Big Nate Comix for U
© 2012 Night & Day Studios
Complicated but cool (and potentially powerful), this is a drag and drop flannel-board style comic strip creator featuring Big Nate, aka 6th grader Nate Wright, aka the “king of detention.” Big Nate is the creation of Lincoln Peirce, author of the Big Nate book series. You can drag and drop from a library of characters and backgrounds. Backgrounds include the P.S. 38 school gym, lockers, library, Nate’s bedroom, the neighborhood, and Mrs. Godfrey’s classroom. There are three modes: Story Starter—begin with a few finished frames and then fill in the rest; Fill in the Blanks—fill in the speech bubbles on an already designed comic; and Start from Scratch—create a comic from scratch. It is also possible for you to share your comics with a friend, or save them to a gallery. We didn't have much time to spend with this, but on first glance it seemed rather complicated and the frames looked small. But that was without a thorough test.
$2.99, iPhone
Teaches: art, logic, creativity, writing, language