Big Nate: The Nate Files

by Lincoln Peirce

Featuring original content and stories based on the Emmy-nominated Big Nate animated series, The Nate Files offers an exciting peek into the world of Big Nate and friends, including comics, stories, and bonus material taken directly from Nate's notebook.

The Big Nate Files  is the ultimate companion book to the TV show, expanding on the show’s dynamic storylines and colorful characters in a series of book-exclusive features all about the spectacularly quirky world of Nate's school, P.S. 38.Each chapter explores a different aspect of Nate's social life and school adventures, including The Prank Files, The Friendship Files, and The Fear the Mollusk Files (all about Nate’s rock band). The Nate Files also includes a gallery of over two dozen comic strips Lincoln Peirce produced for the show. Other special sections ’s bonus yearbook section of rivals and frenemiesA rundown of Nate’s most epic date disastersNate and friends assembling a collaborative time capsule, made up largely of freak artifacts from Nate’s lockerNate’s guide to surviving detentionCharacter profiles and special features including Gina's spy tips, Teddy's study habits, and Principal Nichols’ tips for how (NOT) to fly a drone.Included alongside these hilarious glimpses into life at P.S. 38 are several stories adapted from the hugely popular, Emmy-nominated Big Nate show, including bonus clips and animated features. Fans of the animated series and Lincoln Peirce's bestselling comic collections will enjoy this unique exploration of the world of Big Nate. 

Kindle Edition

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

[Stacey Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Find out everything about the Nate universe in this book. Descriptions of every character he encounters with humorous Nate tidbits. Meet his dad, friends, enemies, school teachers and other staff....fun.