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Peter Bagge (pronounced , as in ''bag''; born December 11, 1957) is an
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whose best-known work includes the comics ''
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'' and ''
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''. His stories often use
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and exaggerated cartooning to dramatize the reduced expectations of middle-class American youth. He won two
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s in 1991, one for best cartoonist and one for his work on ''Hate''. In recent decades Bagge has done more fact-based comics, everything from biographies to history to
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. Publishers of Bagge's articles, illustrations, and comics include suck.com, ''
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'',
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'', and the ''
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'', with the comic strip '' Adventures of Batboy''. He has expressed his
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views in features for ''
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''.


Early life

Peter Bagge was born in
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, and grew up in the New York City suburbs. Bagge's father was in the
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and Bagge has talked about how his
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household was the scene of "lots of drunken fights about money. We were the weirdo outcast kids of the neighborhood. I couldn't get away fast enough." Bagge was
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as a teenager; his
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is Peter Christian Paul Bagge (with Paul being an homage to
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.) Moving to New York City in the mid-1970s, Bagge attended the
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for three semesters in 1977 before dropping out to work on ''
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'' magazine.


Career


Comics


Early career

Bagge began his career in New York City in the early 1980s, contributing comics and illustrations to various
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and
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magazines. In 1980–1981, Bagge co-published the all-comics tabloid ''Comical Funnies'' with former staffers of ''
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'' magazine (including
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). Bagge sent copies of ''Comical Funnies'' to underground comics legend
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, who published some Bagge strips in the anthology Crumb was editing, '' Weirdo''. Bagge contributed to many issues of ''Weirdo'' from that point forward, mostly illustrating stories written by Dave Carrino. In 1984, Crumb passed on the editorial reins of ''Weirdo'' to Bagge, who edited it for three years (and one guest issue in 1989). In 1985, Bagge entered into a long professional association with the alternative-comics publisher
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, beginning with his first solo series, ''
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''. This omnibus introduced such characters as Girly-Girl, Junior, Studs Kirby,
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, and
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. ''Neat Stuff'' ran until 1989. Its sequel series, ''
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'' (1990–1998), is Bagge's best-known. After ending ''Hate'' as a regular title, Bagge has produced a series of ''Hate'' Annuals between 2000 - 2010. Bagge created and wrote an all-ages comic series for DC Comics called '' Yeah!'', about an all-girl rock band, drawn by
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. The series ran nine issues (1999 to 2000). ''
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'', published by
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in 2003, was produced, unlike early issues of ''Hate'', with the help of an art team. The series ran six issues. Starting in 1998 (in a piece for ''
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'' magazine), and really intensely in the years 2000 to 2002, Bagge did a number of
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stories—on such topics as politics, the
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, bar culture,
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, and the
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—mostly for Suck.com. In 2002, Bagge did his version of
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for
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. He followed this with a
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comic, ''The Incorrigible Hulk'', which was completed but never released due to a management change at Marvel Comics at the time. In August 2009, ''The Incorrigible Hulk'' was finally released in serialized form for the
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imprint's ''
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'' miniseries.


2005 – present

From 2005 to 2007, Bagge worked on ''
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'', a comic published by
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about two average, urban males dealing with the aftermath of a nuclear attack on the
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. Backup stories in ''Apocalypse Nerd'' featured historically researched anecdotal tales of America's " founding fathers". The final issue of the six-issue series was published in 2007. A trade paperback collection was released in 2008. ''Other Lives'' is a graphic novel written and drawn by Bagge, and published by
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on their
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imprint in 2010. The story revolves around four people, whose real lives—along with their online virtual personas—interact in ultimately disastrous ways. ''Reset'' is a four-part, monthly comic-book miniseries written and illustrated by Bagge and published by
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. The story revolves around a middle-aged, washed-up comic actor who agrees to take part in the development of a computer application that allows him to relive his life in a virtual sense. The first issue was released in April 2012. It was collected into a book that same year. Starting with the February 2009 issue, the popular science and technology magazine ''
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'' has featured a continuing series of History of Science comic strips created by Peter Bagge. Bagge's comics feature key characters and events from scientific history. Bagge is the subject of the first volume of
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's new ''Comics Introspective'' series of books, published in 2007. ''Peter Bagge: Conversations'', a collection of interviews with Bagge spanning three decades was published 2015 by the
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. His graphic-novel biographies include ''Woman Rebel'', about birth control advocate
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, ''Fire!!'', about writer
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, and ''Credo'', about author and political theorist
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. In 2003, Bagge became a contributing writer with the
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magazine ''
Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ...
'' in whose pages he has published both prose and comics pieces over the years. 2009 saw the release of a collection of Bagge's Reason work called ''Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me (And Other Astute Observations)''. A second edition was released in late 2013. Bagge continues to contribute to ''Reason''.


