22: On the Origin of Big Nate

Explanation
This edit combines two Big Nate strips: The very first strip, published in 1991; and a strip from 2013, rewritten so that Nate is reflecting on his own corny joke. The title references Darwin's On the Origin of Species, somewhat fitting this strip's theme.

The author writes
Lincoln Peirce's Big Nate is a comic I am interested in, quite oddly. While searching for strips to remix for iToons, I actually came across the first Big Nate strip. The rest is history.

Original Big Nate strips: 1991-01-07, 2013-06-08

Transcript
(Nate is writing in his journal) Text: Our homework is, we have to write a hundred words every day. A hundred words! (Nate looks at the paper, then draws a crude portrait of himself flexing his muscles) Nate: (to himself) Fortunately, one picture is worth a thousand of those suckers... Nate, 22 years later: Really?