Big Nate

Big Nate is a comic strip and book series by Lincoln Peirce, following the misadventures of Nate Wright, a mischievous sixth-grader with outsized confidence and modest talents.

The franchise spans newspaper comics, novels, and games: My kid is obsessed with Big Nate books.

The character is known for his spiky hair and endless schemes.

Related
  • comic stripSerialized newspaper cartoon panels
  • LincolnMidwestern state capital
  • comicFunny performer or publication
  • stripNarrow elongated piece
  • middleCentral point or position

school · spiky hair · detention · detention slip · spiky · hair · Francis · Mrs · Godfrey · locker · school cafeteria · doodles · cartoonist · homework · cafeteria · pranks · middle school · sixth grader

Opposites
comic strip genre/tone

Big NateDilbert

Corporate satire strip

Doonesbury · Cathy · Prince Valiant · Dick Tracy

middle-grade book series protagonist type

Big NateHermione Granger

Ramona Quimby · Encyclopedia Brown · Junie B. Jones · Matilda · Percy Jackson

children's comic strip franchises

Big NatePeanuts

Long-running American comic strip

Calvin and Hobbes · Family Circus · Curtis · Cathy · Dennis the Menace

Family

big, bigger, biggest, Nate, Nathan

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G