Community Activity:Rank the Years

After making many pages on Big Nate (this is ComicRater)....
I would like to let other people to join in on the fun. Give a brief description of the year (no more then 5 sentences) and rate it. You can rate S, A, B, C, D, F, and an X tier if you didn‘t read that year enough. Good luck! I just ask that if you rate one, rate em all.

1991
A tier - Was a nice introduction about Big Nate. Nate wasn’t too stupid, and all the characters were pretty positive. -ComicRater

B tier - Good strips, not enough characters

B+ tier - Decent strips, but nate and francis were hippocrates. -Pdog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - pretty good - SBM

B+ tier - Eddie

C Tier - Username

B tier - Aee23

B tier- ThatDudeSays

B tier - Revented

C tier- Ash6861. It's not really ever funny, but it's fresh and I really like the drawings.

C-Ilcad/sov borring and bad art style

1992
B tier - Basically the same as last year, but was a little worse cause of the odd humor. Otherwise, pretty good -ComicRater

B tier - New characters, nice strips. However, I really didn't like Francis having a crush on Ellen

B tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A- tier - Eddie

A-AK

B- tier - Username

B tier - Aee23

C tier- ThatDudeSays

B tier- Big Nate starts to become a little bit funnier, and the drawing improves.

C-Again, bad art style, but good jokes(ilcad)

1993
X tier - ComicRater

A tier - Pretty neutral on the strips, the art improved a lot though.

X tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A- tier - Eddie

b jn

D tier - username

B tier - Aee23

c tier-ThatDudeSays

C tier- Ash6861. Pretty bland year. Ellen was more interesting than nate in it...

b-Big nate gets better(ilcad)

1994
B tier - Humor was similar to the past years, but the drawings were very weird. we also got Nate’s comics, which I don’t love. Otherwise good. -ComicRater

D tier - I personally don't like Nate's comic strips

X tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A Tier - We got Teddy, and the humor started to get better. - Eddie

a jn

F tier - username

C tier - Aee23

D tier-ThatDudeSays

S tier- Ash6861. Most definitely the peak year of Big Nate. This has the best jokes, art, and the most heart. There is a reasonable amount of teachers and overall characters, (the big standouts to me being Ms. Clarke and sheila, whom have nothing to do and rarely appear nowadays...)

A-teddy and art style improving into the the best style(ilcad)

1995
X tier - ComicRater

A tier - Funny strips

X tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A Tier - It was good, but nothing interesting happened and I can't remember most of the arcs from that year. - Eddie

a jn

B - username

B tier - Aee23

D tier-ThatDudeSays

B tier- Ash6861. Pretty overall average year. Nate's cartoons can be pretty funny, and there are some funny regular jokes sprinkled in every now and then.

A tier. Good arcs(ilcad)

1996
B tier - Pretty good year, the art also improved. Nothing really stood out about it though. -ComicRater

A-tier - the drawing got WAY better, and thats my favorite style of BN - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A+ Tier - The best style of BN TheMARIOFan214

B tier - Francis was pretty mean to Nate this year.

B JN

D- tier username

A tier - Aee23

F tier-ThatDudeSays

B-tier- Ash6861. this was a very interesting year, in a way I don't know how to describe.

A tier-Creative arcs(ilcad)

1997
A tier - The humor was really good this year, and we met Angie. Really good year. -ComicRater

A+ tier - Cause Angie - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

S tier - My 2nd favorite year - SBM

a tier

A tier - Nate met Angie.

A jn

A username

S tier - Aee23

S++++++ tier-ThatDudeSays

C tier-Ash6861. I like the chess camp arcs. Sheila is my favorite of the girlfriends, but the way they get together is so dragged out and boring...

C-I realy hate some of this year, but other aspects are good(ilcad)

1998
C tier - The humor was decent, but not memorable. I don’t remember this year besides Nate and Angie breaking up tbh, and the way it happened was cruel. -ComicRater

C- tier - C'mon angie.- P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

B tier - Eddie

A jn

F tier username

F tier - Aee23

D tier-ThatDudeSays

B tier- Ash6861. this was a very, very creative year. but it wasn't ever really funny.

A tier-Funny(ilcad)

1999
D tier - My second least favorite year of Big Nate. The humor was off, and all the characters were really unlike able, mostly Nate and Francis. Art was pretty weird too. We also got one of my least favorite arcs. -ComicRater

X- tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

c jn

Z tier - username

C tier - Aee23

B tier-ThatDudeSays

D tier- Ash6861. Such a boring year. no good arcs, and no good jokes.

