Odio Integral Vol. 1

Buddy Bradley #1-3

by Peter Bagge, Hernán Migoya (Translator)

The legendary Seattle stories from Hate comics that defined a generation.

The Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Peter Bagge remains one of the comics' industry's great crossover successes of the past decade, having sold more comics than any underground cartoonist through the 1990s to the present. After editing R. Crumb's Weirdo magazine in the mid-'80s and then creating the Bradley family within the pages his first comic book series, Neat Stuff, Bagge decided to take the Bradleys' alienated and pessimistic teenage son, Buddy, and move him to Seattle (where Bagge lived) to star in a new series called Hate. The rest is comic book history. Hate became the best-selling "alternative" comic book of the 1990s at the same time that Seattle found itself in the eye of a media hurricane. With its satirical depiction of twentysomething life in Seattle, Hate became one of the defining voices of not only the Seattle "grunge" scene, but all of Generation X nationwide (and has been spotted in many films through the years, from Larry Clark's Kids to John Waters' Pecker). In addition, critics hailed it for its brilliant characterization. The Seattle Weekly wrote, "20 years from now, when people wonder what it was like to be young in 1990's Seattle, the only record we'll have is Peter Bagge's Hate."

For 15 issues, the rock 'n' roll emanating from the damp garages of the Pacific Northwest came to life in glorious black-and-white in the pages of Hate. Bagge more or less cemented his association with the subculture in 1992 when he devoted two issues of Hate to a story where Buddy Bradley manages his best pal Stinky's grunge band, Leonard and the Love Gods, whose original lineup included three guys named Kurt.

Buddy Does Seattle collects the entire Seattle arc from the pages of Hate; this is the first time the entire saga has appeared under one cover. Bagge's characters are some of the most fully-realized in comics—Buddy, the slacker antihero, Valerie, Buddy's Prozac-normalized ex, Lisa, his masochistic, worm-eating latest flame, Stinky, his selfish, venereal-warted roommate, and George Cecil Hamilton III, the resident "intellectual," who sits in his room scribbling depressive arcana into his notebook—they display their emotions so openly, so helplessly, so graphically, and with such precision as they attempt to negotiate the ragged terrain of early adulthood that it would all be rather horrifying if it weren't such a riot. Bagge's cartooning aids the cause, with one of the most idiosyncratic and inspiredly elastic and cartoony drawing styles in comics history.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Humor, Comic Book, Comix, The United States Of America

162 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist known for his irreverent, kinetic style and his incisive, black-humored portrayals of middle-class American youth. He first gained recognition with Neat Stuff, which introduced characters such as Buddy Bradley, Girly-Girl, and The Bradleys, and followed it with Hate, his best-known work, which ran through the 1990s and later as annuals. Bagge’s comics often exaggerate the frustrations, absurdities, and reduced expectations of ordinary life, combining influences from Warner Brothers cartoons, underground comix, and classic cartoonists like Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, and Robert Crumb. Beyond satire and fiction, Bagge has produced fact-based comics journalism, biographies, and historical comics, contributing to outlets such as suck.com, MAD Magazine, toonlet, Discover, and Reason. His biographical works include Woman Rebel, about Margaret Sanger, Fire!!, on Zora Neale Hurston, and Credo, on Rose Wilder Lane. Bagge has collaborated with major publishers including Fantagraphics, DC Comics, Dark Horse, and Marvel, producing works such as Yeah!, Sweatshop, Apocalypse Nerd, Other Lives, and Reset. He has also worked in animation, creating Flash cartoons and animated commercials, and has been active as a musician in bands such as The Action Suits and Can You Imagine. Bagge’s signature art style is elastic, energetic, and exaggerated, capturing movement and comic expression in a way that amplifies both humor and social commentary. His personal politics are libertarian, frequently reflected in his comics and essays, and he has been a longtime contributor to Reason magazine. Bagge’s work combines biting satire, historical insight, and a relentless visual inventiveness, making him a central figure in American alternative comics for over four decades.

Reviews

[Jan Philipzig · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes, it can be a sobering experience to re-read something that meant a lot to you when you were young. I am happy to report, however, that the first half of my beloved Hate series, originally published in the early 1990's and now available in this very affordable phone-book-style collection, stands the test of time. To me, at least, it remains an all-time classic of American comedy.

