Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce (pronounced "purse") is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Big Nate comic strip.

Early life

Peirce grew up in Durham, New Hampshire, where he attended Oyster River High School. For college, he attended NC State College in Maine, where he created a weekly comic strip called "Third Floor" for the school newspaper. He later earned a graduate degree from Brooklyn College and also studied at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He taught art and coached baseball at Xavier High School, a boys' high school in New York City, for three years before moving to Maine in 1992 and started writing.

Career

Peirce is the creator of the comic strip Big Nate, which debuted in 1991 and appears in 300 newspapers in the US and online daily at GoComics and Poptropica. He has also written several animated shorts for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. A fan and collector of classic country music, Peirce also hosts a local radio show devoted to honky tonk and western swing on WMPG.

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The Star 17 Aug 2018

Andi Miranti’s eyes light up when he starts talking about music – not just any genre, but heavy metal ... “Then, when I began working on my first Ned Dickens graphic novel, my drawing style evolved from stick figures to human characters,” explains Andi, adding that some of his favourite comics are Big Nate, a comic strip illustrated by Lincoln Peirce and Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey, and its spin-off, Dog Man....

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Andi Miranti shares his journey to becoming a comic writer with autism

The Star 17 Aug 2018

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Lyon and more at this summer at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts

Herald Mail 10 Jun 2018

There are plenty of activities to do, see and hear at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts this summer. The exhibition “Knoxville Narratives. Danny Lyon,” features 18 black-and-white prints taken by American photographer and filmmaker Danny Lyon. The exhibition, which opens at the museum Saturday, June 30, is loaned by the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tenn ... 28 ... • Concerts ... Krosoczka, Lincoln Peirce and Raina Telgemeier ... ....

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'Big Nate' to join Jersey Journal comics pages

NJ dot com 24 May 2018

Growing up in New Hampshire, Lincoln Peirce loved reading the comic strips in his morning paper ... Peirce started shopping his comics ideas, including "Big Nate,'' to syndicates while teaching art at St ... "It's a comic strip about the misadventures of an irrepressible 11-year-old boy who has a naive and inflated sense of his own importance," Peirce told The Jersey Journal ... "He's just a kid who lives with his dad," Peirce said....

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Perfect example of 'fake news'

Citrus County Chronicle 17 May 2018

The photo is accompanied by a long, detailed caption that apparently summarizes the article ... That is the “big story” that is hidden behind this twisted, misleading fake news ... It is a brilliantly composed sequence by Lincoln Peirce that explains much of the AP fake news article on Tom Barrack. The Chronicle should reprint the clever AP fake news article and the brilliant Lincoln Peirce comic strip on the same page. Charles R. Jones ... ....

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LI kids poll: What books should be made into movies?

Newsday 15 May 2018

The “Big Nate” book series is written by Lincoln Peirce, “Sisters” is by Raina Telgemeier, the “Magic Tree House” series is by Mary Pope Osborne and “The One ......

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'Bam!': Washington County Museum of Fine Arts celebrates graphic novels with exhibit

Herald Mail 13 May 2018

Krosoczka, Lincoln Peirce and Raina Telgemeier ... Lincoln Peirce is a cartoonist/writer and New York Times bestselling author of the hilarious Big Nate book series (bignatebooks.com), now published in 25 countries worldwide and available as ebooks, audiobooks, and as an app, Big Nate ... Lincoln’s Big Nate books include five novels, three activity books, and several comic strip compilations....

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In Pennsylvania, 9.6 percent of borrowers default on student loans

News-Press Now 15 Mar 2018

At Pittsburgh Career Institute, 30 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education ... In Pennsylvania, 267 institutions reported 221,681 students entered repayment on student loans ... Fortis Institute Towson 3518223.3 ... Peirce College Philadelphia 1,03714814.2. Lincoln University Jefferson City 82611714.1 ... St ... ....

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Wake up and read for library week

The Grand Island Independent 11 Mar 2018

We just finished up a successful and busy celebration of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday /Read Across America Week and Spring Break. So now we are ready to move on to some fun spring programs and of course getting people ready to wake up and read. We are getting ready for National Library Week in April ... In April I will reveal the national theme ... We have a database called Novelist Plus for all ages ... A Good Old-Fashioned Wedgie” by Lincoln Peirce ... ....

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Book supply and demand at the Columbus Metropolitan Library

The Columbus Dispatch 17 Feb 2018

Once a month, we check in on the supply and demand at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. TOP BUYS FOR MARCH• "The Disappeared" by C.J. Box• "The Rising Sea," Clive Cussler• "Let Me Lie," Clare Mackintosh• "Big Nate. Silent but Deadly," Lincoln Peirce• "Alternate Side," Anna [...] ... ....

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Changes to The Oregonian's comics elicit hundreds of responses: Editor's Notebook

The Oregonian 16 Feb 2018

Readers care so much about the comics pages. Our egos as journalists trick us into thinking the words we write, the photos we take, or the videos we shoot, are what matter most to readers. And that may very well be true. I hope so anyway ... We replaced the two strips in The Oregonian with "Big Nate" and "The Duplex ." ... To put it simply ... "Big Nate" drawn by Lincoln Peirce has been entertaining young audiences (and their parents) since 1991 ... ....

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3 graphic novels to introduce to your reluctant reader

Omaha World-Herald 05 Jan 2018

More and more teachers, librarians, parents and grandparents are discovering that great graphic novels can be the gateway into a love for reading. This is especially true for kids who have been reluctant readers from an early age or who struggle to read ... Teachers and librarians on the 2014 New York Comic Con panel said graphic novels offer many benefits and strengthen skills ... 1. "Big Nate" by Lincoln Peirce ... 2. "Bad Kitty" by Nick Bruel ... ....

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'Mutts,' 'Doonesbury' and 'Calvin and Hobbes' cartoons lead auction bids for hurricane relief

The Keene Sentinel 29 Nov 2017

Also receiving high bids are a President Donald Trump editorial cartoon by The Washington Post’s Ann Telnaes and works by Mad magazine’s Al Jaffee, children’s author Mo Willems, New Yorker cartoonist George Booth and such comic-strip creators as Jim Borgman (“Zits”), Dan Piraro (“Bizarro”), Lincoln Peirce (“Big Nate”), Rick Kirkman (“Baby Blues”), ......

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