Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City

Big Nate: Comics #12

by Lincoln Peirce

Wanted: Nate Wright, better known as Big Nate, four-and-a-half feet tall, black hair with seven spikes, age eleven, sixth-grader at P.S. 38, record holder for school detentions. Reward: Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City!

Can Nate Wright get any cooler? Not according to Nate himself. He's already P.S. 38's rockin'est drummer, finest poet (check out his haiku about brazil nuts), and deepest thinker--in his own mind. But does Nate have what it takes to hang with Marcus, leader of the school's most notorious posse? Or will he decide that being cool isn't all it's cracked up to be? Read Say Good-bye to Dork City… and say hello to lots of laughs!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Humor, Middle Grade, School, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2015

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

[Kelly (and the Book Boar) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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If you are the parent of a kid who doesn’t enjoy reading, you’ll try anything to turn things around (especially when you are someone who spends ALLLLLLL of your own free time with your face in a book). The Big Nate series has been a saving grace for my sanity. These books are funny, fast, and the comic book format eliminates some of the “I’m booooooooooored” complaints heard during reading time. Next year my youngest will have to choose from the Truman Award Nominees for his reading selections. While those books might be more fun for me, I will miss the effortless buddy reads and moments like this that Big Nate brought to my life . . .



Endless thanks to NetGalley for keeping my little one a little one just a bit longer

[Glen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of Big Nate comic strips, where he learns that it isn't easy standing up to bullies. A good strip hardly anyone ever talks about.

[laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

funny for me, torture for them✨


here are some extra panels~

[Wayne McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

'Big Nate: Say Good-bye to Dork City' is a big full-color, full-of-fun collection that's great for younger readers and people who like to laugh.

This time around, Nate finds himself in the cool kid's posse, but he might not survive it. He tries to convince his dad to buy the big school photo package so he has lots of wallet-size pictures to give the girls. He survives a Halloween where his dad wants to give out healthy treats. He writes haikus about Brazil nuts, and convinces his friends to join him in detention. His nemesis Mrs. Godfrey becomes principal for a week. These are just a few of the adventures and misadventures Nate finds himself in this time around.

Lincoln Peirce writes a great comic strip. I've read a couple of these collections, and they're just a lot of fun. If you've got a kid who doesn't like to read, you might try handing them some Big Nate and see what happens.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Andrews McMeel Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

[Divit Patel]

it was good

[Joseph Alvarado · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have a reason why this would be one of the best big Nate books. why well it pretty much shows Nate standing up to a bully and that is why I like this book a lot. Even though he got beat and had a purple I he still was able to help out his friend.

[Kohlton Hagestuen · Rating 5 out of 5]

i really liked it

[Da'Mare'Ye · Rating 5 out of 5]

is was very good i learn a lot of stuff

[Mason Hommel]

nate wants to hang out with the cool kids but then realizes that he's better to hang out with his real friends. the theme is don't be a follower.

[Ryan Rotenberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

I recently read Big Nate, Say Goodbye to Dork City by Lincoln Pierce. This book is about Nate who is in Middle School and his adventures. Nate is trying to fit in with a new group and he tries many things to be 'cool'. He tries to play his drums at the school dance and play basketball without his lucky socks.

I liked this book because the character is like me. He struggles in school and plays a lot of sports. I like that the book is comics because it is easy to follow along with the story. I wouldn't change anything in this book.

I recommend this book to kids who are in middle school. They would like it because he deals with the same things that middle schoolers do. It is easy to relate to Big Nate. I think most kids would enjoy reading this book.

[Adyn Cohen · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny as heck five stares.

[Hialey C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Different little short parts on what is going on, it doesn't just flow and give every detail.

[Stephanie Richards · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't normally read graphic novels so this was a hard one for me to get through. This story was about a 6th grade kid and his want to fit in with the cool older kids. At least I think that's what it was supposed to be about. I only got about a third of the way through, (page 85) and had to put it down. There was no clear plot, and it just kind of seemed to jump around a lot.

I also feel like this would be something for an older student, like 7th or 8th grade, who has really good reading comprehension. There are so many jokes and a lot of them seem to be a little mature. For example, there's one page where the main character, Nate, is talking to the school secretary and the secretary makes a joke about the principal's weight. I thought that could have been left out because it just wasn't funny, plus she mentions how she has a low BMI which totally confused Nate, and the secretary continues too mock and insult the principal.