Protagonist Buddy Bradley is a member of the so-called Generation X, a generation that has always been overshadowed by the more numerous baby-boomer generation that preceded it. Politically and economically marginalized in an increasingly exploitative world, many members of the Generation X developed a rather skeptical, cynical attitude towards life - and Buddy is no exception. In fact, he is arguably the prototype of the underemployed, irony-spewing "slacker" who - despite his smarts - lives in a bubble of commercial culture while drifting aimlessly across America.

So what exactly is Buddy up to? Well, not much, really. At least not by the standards of mainstream comics. Too busy swearing, thinking about sex and throwing up, I guess. In the course of the first five of the altogether 15 issues collected in this book, he shows the reader round his cheap Seattle apartment that he shares with two roommates, works in a second-hand bookstore from which he steals on a regular basis to develop his personal collection, is inconveniently visited by his violent younger brother, picks up a freebie from a grumpy old comic-book collector, briefly considers launching some kind of fanzine or making a movie with a camcorder, tries to have dinner with his girlfriend, and finally annoys and offends the few friends he has while getting drunk.

What can I say? Essential reading!

[Drew Canole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Collects the first 15 issues of Hate - all the Black and White comics, which for my money look nicer than the colored second half of the series (but probably personal preference). This was such a good trip, hanging out with Buddy in his early 20s slumming it in Seattle. He's really just a normal guy - not a stoner or anything like that (although his alcoholism is in question at times).

Issue 1 - My Pad and Welcome to It
We get Buddy breaking the fourth wall giving us an MTV cribs tour of his apartment. He lives like a typical 20 year old in a cheap place - messy but he drinks fancy beer! We meet his roomate Leonard AKA "Stinky". He's similar to Buddy but a bit more of a loser.

Issue 2 - Hate at First Sight
Buddy at just 20 something is already falling apart from neglecting his body. Lack of exercise and too much beer. We meet his other roommate the introverted conspiracy-theorist enthusiast George. George is also black but doesn't fit in with that cultural group. Buddy goes to a hangout at a pool hall in the hopes of meeting a girl and gets asked out by Valerie. The first date ends in disaster as Valerie lives with Buddy's ex Lisa who told Valerie about some of the freaky sex they've had in the past. Later at his house party Valerie gets smashed and ends up in the hospital where Buddy visits her and they have sex in the hospital bed.

Issue 3 - The Enigma that is George Cecil Hamilton the Third
We see more of George and his introverted conspiracy theorist ways. It turns out he's actually a bit of a phony and likes McDonalds and trash TV as much as the rest of us.

Dinner for Two
Valerie and Buddy are now dating but Valerie wants to have a romantic dinner with Buddy - easier said than done in an apartment with 2 other male roommates. There's a pretty hilarious scene with Leonard completely naked coming in and eating some of the spaghetti they've prepared. Later at Valerie's place Lisa admits she still has feelings for Buddy.

Issue 4 - Buddy Bradley is Not His Brother's Keeper
Buddy's younger brother - now a big right-leaning gun-carrying man - comes to town and wants to crash at Buddy's. He ends up getting into all sorts of trouble at a local party.

What Ever Happened to Babs Bradley
My introduction to Babs - she had a series of abortions then babies and a terrible marriage.

Issue 5 Guys, Gals, Gals... and Buddy Bradley!
Buddy and Leonard go to a collector's house and talk about comics. The collector is a huge fan of Walt Kelly but doesn't like Kurtzman so Buddy and he don't see eye to eye. At Valerie's Lisa got a really embarrassing haircut which starts a big fight between Buddy and Valerie.

Issue 6 Valerie's Parents
Buddy finally meets Valerie's parents. It's a blast. Her parents are fairly wealthy which embarasses Valerie. Her father is the figurehead of a tech company, but knows nothing about coding. He also has health issues but him and Buddy somehow get along just fine.

Issue 7 Paranoia Rules Supreme!
George is a conspiracy nut. It's so funny - I always think conspiracy theorist started popping up in the 2010s... but they've been around for ages. And based on this they really haven't changed much. I feel bad for George although it is really funny. He does all his own research and things formal education stifles original thought. Here he goes on a date with Lisa and we get a lot of access to his thoughts as he waits for her, walks down the street with her, and has to suffer through her getting drunk and making moves on him.

