Letter: Weekday ‘Big Nate’ strip will be sorely missed
Jun 30, 2026
The downsizing of the wonderful comic strip “Big Nate” from every day to Sunday should not pass without an appreciation for what it has brought to Star-Advertiser readers for years. Lincoln Peirce’s title character uses one of the most effective bases for comedy: the character who is not self-
aware. Both Nate and his father are legends in their own minds, and routinely generate laughs by collisions with reality, from which they never learn. ...read more read less