Why The Big Nate Comics went DOWN... DOWN... DOWN...

= Part 0.5: Before you start reading. =

Intro
This was made by The Rick Astley Fan Boy 1. He is not a boy, despite his name, but he will not tell you his real age or any other personal information. This was The Rick Astley Fan Boy 1's most important edit. Also do not get mad at my username. Also one thing I think about the series is that Nate is a weird name. Nik Fleischer, captain of the hockey team, also has a weird name because there is no "c" in it. Sorry if you are named that, I do not mean to be mean, so do not harass me. I just thought Lincoln Peirce could think of better names. I do not like the characters, they have no personality. Also, Big Nate makes younger kids go crazy. This is an all-in-one guide to Big Nate comics, and how to steer away from the bad ones. Also some of the stories are bad. I am also a Diary of a Wimpy Kid fan and like that more than Big Nate, since a lot of it is bad. Please rate this article in the comments below. Give me your honest opinion. It will help to tell me so I can improve. I do not mind at all if you do not like it or disagree with it, as long as you do not harass me. Just a short update for those of you have noticed Big Nate is in reruns: Lincoln is not on vacation, but rather attending to family matters unrelated to Big Nate. There’s no firm timetable for Lincoln’s return, but rest assured, he has every intention to return to the drawing board as soon as he can. Nate is bad, because he does not like it, then does, with unsupportive details.

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P.S. I really hope this article will be made a featured article, since i worked really hard and for hours on this.

P.S.S. This is a little bit long for some people, but it is still good. You can skim through it.

DISCLAIMER
This is my real opinion on the series, but just because you might disagree with something, keep it to yourself.

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Something Else
This is about the real Big Nate comic strip series. and about the novels. It is not about fanon strips, which I like also.

= Part 1: Reviews about the years =

Early Days (First few years)
The first few years in my opinion were a little... Forgettable and boring. But i cannot blame Lincoln Peirce, because it was his first Big Nate Strips. It was just too many strips of Nate playing Monopoly and other crappy games. The characters sort if looked weird and skinny, and unfortunately, they were in black in white. Also, a lot of the comics were ones Nate created, like Doctor Cesspool and Moe Mentum, which were boring, and I never read them. There were no Sunday comics. On the bright side, characters had more personality.

Late 90's
These years were a little better, as the characters looked better. There were not as many of the comics Nate Created, and barely any board game strips. And some of the strips showed Nate's sports too much.

2000-2004
These comics were pretty good.

2005-2010
Great Comics! They showed Randy too much though.

2011-2015
These were alright.

2016-2020
These were not funny, and the jokes were all reused, probably because kids started getting into the series, and before, there was some adult humor, so kids would not understand it, now the series is directed toward younger kids, Pierce did this because kids never read the old ones, so young readers would like it. Some of them are kinda corny.

2021 (aka The NIGHTMARE)
WORST. YEAR. EVER. I stopped reading these comics. There were NO jokes, one story goes on too long, and Chad was shown too much. Chad was just used for his bad food jokes, and "cuteness." He is not cute. He has no personality. I do not like chad. Francis is annoying. Nate looks fat and ugly. They are corny.

2022-Present
These were like the last ones, except not as bad, just... stale - boring, and reused. The stories are too short now. They are corny.

= Part 2: How to identify a good Big Nate Comic =

It must have one, unused joke in it that is actually funny and makes you laugh, no memes, no current events that show what time they are in, no cringe, and not a character that is overused. The story should go on for a few days, not too long, not too short. It should have a good topic. That is it. It is not a lot.

= Part 3: Why the Comic Books are nice =

First of all, let me get something straight, this is a JOURNAL, not a diary. JUST KIDDING! That was from Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Anyways, First of all, let me get something straight, there IS a difference between comic books and graphic novels, even though many people think that is wrong. A comic book is a collection of comics that run in a newspaper, or online daily. A graphic novel is a long adventure NOT published in newspapers, using comic panels. Anyways, lets get on to the real part. I just wanted to clarify. Anyways AGAIN, the comic books are nice because they show the stories instead of having to look back on the website or the newspaper.

= Part 4: How Big Nate evolved from adult to kid and good to bad =

This is how and why Big Nate comics are bad now. The original Big Nate comics were directed towards adults, and some of the strips were inappropriate. Then kids started to get attracted to it, and they stopped doing the inappropriate stuff, which was fine by me, because I do not live for that inappropriate stuff. The same thing happened with Wimpy Kid. Then Peirce went a little TOO FAR, because some littler kids do not get the older Big Nate humor, inappropriate or not. He did not seem to realize that there are still adults that read the strip. So then there is no humor or reused humor, because kids do not read the old strips and know that it is reused. I mentioned this up above. Anyways that is how Big Nate went from good to bad, the main part of the Article.

= Part 5: Extra: Rating the novels, worst to best. =

What I think about the novels: The first 2 were good for their personality, but bad stories. All the other books are just Nate beating people on activities that Nate would never beat on anything in the comics. They are a little corny, too. I do not really like them, they are for kids, but still, some were worse than others.

8: Strikes Again: This book was HORRIBLE! ABSOLUTELY TRASH! Nate being partners with Gina is boring! The only thing good about was it was a good lesson, and it was not just Nate beating someone else on something.

7. On a Roll: This book was a little bit better than the last one, but the plot was not very good.

6. In a Class by himself: It is not Nate beating anyone else, but the story is really bad.

5. In the Zone: Good story, but it is too short and I finished it in 10 minutes.

4. Lives it up: good story, but not funny and cringey. Also, too much drama.

3. Goes for broke: funny, but boring.

2. Very funny, but the relationship thing is cheesy.


 * 1) Blasts off: Ruby was a bad character, very funny, though, but too much drama.