetness. Stupid person who made this.”
VMB! about 3 years ago
I FORGOT what that last one was!
RG33 almost 3 years ago
I had to look ALL of those up. Why, Peirce? Why have you done this to me?
Earls Before Swine Premium Member over 1 year ago
Reminds me of when George Will called Opus an “obsequious liberal peon” in “Bloom County”.