New Releases by Peter Bagge

Three certified geeks (a self-loathing journalist, a conspiracy theorist and a gamer who lives in his car) discover that dark personal secrets can sometimes be a virtue, as they explore the confusion and conflation of identity that resulting from the online world and roleplaying games.

Presents a compilation of the Bat Boy comic strip, including his unlikely stint as President of the United States, turbulent love affair with Treasury Secretary Beyoncae, and how he went from hero to bum in Freaktown.

"Meet three certified geeks: a self-loathing journalist who has a seemingly normal girlfriend, a conspiracy theorist who still lives with his mother and an unemployed gamer who lives in his car. These strangely likable misfits find that dark personal secrets can sometimes be a virtue in OTHER LIVES, a hilarious original graphic novel by award-winning creator Peter Bagge (Hate). The story also explores people's identities, both real and created, and how the two become confused and conflated through the Internet and role-playing games" -- from publisher's web site.

Contains stories from new talent discovered through the networking website MySpace, featuring work by Joss Whedon, Mike Mignola, Gerard Way, Steve Niles, and Peter Bagge.

Presents the author's political and social commentary on both a national and local Seattle scale, focusing on such topics as civil liberties, homelessness, and political campaigns.

by Peter Bagge The latest installment in the increasingly eccentric life of Buddy "The Crazy Guy Who Works at the Dump" Bradley involves a war over scrap metal, of all things. Plus, Buddy's old pal and business partner Jay takes over the auto junk yard next door to Buddy's place in an attempt to capitalize on the rising value of used steel. Watch what happens when these too former collector geeks butt heads over a filthy, noisy, heavy yet priceless commodity! Also in this issue is the final chapter (which works as a stand-alone story) of Bagge's "Bat Boy" run in the Weekly World News, and Lovey once again gets involved with a Man of Mystery whose "mystery" is of questionable taste! And as always, there are other odds and ends that round out this one-man anthology.

At the end of Buddy Does Seattle, with his rock-impresario career in tatters, his friends dispersed, and his career opportunities at zero, Buddy had decided to return with his tail between his legs (and his neurotic girlfriend Lisa on his hands) to his native New Jersey. Buddy Does Jersey collects all 15 issues of Hate describing the arc of Buddy's East Coast experience, including his launch as a small businessman (co-owning and running a nostalgia store with the dubious Jay) and his reintegration with his family (his sister now a tired mom, his brother still pretty much a psycho, and his parents — well, wait and see). Also included in this volume is the shocking final fate of the exuberant Stinky — a story that caused jaws to drop in unison all around the world when it was originally released.

Odio (Hate) chronicles the misadventures, life experiences and repugnant habits of Buddy Bradley, oldest son of America''s most dysfunctional suburban family. Buddy''s moved to Seattle, which Bagge portrays as the grunge capital of the U.S.; a place of cheap apartments, cheaper drugs and plenty of lowlife, with rocker deadbeats working in used bookstores and organizing bands. American satirical cartooning at its most inventively hilarious. -Publishers Weekly I Love Hate. -Matt Groening creator of the Simpsons

An anthology of alternative comics exploring "what it means to be American".

ODIO (HATE): 1991 HARVEY WINNER FOR BEST CARTOONIST, BEST NEW SERIES. The bestselling alternative comic of the 1990''s, Odio (Hate) chronicles the misadventures, life experiences and repugnant habits of Buddy Bradley, oldest son of America''s most dysfunctional suburban family. Buddy''s moved to Seattle, which Bagge portrays as the grunge capital of the U.S.; a place of cheap apartments, cheaper drugs and plenty of lowlife, with rocker deadbeats working in used bookstores and organizing bands. American satirical cartooning at its most inventively hilarious. -Publishers Weekly I Love Hate. -Matt Groening creator of the Simpsons

