- Hate (comics)
"Hate" is a humorous, cynical, semi-autobiographical
comic book bywriter -artist Peter Bagge . First published byFantagraphics in 1990 it ran for 30 issues, and was one ofalternative comics best-selling titles. The series continues in "Hate Annual", a yearly collection of comics stories and articles that began in 2000."Hate" tells the story of
Buddy Bradley , a disenfranchised borderline-alcoholic but ultimately responsibleGeneration X slacker , and his perilous search for love and happiness in modern-day Seattle andsuburban New Jersey . It's the continuation of "The Bradleys", one of the main regular features in Bagge's previous comic, "Neat Stuff ".The main characters include: Stinky, Buddy's aptly nicknamed roommate; Lisa Leavenworth, Buddy's love interest; Valerie, another love interest; George Cecil Hamilton III, Buddy's other roommate and über geek; and Buddy's family.
A major story change took place in issue #15, 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.Fact|date=February 2007
Bagge spent years trying to get "Hate" turned into an animated TV series, but while a pilot was shown to focus groups, they didn't like it and the project was never aired.
In popular culture
* In the 1995 film "Kids", during the scene Casper is sitting on the stoop of a home, he is seen reading a "Hate" comic.
* In the 1996 film "
Joe's Apartment ", Joe is seen reading a "Hate" comic, through which Ralph the cockroach chews through to replace Buddy's head with his own.* In the 1996 Film "
Glory Daze ", Ben Affleck is seen wearing a "Hate" T-shirt.Collections
Trade paperbacks
*Buddy Does Seattle: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics, Vol. I (1990-94)
Fantagraphics Books (Collects HATE #1-15) 2005
*Buddy Does Jersey: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics, Vol. II (1994-1998)Fantagraphics Books (Collects HATE #16-30) 2007
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