Big Nate: I Can't Take It!

Big Nate: Comics #7

by Lincoln Peirce

Now an animated series with Paramount+ and Nickelodeon!

Big Nate. He thinks big. He talks big. He acts big. And the Big Nate: I Can't Take It, featuring our mischievous middle-school hero, is big fun.

Life can be stressful for Nate Wright. At school, Mrs. Godfrey makes every day a nightmare. At home, he's stuck between Ellen, his incredibly annoying older sister, and Dad, perhaps the most clueless parent of all time. And don't get him started on Gina, the ultimate teacher's pet, or Artur, the unassuming exchange student who bests him at every turn. It's enough to make even a can-do kid like Nate scream: "I CAN'T TAKE IT!"

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Childrens, Humor, Fiction, Comic Book, Middle Grade

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2013

About the author

Lincoln Peirce is a cartoon artist from Portland, Maine. He lives with his wife and two children, and occasionally gives lectures to students about cartoon creating. Peirce writes the comic strip "Big Nate". Peirce's comic strip, Big Nate, is featured as an island on the famous children's website, Poptropica. Big Nate appears as the first cartoon on The Maine Sunday Telegram in the comics section.

He studied art at Colby College in Maine were he began cartooning. He also studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture before teaching art and coaching basketball at a New York highschool for 3 years. He currently plays hockey with "an old men's league" and describes it as his best sport as a child. In an interview with the Washington Post, Peirce stated that his last name is pronounced "purse" and is not a misspelling of "pierce."

Lincoln Peirce was a member of the "Surviving as a Print Cartoonist" Panel at the Maine Comics Art Festival with fellow cartoonists Corey Pandolph (Barkeater Lake, Toby: Robot Satan, The Elderberries), Norm Feuri (Retail, Gill) and with Mike Lynch moderating. On the panel Lincoln revealed he is currently working with some animation and licensing projects including the addition of a Big Nate island to the online game Poptropica.

Reviews

[Carmen · Rating 1 out of 5]

A poor imitation of Calvin and Hobbes. Get the real thing, skip this.

[TIMOTHY NGUYEN · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE DOCTOR™

Team Rocket™ is stealing all the pikachus because all the buttermilk went bad!!!!!!!!!!Meanwhile Mr.Fluffles® the butterfree is deamed for resorting cannibalism because he ate a caterpie!!!!!!Whilst Rose is taken away by the Cybermen and let's Mr.fluffles out of jail but jokes on him ROSE EATS HIM!!!!!!!!

LIKE THIS FOR MORE FUNNY REVIEWS AND IF YOU LIKE DR.WHO LIKE THIS FOR MORE FUNNY REVIEWS AND IF YOU LIKE DR.WHO LIKE THIS FOR MORE FUNNY REVIEWS AND IF U LIKE DR.WHO!!!!!

[nara · Rating 3 out of 5]

dont judge pls im like 8 books behind schedule i had to do a quick read 😭

[Vlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yaay! Another Big Nate book!

Can't say this was the bomb. Is it just me or does some comic scenes get too boring, or repetitive when you read all the Big Nate books? No?

Anyways, this book is about a boy named Nate Wright who has "school" issues and drama. Don't like school drama, skip it. Only for entertainment guys. So, he has this one teacher he specifically hates, Mrs. Godfrey. Whether he does something good or bad, Mrs. Godfrey always yells at him. Every teacher he has is basically boring for him, except Mr. Rosa, the art teacher. To make things even worse, he has some pet peeves too. Like Gina, the know-it-all. Or Artur, Mr. Perfect! And then at home, he's stuck between Ellen, annoying as always, and his clueless dad.

This book is all about jokes, hilarious scenes, and puns. A good book for you to curl up to read or kill time. I think it's most suited for children and up, for it has some cuss words and a little bit too rude and inappropriate scenes. If they can handle it, then sure. Obviously, this review has grammar and spelling mistakes. I'm tired and It's late at night. :)

[Robyn Reece · Rating 4 out of 5]

Elementary:
Peirce, L. (2013). Big Nate I can’t take it. Kansas City, MO:. United Features Syndicate.

1. This graphic novel will enhance my collection by adding humor, color and fun! Elementary students love Big Nate books and they always ask when the new ones are coming in. One of the positives is that it offers several one page stories and this seems to be very appealing to readers who are intimidated by chapter books. The graphics support comprehension and are short enough to be in different time segments without the need for intensive recall. It is humorous enough to keep attention spans from drifting. I’m not a huge fan of this kind of novel,l but I did get *snicker* on p. 144 with the “Can you tell the difference between an old teacher and a young teacher?” Being written for a kid’s point of view creates a natural bond with the reader and seems to bring students back for more. I really enjoyed the colored graphics.

