![]() The UFS' star sales representative, who was responsible for more than half of these newspapers agreeing to show Big Nate, died very suddenly, of a heart attack. The United Feature Syndicate (UFS) was the comic strip newspaper syndication service that was going to distribute all of the Big Nate comics to newspapers, and most of the people there were very excited about this new comic strip, believing that it could be an instant sensation, maybe even the next great comic strip.īut, sadly, tragedy struck. ![]() Young Reader's Choice Award - Junior/Grades 4-6Īround late 1990 to early 1991, Big Nate was being set to debut in more than 135 different newspapers around the United States. Garden State Children's Book Award - Children's Fiction I'd been a teacher myself, and schools can be very funny places." ―Lincoln PeirceĬolorado Children's Book Award - Junior Novelīuckeye Children's Book Award - Grades 3-5 But before too long, I realized that the part of the strip that I enjoyed most was the school humor. It was my intention to feature a lot of stories about Nate's single dad, and all the comic possibilities inherent in that. ![]() ![]() " Big Nate started out as more of a 'domestic humor' strip than it is now. ![]()
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