B tier-mid(ilcad)

2000
X tier - ComicRater

X tier -P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - So many memorable strips - SBM

A- tier - Eddie

A jn

X tier -Awqua

S tier username

B tier - Aee23

C tier-ThatDudeSays

B tier- Ash6861. Big Nate gets funny again.

B-forgetable(ilcad)

2001
A tier - The art was great this year, and the humor was too. We also got introduced to Kelly, which was awesome, which imo, was Nate‘s best gf. We also got great Sunday Strips! -ComicRater

A tier - Kelly was lit~P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - So frikin lit - SBM

a tier - just nate

S tier - Eddie

S Jn

S username

B tier - Aee23

D tier-ThatDudeSays

B tier- Ash6861. good arcs and good jokes.

c-borring arcs(ilcad)

2002
C tier - Nate was extremely unlikable this year. While the art was good, the arcs weren’t great and the Kelly break up arcs was horrible. We also got one of my least favorite arcs this year. -ComicRater

F tier - I hated this year~P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

F Teir - just nate

D Tier - TAC: The only thing keeping me from putting it on F is that the arcs before the Kelly breakup were fantastic and memorable. But then Nate frickin’ breaks up with frickin’ Kelly to frickin’ go out with frickin’ Jenny who’s frickin’ denied Nate for 6 frickin’ years. As you can see I’m frickin’ upset as Nate was frickin’ stupid and annoying where the frickin’ arc was just frickin’ painful to frickin’ read

D+ tier username

D tier - Aee23

d tier-ThatDudeSays

A tier- Ash6861. I'm surprised everyone hates this year and the breakup arc. the breakup arc is my personal favorite big nate arc of all time, I think it perfectly represents nate's character.

X-Break up arc was good(ilcad)

2003
A tier - Pretty much the same as 2001. -ComicRater

C tier -P~dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

B tier jn

B+ tier username

B tier - Aee23

c tier-ThatDudeSays

A tier- Ash6861. funny and clever year.

D-I hate this year, the art is borring and arcs suck(ilcad)

2004
X tier - ComicRater

X Tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

X tier

F tier username

C tier - Aee23

d tier-ThatDudeSays

C tier- Ash6861. I would have gone with D since it was pretty bland and boring, but there was that one femme arc...

D-Again, borring arcs(ilcad)

2005
A tier - The golden age began this year. We got some great arcs and stories, and I loved the way Nate was drawn this year.-ComicRater

B tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier Jn

A tier AK-Elfs

B tier - Aee23

a tier-ThatDudeSays

F tier- Ash6861. literally nothing happens.

A-Love this year, finnaly big ante is good again(ilcad)

2006
A tier - Pretty much the same thing as last year. Got some really good arcs, and Nate was drawn well. -ComicRater

S tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier jn

S tier username

A tier - Aee23

b tier-ThatDudeSays

A tier- Ash6861. funny and good art.

A-Good art, the best nate has been(ilcad)

2007
S tier - One of my favorite years of Big Nate. It had amazing Sunday strips, and arcs in general. This year was drawn great, and for no stupid pop culture references mostly. .-ComicRater

S tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

S tier - My favorite year - SBM

S Tier - just nate

S tier - This was such a great year.

S tier username

S++++++++++ tier - Aee23

s tier-ThatDudeSays

C tier- Ash6861. these nerds are crazy, this was a super mid year.

A-Bias(ilcad)

2008
S tier - Same as least year, great arcs and Sunday strips, and it even gave us color and the Jefferson Soccer Arc. -ComicRater

S tier - My favorite arc this year

F tier - HappyTheApple

S tier - We got color, and the arcs where great.

S tier jn

S definitely it was great ak

S tier username

BEST tier - Aee23

s+ tier-ThatDudeSays

S tier - Probably the one of the best years for a single comic strip ever, rivaled by Pearls before swine 2018, Dilbert 1993 Peanuts 1971, and Garfield 2001. Honestly, without the MOLD! story arc (which is the best story arc in Bn hands down), the year would've been lackluster, but brings amazing strips that have nothing to do with Chad growing a beard (bruh moment). - Hashiuga

A tier- Ash6861. not really funny, but it had good arcs.

X,Had some of the best arcs and love the artsyle(ilcad)

2009
A tier - Same thing as 2007 + 2008, but art was a little weirder. -ComicRater

S- tier- good. ~pdog

F tier - HappyTheApple

S tier - This is my favorite year of Big Nate. It had amazing arcs like the school president arc, and it was all in color.