2. Possible applications for this book include vocabulary, comprehension and figurative language for 2-5th graders. On p.153, there is a figurative language dialogue between Nate and Mrs. Godfrey which includes the word “pre-emptive strikes”. (It did shift a misconception that graphic novels only focused on silly humor with few educational opportunities.) I could use this with 4th, 5th and 6th graders for a lesson on puns, vocabulary and comprehension and discussion lessons and character viewpoints. It could be a great mini-lesson with junior and senior high literature students.

3. (January 1, 2014 (Vol. 110, No. 9). Booklist. Retrieved from: http://www.titlewave.com/search?SID=b...

[Nick · Rating 4 out of 5]

While not great literature, Big Nate is only surprising in that it took so long to become popular. Once publishers realized that they should be marketing the series to kids, it took off.
This collection of Sunday strips shows us why the strip belongs on the same bookshelves as Peanuts and Calvin & Hobbes. While Nate is eternally clueless and seemingly forever in sixth grade, the world portrayed is a rich one, in terms of a comic strip. Even the running gags are milked for different humor on each occurrence, like the various ways in which his overstuffed locker affect the stories.

At the library where I work, this is the series that kids graduate to, after reading things like Captain Underpants.

[Thaddeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nate had a guy at the hulem store fill a air filled sled with hulem. Nate went down a very big snow hill, and got stuck in a tree. The air filled sled popped. He keeps writing mean pictures and word about his teacher, Mrs. Godfrey. She is over weighed, but that does not mean he can make fun of her! Nate gets a lot of detentions, but he never learns. He fights with his big sister a lot as well. She has a boyfriend, she is a teenager. Her dad Mr. Wright found out and he made them break up. She really hates Nate, and sometimes in the book she beats him up. Nate's friends beat up Nate as well, sometimes not all the time. Nate hates Gina, she is a straight A student.

[Ryan Miklautsch · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book toats. gotta live it.

[Jolie Kritzar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing Big Nate!!!!

I love this book it is the best book I have ever read I love her I love this series. It's AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jessica DeWitt · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this collection tedious. Nate is not a charming protagonist. He is a mediocre boy who shapes his personality around underachievement, the inane and tired cats v. dogs argument, fatphobia, gender essentialism, and blame-tripping.

[Richard · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is when Nate was in detention an he can't do anything but sit down and do his work by him self so he can't take it anymore so it is called Big Nate I can't take it

[Cc · Rating 3 out of 5]

I LIKE THIS BOOK

ITS SUPA GOOD

[Gianluca Raimondo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looked like that Nate had a good time and a bad time 👍👎

[Westyn Dunbar · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was so good it was about a kid name Nate who was sarcastic most of the time and he plays baseball and basketball. And he has two best friends there names are Teddy and Francis.

[Breanna Granger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read a book called I can't take it by Lincoln Peirce, this book is a fiction book. The main characters are nate, Mrs.Godfrey, Nate's friend, and nate's dad. The main setting are at school, a house, and a yard. First, Nate is a middle school student with a lot of problems and argues in his life. He likes a girl named Jenny but she has a boy friend already, then he is an argument with his friend about which is better, cats or dogs! I rated this book a five out of five because it was funny and a really good book.

[Lesli Diaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will recommend this book to a boy and girl that like to read like comic books or easy books to read because it had lots of pictures and bubbles with a few sentences.In my opinion I like this book because it had lots of details and in some parts it was funny.The summary of this book is that Nate did comics about his teachers and they were not good they were mean and sometimes his history teacher saw him and sent him to detention to the office and he went three times in a week to the detention room.

[Nick Gicewicz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a very good book. the comedy was a little overdone, but most of the time it was a great book to read and laugh at. The book goes through Nate's life as he goes through school, his family, his friends, and everything you could think of that happens in someones day. I recommend this book to anyone who likes to laugh a little bit while their reading any book. I also recommend this book to people who have read books from this series before because these books are usually pretty good to read.

[Ben Goldy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best Big Nate I read. The book is about a boy Nate that is stressed out with his sister and school. The setting is at school in the begin of the book and then more in the middle of of the book it is summer Nate's favorite. The thing i liked most about the book is that it was funny and easy to read.

[christine ✩ · Rating 4 out of 5]

how is Nate not expelled yet hahhaha

[Masonw27 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Its a funny book people should like it. I love big Nate. First big Nate book I have read.

[Jason M · Rating 3 out of 5]

this book is just like every other big Nate book funny

[tony dillard jr · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd been sitting on this book on my to-read pile for some time now. To my surprise, BiG NATE isn't an all-ages graphic novel; it's a comic strip! big NATE, as the series is spelled in syndication, has been in American newspapers since 1991. Originally, the strip was supposed to focus on Nate's dad, a balding divorcee who is the greatest middle aged athlete in the world. (At least in his head!) However, series creator Lincoln Peirce changed the focus on the strip to Nate and his misadventures at school, as he found those experiences much more humorous.

