Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for June 25, 2024

Whattt, COVID exists in Big Nate? Why has nobody ever quarantined??

So COVID struck Big Nate as well.

Feels weird to see Nate say COVID

What happened to Gordie. We almost never see him nowadays

Woah, COVID is so 2020.

Putting pen to paper is too much of a stretch?

geez bro got a little angy

“Evacuate the Klassic Komix building, people. I repeat, evacuate.”

Wait are Daphne and nate still together

Does Wayne have a speech disorder? Nate did well to have the courage to say that he couldn’t actually understand what Wayne was saying.

Nate, pull Wayne’s mask out a bit; then – release

Prepare for Nate to get himself fired

Look at Wayne’s shirt

this is the 2nd time in Big Nate that Covid was mentioned, and jeez, mumbling loudly didn’t make any change.

Is it even possible to mumble that loud

He’s a low talker

Nate mentioned Covid? That’s interesting… Turns out it still exists in the Nate-verse!

Ehh, if he took the mask off, he’d probably sound like Jeff Boomhauer on King of the Hill. That dang ol’ dang ol’ mask…

Same gag as yesterday, only amplified.

Well Nate is in for a ride!

Wheres Gordie? We haven’t seen him in a while. I like this arc, long time no see Klassic Komix

This is a first big Nate mentions Covid

BIG NATE IN UNDERTALE: PART 3Note: to save time, I will sometimes refer to the group as POW.

The trio has landed on a large pile of yellow flowers inside another, deeper, larger cave.

Francis: Ughhh… Where are we?

???: Well, well, well… who do we have here?

Nate, Francis, and Teddy turn around to see who it is. They see a large, yellow flower with a face

Flowey: Howdy! My name is Flowey. Flowey the flower. Hmmm… you’re new to the Underground, aren’t you? Well, someone simply has to teach you about this place. Golly, I guess it’ll have to be me.

*Nate: First thing you can teach me. Why are you a flower? With a face

Flowey: Quiet, you. Anyway…

Transparent heart shapes pop out of Nate, Francis, and Teddy’s bodies. Francis’ is blue, Teddy’s is orange, and Nate’s is red.

Francis: GAH! What the heck is that thing?

Flowey: it is your SOUL. It is the very culmination of your being. It’s weak right now, but if you gain a lot of LV, which stands for LOVE, it gets stronger. I can give you some through little white… “friendliness pellets.”

10 of the friendliness pellets appear around POW. Nate throws a nearby rock at one, which vaporizes.

Nate: GAH! What happened?

Flowey: Okay, you’re on to me, right. No matter.

Dozens of the white pellets surround POW, trapping them.

Flowey: DIE.

Nate: Guys, I’ll miss you.

Francis: Same.

Teddy: Welp, this is bad…

Just before the pellets reach them, Flowey is knocked away by a fireball. The pellets disappear.

???: What a terrible creature, torturing such a poor, innocent youth.

I like this. Peirce giving us new arc ideas that we haven’t seen before.

7.5/10. Where’s Gordie when we need him? He’s the only one who can speak Wayne’s ‘language’.

hi

It isn’t the volume. It’s the fact that the signal to noise ratio is so close to zero.

May have to skip this week …

Maybe he’s saying the word, “Mumble.” Ever think of that, Nate?

First official mention of COVID in Big Nate not counting the tribute strip

Dude, if you got Covid, write it down.

Fun fact: This is the first time Covid has been mentioned ever since 2020, that’s pretty cool.

Well nate, I guess that made wayne mad which resulted in.. whatever in the world he’s doing.

this is probably the first covid refrence for a bn character

They will dream up something just before 11/5/24 to scare voters away.

Its cool that he mentioned covid even though noone really cares

Wow.. I can’t believe there’s still strips about covid, is it STILL a problem? Anyways, this is a 8.5/10 strip for today.

Wayne’s like the stereotype American tourist in a foreign country, who speaks louder if the locals don’t understand.

How can you mumble loudly?

2020 FlASHBACK INTENSIFIES

Nate not wearing his normal shirt…