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Lincoln Peirce

Lincoln Peirce (LINK-ǝn pǝrs) is an American cartoonist known for illustrating and creating Big Nate and Max and the Midknights. Lincoln Pierce was born on October 23, 1963, in Ames, Iowa. Lincoln Pierce's recent work includes talking over the country about cartoons and working on the comic strips Big Nate. Lincoln currently lives in Portland, Maine. With his wife Jessica and two children, Elias and Dana

Career[]

Big Nate Career[]

Pierce first started development on Big Nate in 1991, and it began as his best-known comic. Big Nate is mainly about Nate Wright's life at P.S. 38, his adventures with his pals Francis Pope and Teddy Ortiz, and his troubles with his rivals such as Mrs. Godfrey, Gina Hemphill-Toms, Randy Betancourt, and several others. When drawing, he starts with a rough sketch using a fine point pen. When making the finished artwork, he uses a smooth paper called Bristol board and sketches the entire drawing with a non-photo blue pencil. He uses a pen called pigment liners, and after inking everything once, he goes over everything again with a thinner pen to smooth it out.[1] The comic has eventually evolved into novels and comic books that have been a success. Peirce has also created an island called Big Nate Island on the popular online game Poptropica.

Trivia[]

  • He is of French descent.
  • Peirce explained that his last name is pronounced "purse" and not "pierce."
  • Jeff Kinney explained that the Big Nate comic strips inspired him to create Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
  • Peirce first began cartooning at Colby College in Maine. He also studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
  • For three years, Lincoln Peirce taught baseball in New York at a High School. He also plays hockey with "an old man's league." Peirce describes it as "his best sport as a child."
  • According to the Big Nate website, he is not related anyhow to president Franklin Pierce. One time, as he said, he was mistakenly called by that name by an individual.
  • He once threatened to remove the comments section on Big Nate GoComics due to the poll war. It was a spam event where people were making polls unrelated to the comic strip in the comments and spamming in the replies. GoComics banned many people from GoComics during this event. It lasted from June–August 2017.
  • Lincoln Peirce personally does the lettering for Big Nate.
  • He is a creative consultant for the Big Nate Show and collaborating with Mitch Watson and John Cohen, the producers of the show.
  • He made cartoon pilots for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon.
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