Jn a

A tier username

B tier - Aee23

c tier-ThatDudeSays

B tier- Ash6861. really random year. could be really good, and really crappy at times.

A-I think nate was in full color this year, and i like dthe arc where nate became presedent and ddidnt act like a douchebag (ilcad)

2010
A tier - Same thing as 2007 + 2008 + 2009, but art was a little weirder. -ComicRater

A tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A+ tier - Eddie

A tier jn

B tier username

B tier - Aee23

a tier-ThatDudeSays

A tier. Ash6861 it was pretty funny

B tier-Ilcad, this is when bignate decreases in quality

2011
A tier - Although art was a little weird, we got some great and memorable arts, and we got the first big appearance of gram and gramps. -ComicRater

A tier - P-dog

S tier - Eddie

S tier username

B tier - Aee23

d tier-ThatDudeSays

C tier- Ash6861. not much happens, but I liked the art.

B-Some of the strips were funny(ilcad)

2012
A tier - Had mostly great arcs, and great drawings. Only problem is that this year Big Nate started to get negative. -ComicRater

B+ tier~ nate got obnoxious

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - Eddie

B tier username

B tier - Aee23

c tier-ThatDudeSays

F tier- Ash6861. such a terrible and boring year.

B-Eh, mid year

2013
A tier - See above. -ComicRater

B- tier - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A- tier - Eddie

B tier username

A tier - Aee23

c tier-ThatDudeSays

A tier-Ash6861. pretty funny

B-Bad, but jenny leaving was good(ilcad)

2014
B tier - This is the year where we started to get the rusty age, so that wasn’t great. -ComicRater

C tier - From golden age, to dumpster diving age - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

B tier - Even though this was the beginning of the ""dumpster diving age"", I still enjoyed most of the arcs.

C tier username

B tier - Aee23

B tier-ThatDudeSays

F tier- Ash6861. Big Nate from here on out is F tier and I don't think I need to explain why

F-ass year, jenny came back I think. Ruined 2013(ilcad

2015
C tier - Although this year was memorable, some of the arcs lasted way too long, and weren’t great as a whole. -ComicRater

C+ tier - Arcs were long lasting -Pdog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - Eddie

F tier username i hate trudy

C tier - Aee23

D tier-ThatDudeSays

C-Mid(ilcad) from 2015-2018 the arcs were just mid at best.

2016
C tier - See above. -ComicRater

C tier - see above. - P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

A tier - Eddie

S tier username gertrude shipulski's twitter account

C tier - Aee23

A tier-ThatDudeSays

2017
C tier -See above. ComicRater

C- tier- See above. P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

X tier - Eddie

D tier username

C tier - Aee23

B tier-ThatDudeSays

2018
C tier - See above. -ComicRater

D tier- See above again. P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

X tier - Eddie

B tier username

A tier - Aee23

A tier-ThatDudeSays

2019
D tier - Read my pages if you wanna know what I think of this. -ComicRater

F tier- bnb

F- tier- The worst year of Big Nate yet. Arcs that should be 1-2 weeks ended up lasting months. The whole year was just crap. P-dog

F tier - HappyTheApple

B tier - not very ok - SBM

A- tier - I didn't think it was that bad. - Eddie

A tier username

B tier - Aee23

C tier-ThatDudeSays

B-Some of the arcs were creative, it was better than 2015-2018(ilcad)

2020
B tier just nate

B tier - CreeperBoy101

F- tier - P-dog

B-AK

B tier - Aee23

A tier-ThatDudeSays

D tier-the jokes are a little stale and there are too many filler arcs-Someone20IforgotMyPassword

B-Big nate was getting better? Stil mid, but covid strip was iconic(ilcad)

2021
B tier - MartSays

B tier - Aee23

C tier-ThatDudeSays

z tier - this year is so dogshit, I mean, doppelgangers? The actual hell.

D- tier-same as last year, but the jokes are worse-Someone20IforgotMyPassword

B-It wasn't funny, but the arcs were creative, unlike purse knowadays(ilcad)

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F tier username

2022
D tier-For the first couple of months into the year, it was ok, but then may roled around and the strips became ass. I hate the sparky one, its borring and the tribute was wasted on bignate. It would be worse if not for the first 3-4 months of the year.

Big Rafy
In my opinion all the big Nate years were the best except 2001 was a little boring.

Ned Dickens (Smith ghast4)
I'm not doing the "tiers" thing because I think that's a bit confusing. I'll instead give each year a "5-star" rating, so here I go:

1991 - 3/5

This isn't so bad for a starter year. Nate and Francis, two of the original main characters, are smarter and more positive than now.

