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Peter Bagge was born 12/11/57, and grew up in Peekskill, New York. Bagge also started his own comic book, Neat Stuff, for Fantagraphics Books, producing 15 issues from 1985 to '89. Buddy Bradley, the Bradleys' alienated and pessimistic teenage son, emerged as Neat Stuff's most engaging and fully-realized character. In 1990, Neat Stuff evolved into a new title, "Hate," which exclusively followed the foibles of the semi-autobiographical Buddy Bradley. Hate became the voice of the twenty-nothing slackers as well as being hailed by critics for its brilliant characterization in its complete chronicle of the 1990s. Hate continues to appear in print, albeit less frequently, under the title "Hate Annual."

Bagge's distinctive in-your-face illustration style has also appeared on many record and CD covers, and his comics have been featured in political and social commentary magazines like REASON and the website Suck.com. Other comic work includes writing an all ages comic book for DC called "Yeah!" (drawn by Gilbert Hernandez), and more recently "Sweatshop," also for DC, which satirizes the comics industry. He also writes and draws a weekly comic strip about "Bat Boy" for THE WEEKLY WORLD NEWS.

Peter Bagge currently lives in Seattle with his wife Joanne and daughter Hannah. You can learn more about Peter and his work at http://www.peterbagge.com/