Peter Bagge

Peter Bagge
Bagge at a comics convention in April 2016
Born	(1957-12-11) December 11, 1957 (age 59) Peekskill, New York, United States
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works	Hate Neat Stuff
Awards	Harvey Award, 1991
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Peter Bagge (pronounced /bæɡ/, as in bag; born December 11, 1957) is an American cartoonist whose best-known work includes the comics Hate and Neat Stuff. His stories often use black humor and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class American youth. He won two Harvey Awards in 1991, one for best cartoonist and one for his work on Hate. Bagge has expressed his libertarian views in features for Reason.

Peter Bagge was born in Peekskill, New York, and grew up in the New York City suburbs. Bagge's father was in the military and Bagge has talked about how his Catholic household was the scene of "lots of drunken fights about money. We were the weirdo outcast kids of the neighborhood. I couldn't get away fast enough." Bagge was confirmed as a teenager; his confirmation name is Peter Christian Paul Bagge (with Paul being an homage to Paul McCartney.)

Moving to New York City in the mid-1970s, Bagge attended the School of Visual Arts for three semesters in 1977 before dropping out to work on Punk Magazine.

Bagge worked on his cartooning at Punk alongside such fellow cartoonists as John Holmstrom, Ken Weiner, and Bruce Carleton, J.D. King and Kaz. During this period, the young cartoonists also were the beneficiaries of "useful advice" from Art Spiegelman. Bagge additionally contributed to the underground newspaper Screw.