1992 - 3.5/5

Good year and the first where more characters come in, starting with Jenny. The comics about Francis' crush on Ellen can go to Hell.

1993 - 3/5

Again, more characters are introduced including Sheila. The art is good, influencing other comics that rip off or take inspiration.

1994 - 2.5/5

Teddy has finally arrived. Still good humor. However, Nate's drawings reduce the score, including a certain "Family Circus" ripoff.

1995 - 3/5

Slightly better but still not too interesting, with not much new other than the chess club, cartooning club, and Junior Woodchucks.

1996 - 3.5/5

There's better art and in come Gordie and Klassic Komix, but nothing standing out, and Nate and Francis' friendship was struggling.

1997 - 4/5

Nate was abused in school more, especially when sent to summer school. At least we have Angie and good humor for the comic strength.

1998 - 4.5/5

This is where the humor gets better, despite a few downers like Nate's breakup with Angie, Joe's Chicken, and Mr. Rosa's sabbatical.

1999 - 3/5

I got my hopes up for this?! The quality plummeted! The humor and art were off-kilter, and the characters and arc were intolerable.

2000 - 3.5/5

Still bumpy but we have good amount of memorable comics including the Peanuts tribute and the first appearances of the brainy Gina.

2001 - 4/5

Good art and well-done humor to keep things interesting. Artur and Coach John have arrived, along with Nate's next girlfriend Kelly.

2002 - 4.5/5

Same with this one but with more memorable arcs. However, Nate was unlikeable in some arcs including the dreaded breakup with Kelly.

2003 - 3/5

Average, not as spectacular as those previous two years. Probably the same as 1999 and 2000. Still some decent comics to find here.

2004 - 3.5/5

Not too bad, some comics are quite fun to read. People think this marks the end of the first era of Big Nate, and that's kinda true.

2005 - 4/5

This year has similar quality to 1997 and 1998. That's OK because they're all great in the arcs and drawing. The second era begins.

2006 - 4.5/5

Another good year for Big Nate with well-done arcs and drawings. The collections start with comics from this year so a great start.

2007 - 3/5

Not the total best of the golden era, but there's a fine sense of humor, amazing arcs, and great art. Enslave the Mollusk is formed!

2008 - 3.5/5

Same as last year, but better with milestones like Jenny and Artur's relationship and the Jefferson arc. Colored dailies start here.

2009 - 4/5

Same as last year, but the art is a bit weird. It's improved by amazing arcs like Nate running for class president. More color here!

2010 - 4/5

Keeping the good streak, the art's still weird. Besides the class president arc, Artur moved to Turkey for 6 months then came back.

2011 - 4.5/5

Art's still odd, but more memorable arcs with Nate's grandparents having their own couple arcs. As great as 1997/1998 and 2005/2006.

2012 - 5/5

This is my absolute favorite year and my first ever year reading the comic. Great arcs and drawings! A few downers but I don't care.

2013 - 4.5/5

Same as last year, very enjoyable. Jenny moved to Seattle but then she moved back after Nate's temporary crush Lila broke his heart.

2014 - 3/5

Well, back to the rusty dump that would eventually get worse, but there are some good arcs and in come the class pet gerbil Sherman.

2015 - 2.5/5

This one is back to the quality of 1994 but for a different reason. Still good, but not so great long arcs, including the Trudy one.

2016 - 3/5

Same but I appreciate Dee Dee appearing in the comics, the Mega-Chad movie arc, ending with Ms. Shipulski's popular Twitter account.

2017 - 2.5/5

Same here in most of the quality, slightly worse than 2003. The Daisy arc was a total waste, and Dee Dee was evil in a couple arcs.

2018 - 2/5

Guys, it was 2018 that was filled with reruns for the first half of the year, not 2019, and the new comics were still pretty boring.

2019 - 4/5

Some arcs are still not OK, but a good amount of the year is very good. It was a temporary return to how the quality should've been.

2020 - 2.5/5

After that promising year, 2020 returns to the painful quality of stale jokes and filler arcs. A letdown of a year worth skipping...

2021 - 2.5/5

Some slight good points for better art, but still not the best at all, with worse jokes and hope-destroying arcs like the Nigel arc and the President Chad arc, the latter having dropped my score for this year a half-star down from its original 3-star rating.

Total rating from me: 3.5/5. Big Nate is a solid comic with as many ups as downs while still being one of my favorite comic strips.

Very Inked's rating of the year 2021
Honestly,

The comics from this year were complete shit, I've lost my interest in Big Nate because of these abominations.