Issue 8 Follow That Dream
Valerie wants Buddy to get a better job - but when he gets a job offer from Leonard to help manage a rock band, she's not too excited. Buddy ends up managing a loud rock band made up of four very small young men Kurt, Kurt, Greg, and Kurt! When the lead singer quits the band, Leonard steps up to fill the roll.

Issue 9 Follow that Dream Part 2
Now Leonard is a star in the Seattle underground music scene. Buddy has sex with a groupie looking for tickets to the show. He goes on tour with the band, neglecting his relationship with Valerie, but ends up quitting the tour very quickly.

Issue 10 The Nut
Valerie is in France and seemingly done with Buddy. Buddy helps Lisa get a job at the bookstore which - as George predicts - is a complete hilarious disaster.

Issue 11 Slumming with Buddy and Lisa
Lisa and Buddy are in a relationship and living like animals. Drinking way too much, not washing themselves. George is fed up. Lisa goes and gets a makeover and later Lisa and Buddy decide to go straight until they can't come up with a single thing totally straight people do for kicks.

Issue 12 Collector Scum
Buddy has a table the local flea market but has issues with a tape seller named Yahtzi Murphy. Lisa decides to help and steals a bag of Yahtzi's tapes - but Yahtzi knows Buddy was involved as shows up at their house where Lisa goes berserk on Yahtzi, creating a feud between Yahtzi and Buddy that won't end anytime soon.

Issue 13 In Search of George...
George has published a zine. Free and a ton of copies! Which features an article dissing Buddy. Buddy tries to find where George is living and finally catches up with him. He's living with an older wealthy(ish) woman who is funding the publications. She gets George to agree to publish Buddy's rebuttal in the next issue of the zine.

I Left My Stash in San Francisco
Leonard is now stuck in San Francisco after his band imploded. He gets a free flight to NYC but while on the plane realizes he forgot his drugs hidden under a mattress at a woman's house.

Issue 14 The Old Flame
Buddy bumps into Valerie at a laundromat and gets invited to her dinner party. He doesn't want Lisa finding out, but gets dressed up nice and goes to the party, which is a disaster. Valerie tells him she still likes him and they makeout but Buddy realizes he's not longer interested.

Stinky Does Gotham
Leonard is now trying to find a gig in NYC but is couch surfing and running out of friends to stay with. He goes to an audition but a girl he's with gets in a fight with the band.

Issue 15 My Pad (Revisited)
Leonard shows up in Seattle to get his room back. But Lisa has promised Valerie that room. Later George wants his room back! And Buddy ends up on the couch. The book ends with Buddy and Lisa heading the Buddy's parents house outside of NYC.

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a baby boomer, not inclined to focus much on Gen X, but this was funny, about Buddy in Seattle, 90s stuff. Everyone is screwed up, nothing works, everything is messed up, its where the 99% live… or maybe it is what we have called working class or lower middle class America. Very satirical on American society. The American Dream gone south, for a few laughs. Of course now we have had plenty of examples on Adult Swim and other online/tv formats that are send ups of the American family, and slackers in general, but this is a good one, hilariously offensive. Owes much to Crumb's satirical analysis of society. I thought a bit when I read it, too, of Hunter Thompson's work, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. American Nightmare, with dark, derisive laughter.

[Bob Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neat stuff !
Fantagraphics put out a fantastic Complete Hate box set!
I have, love and show it here:
https://youtu.be/T_q1HJWxBWY

[J.T. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reread this for no particular reason. Maybe to escape from the brutally depressing year 2020? Anyhow, it obviously still holds up. I love Peter Bagge's drawing style so much. The writing starts off a little shaky, but by the third issue or so (whichever contains the story focusing on Buddy's roommate George), it improves greatly. I imagine there's plenty in here to offend younger generations, but I try to keep the time in which it was written in mind as well as the fact that Buddy is not written to be especially endearing.

[Binni Erlingsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was 16 or so I got into graphic novels and alternative comics. This is really pre-internet days and in small Reykjavík there wasn't really much else to do except go to the local comic book store or to a record shop. The music from Seattle was everywhere and I was sinking deep into bands like the Screaming Trees, Soundgarden etc. One day I stumbled upon HATE. It was the issue with Leonard and the Love Gods and it just blew my mind. Everything about it was so well made and quite frankly it was the coolest comic book I had ever seen. It felt like some sort of holy grail find. There really was nothing like it. It had humour and most of all it had a window into a world I wanted to be a part of.

