Hate (comics)

Hate
Cover art for Hate #1. Art by Peter Bagge.
Publication information
Publisher	Fantagraphics
Schedule	Quarterly / Annually
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date(s)	April 1990 – March 2011
No. of issues	39
Main character(s)	Buddy Bradley Stinky Lisa Leavenworth Valerie George Cecil Hamilton III Jay Buddy's family
Creative team
Created by	Peter Bagge
Written by	Peter Bagge
Artist(s)	Peter Bagge, Jim Blanchard
Penciller(s)	Peter Bagge
Inker(s)	Jim Blanchard,
Colorist(s)	Mary Woodring, Rebecca Bowen
Editor(s)	Kim Thompson, Jim Blanchard
Collected editions
Volume 1	ISBN
Volume 2	ISBN
issues 1–5	ISBN
issues 6–10	ISBN
issues 11–15	ISBN
issues 16–20	ISBN
issues 21–25	ISBN
issues 26–30	ISBN

Hate is a comic book by writer-artist Peter Bagge. First published by Fantagraphics in 1990 it ran for 30 issues, and was one of the best-selling alternative comics of the 1990s, at its height selling 30,000 copies an issue. In 2000 Bagge revived the series in Hate Annual, a yearly comic which continues the story after Hate in short stories, in addition to Bagge's writings on Libertarianism and culture and topical cartoons.

Hate follows the life of Buddy Bradley, in a continuation of events from Bagge's strip "The Bradleys" from former publications Neat Stuff. It is set for the first half in Seattle and later in suburban New Jersey. Buddy has to deal with the end of adolescence, reluctantly growing up, his relationships with a host of unpleasant acquaintances he has to class as friends, working in dead-end jobs and having no direction in life. Bagge used memories of events from his own life as material.

Hate has been referenced by many commentators as an important example of Generation X comic culture and grunge culture in general. Bagge tends to see the parallels with the grunge lifestyle as largely coincidental, as he was referencing events that had happened to him ten years previous. The comic was also released in Europe in the mid 90s as Spanish, Italian and German language editions, the Spanish Odio proving particularly popular.

First published by Fantagraphics in 1990 it ran for 30 issues, and was one of alternative comics best-selling titles. The series continues in Hate Annual, (9) yearly collection of comics stories and articles that began in 2000. A major story and format change took place in issue #16, when Buddy moved from Seattle back home to New Jersey, at which point the comic, once in black-and-white, changed to color. Bagge has said that coloring the strip after Buddy moves in with his family was important for it not to become too depressing. With issue #16, Bagge also started using an inker (rather unusual for an alternative comic book), Jim Blanchard.