Big Nate: The Nate Files

by Lincoln Peirce

176 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2024

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

[Endrit Nikqi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big Nate: The Nate Files:
Note: I was given a digital ARC through Edelweiss in exchange for a review.
Based off of the T.V. Show, “Big Nate: The Nate Files” is a look into Nate’s world through the form of different files, based on different subjects, such as friends, school, and comics. Every once in a while, there will be an activity to keep kids engaged.
I enjoyed this book, and I love how the pages themselves look. The content inside was pretty fun and humorous. My personal favorite section was the “Comic Files” section, because it showed many comics made for the show by the creator of the “Big Nate” comic strip, Lincoln Peirce, which usually appeared during the credits.
Overall, I enjoyed this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of “Big Nate.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2

[Vivan V · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had no idea there was a character named Amy

[Jame_EReader · Rating 5 out of 5]

👦🏻reviews: simply love Big Nate comics since kindergarten. Couldn’t resist this one and nothing ceases to amaze me with Nate. Enjoyed this one thoroughly.