Fast forward now to me, a 43 year old suburbanite. Would I still love HATE and Buddy Bradley? Well the answer is YES. I think I even love it more now than I did back then. The characters are real and full of colour. The stories are funny and sad at the same time and there's depth and nuance to everything. It tackles tough topics like mental illness, social phobia, narcissism and just general lack of aim and ambition in life. To me this book is just perfect and I'd easily put it on a list of the top 10 best graphic novels ever made. Now I can't wait to read the next one, because I never read any of the Jersey issues of HATE. If you haven't already picked this one up please do. It's a timeless classic.

[Aapo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jostain syystä nämä jäi lukematta silloin 25 vuotta sitten, jolloin näistä kohkattiin enemmänkin. Ihan hyvä lukukokemus tämä oli, vähän pelkäsin, että olisi jotenkin vanhentunutta, mutta mihinkäs tämmöinen tarina vanhenee. Kyse on kuitenkin pohjimmiltaan ihmissuhteista, oikeastaan yllättävän vähän oli mitään aikaan tai paikkaan sidottua. Fanzine- ja keräilykulttuurista jonkin verran oli juttua ja tietysti se on aikaan sidottua, että mitä siitä puuttuu. Isosta tietokonebuumista oli puhetta, mutta internet ei näkynyt vielä missään, vaikka noihin aikoihinhan se alkoi tulla.

Tai yksi asia on kyllä vanhentunut: nykyään ei varmaan menisi läpi se, että päähenkilö-Buddy syyllistyy tyttöystävänsä raiskaukseen useammankin kerran. Tarinan suunnilleen kaikki hahmot ovat elämänhallinnan rajalla keikkuvia, saamattomia ja kykenemättömiä, itseinhon riivaamia poloisia, ja lukija saadaan suurimmaksi osaksi suhtautumaan heihin huumorilla ja sympatialla, mutta raiskauksen kohdalla raja ylittyy.

Buddyn bändimanageriura oli kirjan onnistunein pätkä. Piirrostyylistä en erityisemmin tykkää, varsinkaan siitä, miten raivoavat henkilöt on piirretty: tunnistamattomiksi hirviöiksi, ja sitten taas seuraavassa ruudussa palaavat entiselleen.

[Julesreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bagge’s hatred towards his own characters is a cardinal sin to many readers/consumers out in the world. Yet this is what makes Buddy Bradley and his Seattle years worth reading. Hate comics! Hate the comics! Hate Buddy! Hate Bagge! It’s all good. The drawing style is distinct and steaming with frustration and bad attitude. His pathetic characters are a generation of assholes. I somehow can’t argue with disdain for any character epitomizing a generation, and Gen-X is particularly ripe for razzing. Plus the round, grotesquely featured, cutely furious animation is nicely married to the putrid content. Good stuff. Good comics. I luv Hate.

[Javier Alcalde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo leí en castellano, genial muy divertido, retrato de la juventud norteamericana de la generación X.

[Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

More a comic strip collection than graphic novel. It was crass, grungy, and goofy. Overall a fun read stumbling backwards into the 90s

[Julie Grace Immink · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spaghetti with a side of venereal warts

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I moved to Seattle in 2004, back when I'd just finished undergrad and was a semi-adult. I partied at the (now closed) Belltown Billiards, saw a Seahawks game for less than $50/ticket at Qwest Field (now the Clink), and avoided South Lake Union because there was nothing there - whereas now I avoid it because it's crawling with Amazonians. But back then I wistfully wished I could have been 23 in a different Seattle - the one of the early '90s. How cool would it've been to see Nirvana play at the Crocodile (still there!) before they became a household name? The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories let me live vicariously through Buddy for a hot second and experience this dream.

Buddy is a lazy, sex-obsessed, cynical, angry, scheming sexist living in a crappy apartment with his like-minded roommates in the early '90s. As I was reading, I couldn't help but feel like I should hate this guy, and yet... I didn't. He unapologetically just... was who he was. This comic wasn't necessarily "about" anything, other than Buddy's daily life as he worked at a used bookstore, tried (and failed) to manage a band, dated around, got drunk, and complained about life.