ODIO (HATE): 1991 HARVEY WINNER FOR BEST CARTOONIST, BEST NEW SERIES. The bestselling alternative comic of the 1990''s, Odio (Hate) chronicles the misadventures, life experiences and repugnant habits of Buddy Bradley, oldest son of America''s most dysfunctional suburban family. Buddy''s moved to Seattle, which Bagge portrays as the grunge capital of the U.S.; a place of cheap apartments, cheaper drugs and plenty of lowlife, with rocker deadbeats working in used bookstores and organizing bands. American satirical cartooning at its most inventively hilarious. -Publishers Weekly I Love Hate. -Matt Groening creator of the Simpsons

These legendary stories, from the classic first fifteen issues of Bagge's Hate comic, are a defining icon of Seattle's early 1990s culture, as well as Generation X in general. This is the first time these hilarious stories, starring the hapless Buddy Bradley and his cast of loser cohorts, have ever been available under one cover, and never have they been available at such a low price! Bagge's riotous tales of the early 1990s subculture are more hilarious now than ever, and find out why he has been praised by R. Crumb, Matt Groening, John Kricfalusi, Publishers Weekly, Entertainment Weekly and many more as a comedy genius.

The colorful, bizarre, and trenchant world of the Bradleys, America''s most dysfunctional family, comes to life in a second caustic collection of comics.

The confluence of cinema and comic books is a frequently raised subject, but now veteran motion-picture storyboard artist Pete Von Sholly bridges the gap once again! Morbid Volume 2, the sequel to last year's groundbreaking publication, blurs the line between these two mediums even further. Von Sholly takes the time-honored European "fumetti" method to its next level with custom-sculpted models, costumed actors, and computer-generated special effects! The stories themselves run the gamut from tongue-in-cheek lampoons of classic sci-fi movies to gut-wrenching horror in the Lovecraft tradition. The future of graphic storytelling may well be in Pete Von Sholly's Morbid!

Software engineer Perry and his friend Gordo are two average suburban guys who just wanted to go camping in the North Cascade Mountains near Seattle--but Kim Jong Il had other plans. Now Seattle is a smoldering nuclear wasteland and Perry and Gordo are about to be put to the test in ways they have never imagined!

With sharp characterization and dead-on satire, this book collects some of the sharpest, funniest stories about American life ever set to paper. Butch, Buddy, Babs, Mom and Dad redefine "nuclear" family: as in fissionable!

by Peter Bagge Buddy gets fed up with the ups and down of being an entrepreneur and decides to opt for the security of a corporate job: driving a delivery truck! Also, Bagge's reporting from both the 2000 Democratic and "Reform" party's respective conventions. Also, an embarrassingly honest appreciation of contemporary teen pop music, as well as a back-up story featuring Lovey. FC, 48pg

.html by Peter Bagge All of the best of Peter Bagge from the year 2000 all in one place! First off, there's a Buddy and Lisa yarn (yay!), picking right up from HATE #30. Then, there's an eight-page story featuring the new Bagge character, "Lovey." Add in a whole slew of "comics journalism" pieces (watch out, Joe Sacco!) done for Suck.com (R.I.P.) and presented in print here for the very first time -on such subjects as the Infomercial Oscars, hopeless presidential hopeful Alan Keyes, and the Seattle Experience Music Project, all skewered with Bagge's trademark wit-plus such odds and ends as a three-page "Matrix" story, and you've got over 40 pages of never-before-printed full-color Bagge for a great price! FC, 48pg

The most successful underground cartoonist of the post Crumb generation - here we follow the adventures of our anti-heroe Buddy Bradley, now settled in New Jersey and living with his girlfriend in his parent's basement. Bagge's lower-to-middle class suburban setting and strong characterisations make for a hilarious soap opera/satirical mix and he's been creating such slackeresque stories since before the word was even coined.

Life sucks. I need pot. I hurt so bad. They don't understand. My job sucks. Die! A day in the life of Donna Mathes presented with such deadpan delivery that it is simultaneously full of hilarity and despair. Beautifully rendered and presented by the master of alternative comics, Mr Peter Bagge. Mini-comic format that can be mailed like a postcard.