Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for October 26, 1997

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Assignment 12: Imagination-Building Compose your own obituary as it might appear at the end of your life. Nate Wright, internationally-known cartoonist and bon vivant, died Sunday. The world mourned. Wright, the genius behind such hilarious characters as "Doctor Cesspool", "Moe Mentum", and "Dan Cupid, Love Consultant," was, simply put, a creative supernova. There was little in Wright's humble beginnings to suggest the dazzling life of achievement he would lead. He overcame a laughably small allowance, an existence devoid of cable TV, and a sadistic older sister on his way to becoming a national treasure. Ellen: NATE! WHERE'S MY DIARY?? YOU'VE BEEN READING IT AGAIN, YOU LITTLE WORM! YOU'RE DEAD! DEAD! Wright was eleven years old when his life ended violently...