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Smurfs vs. Lawn gnomes

Big Nate meets his Smurfette in this beautifully rendered Sunday Halloween special.

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Friday Fun Facts (or are they?) Special Hallowed Eve Edition

* Stephan "Pearls Before Swine" Pastis is frequently told by fans that he should dress up as "David Bowie in Labyrinth." Little do they know, he's never even seen the film!

 

* The Dinette Set's Julie Larson is tied for most "Devil's Night" car burnings in Minnetonka, Minn., with zero. 

 

* Mark Leiknes, of "Cow & Boy" will give out only candy corn to trick-or-treaters this Halloween due to a bumper crop from heavy spring rains .

 

* Glenn and Gary of the Flying McCoys once chased a vampire out of their house. It turned into a UPS delivery man once it got back outside. 

 

* Mike "Cornered" Baldwin insists that his love of "heavy garlic" on his Italian food has nothing to do with his hatred of Vampires as a race, but few believe him.

 

* Dan "Rip Haywire" Thompson claims not to be afraid of werewolves, but he couldn't explain to Greensboro NC police why he keeps a coin purse full of silver bullets under the seat of his 1987 Mitsubishi Montero. 

 

* Frank from "Frank & Ernest" was the stand-in for the fisherman-hobo run over by the attractive cast in the film, "I Know What You Did Last Summer." Ernest, in turn, served in craft services. Both would later call Jennifer Love Hewitt, "a real doll to work with." 

 

* "Reality Check" creator Dave Whammond was a powerful warlock for much of his life, but lost his powers when he chose to get a dog. Note: Warlock law is different from human law. 

 

* Due to his fear of Scatman Crothers, "Graffiti" creator Gene Mora refuses to see Staney Kubrick's "The Shining" but when asked, he'll inexplicably cite it as one of his favorite thrillers.  

 

 

 

Don't Wait! Vote Big Nate!

 

Dear Mr. Peirce,

I just wanted to offer a quick hello and let you know that Shady Grove kids (and Wissahickon Middle School kids) are continuing to push for Big Nate in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  We made sure we had a "get out the vote" effort through an email blast and letters home to our original 50 letter writers when Big Nate became one of the "Show Down" nominees. 

We are hoping to see Big Nate in the final Show Down soon.  And we'll be sure to vote again.  In the meantime, my students are going crazy over On a Roll - I have a few copies that I can't keep in the reading room.  It's getting checked out constantly - and these are reluctant readers, you know.  I thought it was great, too! 

Attached is a photo of our Don't Wait, Read Big Nate board outside my room.  You can see that we've already done a fun math activity with Nate and that I post strips for passers-by to enjoy. 

All the best,
Theresa D.
Shady Grove Elementary School
Ambler, PA

 

Halloween costume tips

from Basic Instructions!

Halloween's first frost

 

Longtime readers of Frazz know that precocious student Caulfield likes to dress up as a literary figure for Halloween. His oblique hints at his costume and his teacher's muddleheaded attempts to guess the nature of his holiday garb have become a cherished part of the run-up to every dorky goth-kid and sexy cat's favorite night.

 

This year, we think creator Jef Mallett has made it too easy. Frazz's "frosty" comment must mean that Caulfield will be appearing as beloved cinematic  snowman "Jack Frost" (either the psychotic one, or the less homicidal, more sadly paternal version in the Michael Keaton remake). Now, the more annoying among you will object that said snowman is a creature of the silver screen, not the golden page. Well to that, we rebut: have you read the novelization by Alan Dean Foster (probably)? Well, neither have we, but we're sure it's a rip-snorting good yarn.

 

Meanwhile, if anyone's curious, this year I will be delighting my new GoComics co-workers by dressing as Bill Cosby's Ghost Dad.

Your dog's name was Butterscotch? You must have been on the road when they named him

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BIG NATE BOOK FAIR MANIA!

I rather enjoyed seeing this announcement at my children's school this morning. Once you make the book fair poster, the only place to go from there is Nobel Prize, a Cabinet position or an England Dan & John Ford Coley concert. 

Way to go Lincoln Peirce and Big Nate!

 

* Please note: I don't own a children's school.

Halloween pet dilemma?

I"m having some trouble with this myself right now. I was thinking about bee costumes for my cats. I'm probably not going to do it. Probably. Tiny Sepuku has some advice just for people like me!

 

h/t to Kendra

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