Peter Bagge is not only one of the primary architects of the alternative comics scene that exploded in the 1980s and 1990s (alongside peers including Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Daniel Clowes), but also someone who helped fashion the aesthetics and attitudes of an entire youth movement. His comic book series, Hate, chronicled the exploits of twentysomething Buddy Bradley and his gang of lovable losers through the rise and fall of the grunge era (and eventually beyond). Bagges style became a part of the Gen X zeitgeist and Hate became the best-selling alternative comic of its era, with Bagges illustrations gracing countless album and magazine covers as well. The Complete Hate Volume 2 collects Hate issues 16 thru 30 (19941998), which comprise the second major arc of the series the full-color Jersey suburbs era! With his rock-impresario career in tatters, his friends dispersed, and his career opportunities at zero, Buddy returns with his ta