Context: Neat Stuff is an American alternative comic book series created by Peter Bagge and published by Fantagraphics. It ran from 1985 to 1989 for fifteen issues. Each takes the form of a series of short stories featuring different sets of characters, although some issues feature full-length stories relating to just one set of characters. The series was Bagge's first one-man comics anthology. Described by Dez Skinn in "Comix: The Underground Revolution" as the work which "threw Peter Bagge into the limelight", Bagge soon retired the title in preference of continuing the Bradley characters' story in "Hate., 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 ., Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books which are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality and violence. They were most popular in the United States between 1968 and 1975, and in the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1974., A cartoonist (also comic strip creator) is a visual artist who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is often created for entertainment, political commentary, or advertising. Cartoonists may work in many formats, such as animation, booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, manuals, gag cartoons, graphic design, illustrations, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, and video game packaging., Genre (or ; from French "genre" , "kind" or "sort", from Latin "genus" (stem "gener-"), Greek , "gés") , Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which in the past have dominated the American comic book industry. Alternative comic books span a wide range of genres, artistic styles, and subjects., Peter Bagge (pronounced , 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"., In modern popular fiction, a superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a type of costumed heroic character who possesses supernatural or superhuman powers and who is dedicated to fighting crime, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains. A female superhero is sometimes called a superheroine (also rendered super-heroine or super heroine). Fiction centered on such characters, especially in American comic books since the 1930s, is known as superhero fiction., The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (19241993), the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards (which were discontinued after 1987)., Subject: hate , Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) 1975 (B) achievement (C) book (D) class (E) comic (F) comic book series (G) comics anthology (H) commentary (I) crime (J) december (K) design (L) drug (M) editorial (N) entertainment (O) fiction (P) genre (Q) genus (R) greeting (S) hero (T) industry (U) part (V) range (W) series (X) set (Y) set of characters (Z) small press ([) superhero (\) title (]) video (^) video game (_) work
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