[Jack · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5
A scathing jab at Gen X-ers and hipsters that somehow still feels modern. The characters are so miserable and horrible it’s kind of painful to read at times. It feels like a more modern cringe-comedy sort of thing. The art is kind of charming in its odd mashup of 30’s rubber-hose-cartoons and edgy underground comix harshness. It’s also kind of weird seeing explicit art from Bagge because I grew up seeing his art in Nickelodeon magazine.

[Dominick · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Buddy Bradley stories (and related ones) from the first 15 issues of Hate! are collected here. They're often funny, but more due to Bagge's hyper-cartoony style, which at times seems at odds with the grim reality and colossal assholishness of the characters. Nobody to like here, really, though it's well-executed.

[Petr Nakasharal Fabián · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totálně geniální. Nejlepší věc po American Elf. Je super si připomenout doby, kdy nebylo všechno tak poteplený. :D

Edit: po přečtení v roce 2022 tomu musím hvězdu ubrat. Zeitgeist je to ale parádní.

[Becca Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This sort of reminded me of the comic version of Reality Bites or Singles. Highly enjoyable.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

i dont usually read comics, but this book was awesome, mostly because Buddy moved from nj to seattle... about 15 years before I did.
it was pretty crude. i liked it alot!

[matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

thanks, tiger.

[Jocke · Rating 4 out of 5]

For me, this was a difficult comic to form an opinion about. I bought Buddy Does Seattle after feeling that I had only consumed superhero comics for a while and needed to branch out, as one does from time to time. Seeing as both Peter Bagge and Buddy Bradley seem to be considered staples of the alternative comics scene I felt that this book was something I needed to have read, and something that I needed to have in my bookshelf in order to maintain my pretentious self-image as a comic aficionado.

The fact that I had such a difficult time forming an opinion about this particular volume might have to do with the fact that I am reading about the exploits of Buddy Bradley for the first time as a 32-year-old. Reading about people in their early twenties and their relationship issues, struggles with finding a direction in life and so forth does not interest me as much as it probably would have if I were younger. If I had read these comics when I was in my late teens I probably would have loved them from the first panel. Reading the chapter “The Nut” however, I experienced a sensation of déjà vu and realised that I had actually read that episode previously as a nine or ten-year-old (probably in the Swedish anthology comic MegaPyton). I got vivid flashbacks when reading about how Lisa shaves her head, dons a potato sack, stands on the sidewalk outside of Buddy’s apartment for hours and how Buddy eventually, in his mind, date rapes her. I suddenly remembered being extremely upset by this as a child. I think that I was completely unaware of comics with unsympathetic protagonists up until that point, probably only having read a slim selection of the translated superhero comics available in Sweden before that. Both Buddy and Lisa were manipulative, selfish and genuinely despicable characters and this was evidently more than my young, naïve mind could handle, as it made me really, really sad.

Ironically, “The Nut” was when I came around while reading this book, as I found that chapter to be especially funny and somehow the point where I started finding the characters a tad bit more sympathetic and started caring about them. The turning point is hard to explain. Maybe I had better morals as a child. Maybe I have a better sense of humour as an adult. Maybe it is the other way around. Peter Bagge’s characters are manipulative, selfish and genuinely despicable, but somehow sympathetic at the same time. I started out thinking that this comic was boring and a chore to get through but somewhere close to the halfway mark, I realised that I nonetheless had formed a relationship with the characters and was interested in what would happen to them next. It is a very interesting, funny and sometimes a little bit upsetting book. Also, (despite it being such a review-thing to say) I just want to point out that the artwork and inking is beautiful.

[Titus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Before I read this, Peter Bagge was becoming an increasingly glaring gap in my reading – one of the last major figures from the North American alternative comic scene by whom I hadn't read anything – so, as always when approaching something with “classic” or “legendary” status, I went in primed to expect the best, hopeful of discovering a new favourite.

To start with a positive, the artwork is great. I love his rubbery art style, his inks are impressively bold and precise, and I enjoy how he goes all-out with cartooniness, exaggerating emotions and actions to a degree that reminds me of The Beano. However, my appreciation of the artwork is limited by the preponderance of repetitive panels showing little more than talking heads; Bagge makes a talking head panel more visually interesting than most, but it's not enough to carry a whole page of them.

