Kun maguno sa mga pagladawan saiya, sabi ni Tony Carpio, siya an "irreverent columnist, the punster inveterate..". Sabi man ni Mike Julia kan Weekly Informer, si Nick Prieto ".. never held back his punches. Like ... boxer Muhammad ali, he danced like a butterfly but stung like a bee. The sidesteps inside the ring of his columns could easily duck the counterpunching of his targets, but more so, were his telling blows."