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Big Nate: Comics #10

Big Nate: Dibs on This Chair

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Leave it to Big Nate to stake his claim on anything in reach!Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate, the daily and Sunday comic strip. As a popular middle-grade book character, Nate is 11 years old, four-and-a-half feet tall, and the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius and sixth grade Renaissance Man. Nate, who lives with his dad and older sister, enjoys pestering his family and teachers with his sarcasm.

86 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2001

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Lincoln Peirce

259 books1,116 followers
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.

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1 review2 followers
February 26, 2014
awesome
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10 reviews2 followers
June 4, 2024
I really liked Angie and Nate being together. They were cute.
6 reviews
June 2, 2016
This book was really funny. I thought Nate would never get a girlfriend until he did. I felt bad for the kids that were sitting on the chair when Nate was yelling at them because he wanted to sit there with his girlfriend. Beside that I thought it was really good!








3 reviews
November 29, 2014
GOOD BUT NEEDS MORE

I like a lot but and I would have put five stars but I think that the book was short even with side stuff like CESSPOOL COMIC AND MORE ARE A BIT OF AN DISTRACTION FROM STORY STILL FUN some like SANTA CLAUS Or JACK FROST I FEEL LIKE those there so it make book longer this book is just above 100 page and easy read pathetic is only word I consider advanced all in all good book
84 reviews15 followers
December 16, 2013
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YES SUCH A GOOD BOOK SO WORTH IT!!!!!!!! ante gets a girlfriend ill definitely read it again and again so worth it money



1 review
October 14, 2013
Big Nate dibs on that Chair.


For our reading workshop my favorite book that I read was Big Nate dibs on that chair. The book is about a boy named Nate who has a normal life at school except, that he gets detention everyday. One of the main reasons I loved this series is that the author has a good sense of humor. Nate is always cracking inside jokes and, other kind of jokes like you mama jokes. This is definitely one of my favorite books but, I don’t always get the jokes.

In this book the humor is usually based off of teacher nicknames, yo mama jokes and, random things. By random things I mean things like getting beat up by the biggest kid in the grade chester. In one scene of the book his friends make fun of him for having springy hair. In this book one random joke was summer school how he would always hate it no matter what, until he meets a girl named angie who later becomes his girlfriend. In this book there are no yo mama jokes but, in other books there are tons of them. In all the books nate always has a nickname that he uses at one time or another. In this book he call Mrs. Godfrey his social studies teacher she who shall not be named. This book was definitely more serious than other books but, it still has the big Nate feel to it.

Nate in this book definitely has a normal school life. Almost everyday Nate gets detention for at least an hour for reasons like make fun of teachers in comics or arguing with Gina his worst enemy. Then he got a girlfriend in summer school because, he was getting bad grades like some students do. Francis is number one friend has been Nates friend since they were babies even though Francis is way smarter and, neater than Nate. His other friend Teddy who is number one A has been Nates friend for two years, Teddy also gets detention like Nate but, not close to as many times. Just like his other books this stays realistic as if Nate is a real student and, Nate like some comic characters doesn’t break down the fourth wall.

In conclusion, all these reasons are why I choose to continue the big Nate series for school. This book I would be much better if they had added something with nate and, his new girlfriend because she was the main highlight but the book ended with them shake hands before she left to go home. Which could have ended off better if they had hung out the next day after school but , the book just makes the reader think about what's going to happen next is she going to stay a main character or just be a random other side character in the book. I had other brief reasons too like I wanted to get closer to finishing the series and, because it is just a fun comic to read.
2 reviews
November 30, 2015
This book was amazing. Nate is so funny. I like when Nate and Angie write letters to each other. And when Nate says that he is a tutor. But my most favorite part is when Nate tried to go out the window in summer school.
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September 16, 2015
That was funny, but eleven-year-olds making out? Geesh. No thanks.
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4 reviews8 followers
February 7, 2016
A great book. Nate gets a girl!!
4 reviews
May 18, 2017
Awsome

This book was amazing my child thought it was hilarious thank you for your hard work that went into this book.
3 reviews
October 12, 2017
It was short and dumb
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2 reviews
March 28, 2014
Not that good

I really didnt like this book beacause the ending was a little cofusing and what happened to nate and angie :(
2 reviews
November 15, 2014
Bad

crude copy of diary of a wimpy kid.
I don't think it's so good a recommend diary of a wimpy kid.
11 reviews1 follower
October 30, 2016
I loved the book.it is so funny.

I would recommend this book to anybody that loves romance and comedy.

I am with you analiese
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1 review
January 20, 2018
Awesome

Hahahahaahahhaahhaahahahahah it’s so funny
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11 reviews2 followers
October 29, 2020
This was personally one of my favorite comic/graphic novel ever because of the amount of jokes and relatable things that Big Nate goes through in middles school and there is a variety of jokes that don't bore you.
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24 reviews
September 25, 2015
This was such a cool book! Nate got a girlfriend in this book (Not his 3rd grade crush, Jenny), but it's Angie, a new girl to Nate's school.
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45 reviews
December 26, 2016
When I read this book I couldn't wait to get back to school after Christmas break. Luckily, I was allowed to take it home!
31 reviews
December 8, 2022
Bad

Boring as a result from your mom doing the floss and I totally do not like this book 😒 😰
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November 23, 2022
I thought it was cool. But, I can't really review because the books don't have a main idea.
Author 1 book69 followers
July 22, 2019
Nate is an eleven-years-old, sarcastic, self-proclaimed genius. And now he finds a girlfriend.

Big Nate's attitude changes about summer school when a girl comes into his life. What's there not to like about Nate? He's funny. He irritates his older sister. He pesters his teachers. And now he's in love.

Kids of all ages would love this book.
2 reviews
October 5, 2019
I Like this boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook

Thank you Lincoln Peirce
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