The only joke I that did make me laugh was when the Nate tells his teacher "Being a teacher is such a cushy job." I appreciated that joke because the artist really captured the teacher's crazy reaction to that and made it pretty relate able for me. As I mentioned above anyone reading this book will also need to have a good sense of reading comprehension and needs to be able to understand a lot of mature vocabulary. One of the phrases that Nate uses in the beginning of the story includes the words "childhood vandalism epidemic." That's a phrase I can see many students in schools that won't understand that at all.

Overall I wouldn't read it, but I may keep it for a classroom book.

[Ralph B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not as laugh out loud as other Big Nate books but still a stress reliever if you are looking for a laugh at what we all were like as middle schoolers, at least us guys. Theme here is Nate abandoning his 3 amigos to join the "posse" of cool guys under the thumb of a school bully. He realizes quickly he made a mistake so after he takes a punch from Marcus for leaving the posse, he returns to the old Nate.

A series of panels about his new year's resolution essay about not being so competitive climaxes with his boast the he wrote 7 paragraphs versus only the 4 that were required. Pure Nate!

[Ivan Delgado · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Big Nate Say Good Bye To Dork City" is a funny and exciting book about how Nate wants to join the coolest kid in schools posse. But then he gets tired of doing things for him. He misses his friends.But the coolest guy in school says your not allowed to hang out with the losers (also known as Francis Teddy and Arthur who he doesn't like a little because he is dating the he likes)but he also said"if you leave my posse you will be sorry you ever joined.

[Zarifa]

There was a boy named Nate. He had 2 friends in his life. Teddy and Francis. In this book was the 8th grader and he was in 6. Nate thought that he could be with a boy friend. his name was Marcus. Marcus offended Nate's friends and that's why he is not friends with Marcus anymore. And of course he was in detention again.

[Anthony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Big Nate and crew are back with all new hilarious Hi-jinks. Nate tries to get the band back together to perform at the school's dance, loses his lucky socks, thus putting the basketball team in peril of losing a big game, decides to join Marcus's notorious posse, and of course spend his days getting around his class work, and landing in detention as always. Laugh out loud fun!

[Sophie Roberts · Rating 5 out of 5]

Managed to finish this book in around an hour I loved it and how it was about school and every other page was a diffrent scene it felt very interesting and kept me hooked by keeping up the pace it’s about a boy at school how gets in trouble but looses his lucky socks and his dad gives out fruit roll ups on Halloween I liked the humour and how Nate kept on getting punched down

[Rana · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't stand having this book without reading it, in fact it's very beautiful I like everything in this book and I have other books of big nate 3 books more
funny, light, colorful, attractive I can read it in 1 day indeed I'd like to have all big Nate's books they are really amazing

[Tommy P · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this is funny because Author and Nate hate each other for no reason. This book would be good for 5th graders because it's easy. If like diary of a wimpy you will like this because it's like a diary. Nate wants to a part of Marcus's club. Nate joins but he wants to...... READ TO FIND OUT.

[Josh Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave this book a five because these are one of my favorite book series. I didn’t like this book as much because of how he left his friends and joined the person he called a loser which makes no sense. Overall I think the book was pretty good.

[Malcham Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the book was amazing because all the stuff the Nate does with his friends is just too much for one person to handle because it makes you laugh and you want to share it with other people. Nate, he joins Marcus' posse and Nate it ends badly for Nate.

[Olivia Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The review of the book was just Nate talking to mrs Godfrey i don’t know that big girl name but idk what her name was but Nate was talking to everyone. And the book was good/great. What I’m gonna add is that the book is it was really FUNNY🌻😂😂😂😂😂

[Silas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like that Big Nate doesn't stay in his posse. Still, wish he could have gotten him back with a cool move or something.

[Matthew Ortega · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a funny book about Nate and him joining a group then leaving it to hang out with his true friends.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

lets go to Mario land ( song of Mario bros) doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo NO NOT Mario Big Nate!!!!!!!!!!! I love big Nate I bet you will love it. *wink*

[Dominique · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loooooooooooooooooooooooove big nate and this one was awsome.

[Kyle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I you like comic books you will love this.

[Christopher · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought Nate was going to be in the group for a little longer but no and this book wasn't bad

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked the book it was funny.