That brings me to my next gripe: this comic is very talky. Conversations go on much longer than necessary, with characters repeating themselves, stating the obvious and explaining what they're thinking to an extent that would make Stan Lee proud – sometimes even spelling out a joke that's just been made. What’s more, when nobody’s speaking, there are thought bubbles packed with rambling internal monologues.

Another issue – which I acknowledge is largely a matter of personal preference – is that the comic isn’t just talky, it’s shouty. Everyone is endlessly excitable, yelling at each other and resorting to violence at the slightest provocation. I very much prefer subtler, more understated humour, and I find the constant shouting frankly exhausting. Moreover, this robs the characters of individuality, leaving them all with basically the same irritable, short-tempered personality, and totally lacking pathos.

Despite all my complaints, I have to admit that I quite consistently found the stories moderately entertaining – often predictable, and never really hilarious, but amusing enough that I can say that overall I found the reading experience enjoyable. Certainly not a new favourite, but amusing enough.

[Marsha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buddy Bradley is living in Seattle, Washington in the 1990s and his life revolves around his girlfriend Valerie, but when she breaks it off with him to go to Paris with her boss on a business trip, Buddy ends up dating her roommate, Lisa.

These relationships do not come without their problems. Valerie is a bit of a control freak and Lisa has low self-confidence.

Buddy works for a while managing a band for his friend Leonard “Stinky.” Stinky is irresponsible and just wants to meet girls and Buddy gets fed up and quits after a while. He works in a bookstore and gets Lisa a job in the store. She is a horrible employee but the manager of the store is attracted to her and lets her stay and even promotes her so that she is Buddy’s supervisor!

Lots of weirdness and humor in this book about Buddy and his friends and girlfriends. My favorite story is when his former roommate George writes poorly about him and Buddy’s “type” in his fanzine and how people like Buddy are of poor existence in the world. George is a nerdy guy, but manages to get an older woman to have a relationship with him and support his zine.

Some of these stories are crude, lewd, and offensive and sexual in nature, and not to be taken too seriously. Buddy is just a guy trying to exist and get by in a city of challenges and bizarreness.

[Dilara Inam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buddy Bradley and all his folks. That was fun to follow all the adventures that they took. I like the way the characters are depicted when they got crazy and they talked to the reader directly (which was rare but nice). That was also good representation of the period and the music industry (I guess, not sure though). Buddy and his folks are openly sexist and homophobic which is not great to witness.

[Mark Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t know what I was expecting from this but this wasn’t it. A group of twenty somethings living in flatshares in Seattle in crappy relationships and jobs they’re sick of. But somehow, as the story goes on and friendships are tested, the book becomes surprisingly moving. The way they awkwardly interact with each other, full of self doubt and vulnerability and ultimately how they always defend each other against a greater threat. I loved it and look forward to reading the rest…

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is my first foray into alternative comics (or really any sort of comics at all). I was really drawn (pun intended?) into Bagge’s style--I love the exaggerated portrayals of the characters’ emotions. While we’re clearly intended to despise the characters, it was nonetheless difficult to read the scenes depicting their more depraved language and actions.

[Kyle Burley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very much of it's time (early to mid 90's) but still holds up due to Peter Bagge's talents as writer and cartoonist. Angry, truthful, disturbing, and often hilarious, "Hate" remains one of the all-time-great "alternative" comics.

[Lori MacAlpine-Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

if you can read it with the eyes of a person living at the time you can finish it. it's certainly full of problematic language, and it's a window into living in the 90's, but the characters are interesting, if not flawed and a bit stereotypical. i don't recommend it to anyone. I read it for you.

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This dude sucks- I get that that’s kind of the point but I felt more annoyed reading this than anything else. Some really funny scenarios, but I did not enjoy this character so the book was hard to like

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cartooning is excellent and makes it definitely worth a look. The stories didn't work for me though. All the characters are completely unlikable but nothing really got me laughing either with or at them. Maybe it's a case of not being the right age when these first came out.

[Gabe · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you can get past the occasionally dated dialogue, Hate is the perfect view of early 90s adulthood that also isn't afraid to say that the one overly opinionated 20-something is actually kinda the worst.

[Paavo · Rating 5 out of 5]

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