The archival collection of one of the bestselling alternative comic book series -- arguably, the Great American Grunge novel -- now in paperback!

Publisher Marketing: Fans of underground comics' brutal social satire and people with generally bitter dispositions will laugh out loud at virtually every seedy panel.-- "Publishers Weekly" Review Quotes : Bagge's comic book Hate , chronicling the exploits of hapless, twentysomething, ne'er-do-well Buddy Bradley, captured the 1990s zeitgeist like no other alternative comic... One of alt-comics' most commercially and artistically successful titles.-- "Booklist" Review Quotes : Bagge's captivating artwork and humor ensure that Hate is relevant for any age and time.-- "The A.V. Club" Publisher Marketing : Peter Bagge is not only one of the primary architects of the alternative comics scene that exploded in the 1980s and 1990s (alongside peers including Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Daniel Clowes), but also someone who helped fashion the aesthetics and attitudes of an entire youth movement. His comic book series, Hate , chronicled the exploits of twentysomething Buddy Bradley and his gang of lovable losers through the rise and fall of the grunge era (and eventually beyond). Bagge's style became a part of the Gen X zeitgeist and Hate became the best-selling alternative comic of its era, with Bagge's illustrations gracing countless album and magazine covers as well.

Format: Paperback | Pages: 348 | Publication Date: 2025-12-02