Nate Wright is actually a very intelligent child. Despite his failing grades, Nate is a chess prodigy. His over-active imagination, that we see unfold in his drawings, are what bogs Nate down in his 6th grade classes. It's also what prevents Nate from being as successful on the playing field as either a right fielder or the goalie for his soccer team. Honestly, Nate needs to skip a grade or two, as the material is just too boring for him. However, if Nate was to be seen as the genius he is, instead of a sloppy misfit dreamer, a lot of the humor of this series would be gone.

Readers get to enjoy a full year of Wright family hijinks and I was thrilled. Many strips made me laugh. The humor was just so creative and quirky. Plus it was great to find a new series on par with Bill Amend's Foxtrot, which is my favorite newspaper humor strip of them all.

If you're a cat lover, you might have some issues with BiG NATE. Terrified of felines, he's a certified dog person. Unfortunately, Nate's dad won't let him have a dog. So, Nate takes a job as a dog sitter for one of his neighbors. No matter how much Nate's ward, Spitsy proves that cats are way smarter than canines, Nate's devotion to mutts never falters.

With almost 3 dozen collections of strips, families that fall in love with Nate and friends will have endless laughs. Plus, BiG NATE is now a computer-animated series on Paramount+. So when you need to rest your eyes, you can keep the chuckles going on your screen!

Lots of fun for not only the whole family, but for the whole calendar year!

[Ralph B · Rating 5 out of 5]

You don't have to be a middle school teacher to appreciate the Big Nate cartoons, but the laughs come full-belly if you are. Sixth grader Nate Wright is no smarter, naughtier or more clever than any other 12 year old boy. He is the typical male tween-ager who thinks pretty highly of himself and is good at scheming to skip school work. In this book, he and best friend Francis have an ongoing feud about dogs vs cats: "Hot dog!" states Nate, "Cool cat!" replies Francis, and so on.

But that's not all. Plenty of other scenarios will keep you smiling. If you need an innocent laugh to revive your spirits, ESPECIALLY if you are a middle school teacher, this book will fill your tank in time for the first class Monday morning.

[Rachel Mong · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is another story in the Big Nate series. In this book, the stress of Nate’s school and home life are weighing on him, and hilarity ensues.
This book is in the graphic novel genre, as it is formatted like a comic book, with frames of pictures and dialogue bubbles.
I would use Big Nate, I Can’t Take It, to teach about the writing trait of word choice. This book is filled with Onomatopoeia so it would be a great mentor text to show how to correctly use Onomatopoeia. In writing instruction, I would ask my students to write their own comic strip and create their own Onomatopoeia words to describe the sounds in their stories.
The book level is 2.8, and the guided reading level is R.

[David-Lior · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve read all the Big Nates but this one clearly stands out. Normally in the Big Nate collection, each book covers one story but this one is a graphic novel, each page covers one, normally funny, story. I was suspicious before starting it but it’s a good-to-relax book. My favorite sentence of the book is “Are you freaking kidding me” (Lincoln Peirce, 29). It was hard to find a favorite sentence because each page differs from the other one. It is my favorite because the main character, Nate, often says that

[Meatball · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was amazing. I really enjoyed when Nate imagined him hitting a home run and it hitting ms Godfrey and was daydreaming so he didn’t know what was going on then got struck out. This book is really enjoyable and funny. This is definitely a top 5 big Nate book. Lincoln Peirce did a great job with the drawing and I really like how there was color in this book. I gave this book 5 starts because I usually don’t like reading but when I started reading big Nate I thought it was really good and Big Nate is the only type of book I read.

[Stacey Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nate struggles through school with Mrs. Godfrey on his back, Artur and Gina giving him headaches and Jenny always out of his reach. Nate pulls one over on his clueless father and teases his sister to no end. Nate thinks big except when it comes to doing his homework. He's a salesman, a leader, one who isn't afraid to try new things. When he fails he tries harder. When he gets discouraged he pushes to find a way around the obstacle even if everyone laughs at him. He's resilient, funny and deep down a good kid.

[Christopher M · Rating 5 out of 5]

what makes this book a good book is that it has comedy and its sort of a comic what i love about the big nate series is that nate is your average middle school kid he get detention he loves sports and he thinks most of his classes are snore fests with his happen to be future in being a famous comic book artist and always argueing with his sister about something and always telling his dad how cheap he is but you will always get a good laugth out of the trouble making nate write

[Shael Menendez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was really funny. Its about how Nate is always making trouble. And how people treat him. Especially his teacher Mrs. Godfrey makes his life a nightmare. I think this book shows how life can be stressful for him. Also him and his sister are always fighting. But overall i really liked this cool book.

[Slow Man · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another hilarious instalment of a brilliant comic. When you started to read one after another, you will sure to find characters that you can relate to. Mrs Godfrey is my favourite. All one can do now is to pray that the series WILL NOT turn to a movie. I just love the way it is.