Animation and music

Bagge made a series of
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commercials for
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. In 2001 Bagge collaborated with comedian
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to produce the
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Internet cartoon ''Murry Wilson: Rock 'N' Roll Dad''. The four-episode series premiered on
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. Bagge also played drums for the Seattle based power pop band The Action Suits, and guitar for another power pop band, Can You Imagine.


Art style

Bagge's signature elastic, kinetic art style is a product of his love for 1940s
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cartoons (especially those directed by
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). Bagge has said that he "always wanted to capture that sense of movement and exaggeration in a static format. In retrospect this sounds like a futile thing to attempt, but I think I wound up pulling it off better than I ever thought I would."


Personal life

Bagge's wife Joanne contributes coloring work to her husband's publications. Bagge has long been openly libertarian in his politics, and many of his comics feature references to this. He opposed the
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and criticized
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. Bagge voted for
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presidential candidate
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in
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and
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in 2004 because he "wanted to fire Bush."Who's Getting Your Vote?
''
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''
When asked who he was voting for in the 2008 election, he wrote: "If the polls in my home state are close:
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( McCain is simply too incompetent these days to be president). If not, I'll make a protest vote for obBarr." In a follow-up article in ''Reason'', Bagge stated, "I wound up voting for Barr, and I stand by ''that'' vote more now than I did then!"Does Barack Obama Inspire Buyer's Remorse?
''
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''
Bagge collected his work for ''Reason'' expressing his Libertarian views in the book ''Everybody is Stupid Except Me: and Other Astute Observations.'' Bagge has continued with his strips covering libertarian issues in ''Hate Annual''.


Awards

Bagge won the 1991
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for Best Cartoonist. In addition, ''Hate'' won the 1991 Harvey Award for Best New Series, and has been nominated for various Harvey awards in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. Bagge was presented with an
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at
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2010 in recognition of his achievements in comics. Bagge won the 2021
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for Best Archival Collection/Project: (''The Complete Hate'' ) He also was previously nominated for an Eisner Award several times: * 1991 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Writer/Artist: (''Hate'' antagraphics * 1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Writer: (''Hate'' antagraphics * 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Writer: (''Hate'' antagraphics * 1993 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Writer/Artist: (''Hate'' antagraphics * 1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Colorist: (for ''Hate'' antagraphics * 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Humor publication: (for ''Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me, And Other Astute Observations'' antagraphics * 2014 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards — Nominee — Best Reality-Based Work: (''Woman Rebel'' ) * 2021 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards - Winner - Best Archival Collection/Project: (''The Complete Hate'' antagraphics Bagge won the
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for Best Writer/Artist in 1990 (and was nominated for the same award in 1992 and 1993). In addition,
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from Bagge's ''Hate'' won the 1991 UK Comic Art Award for Best Character. Bagge was also the recipient of a 2014 United States Artists award, and was named a
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for Literature.


Bibliography


Comic books

* ''The Wacky World of Peter Bagge/Ken Weiner'' (1982 FlipBook) * ''Martini Baton'' (Fantagraphics, 1993) with Dave Carrino * ''
Neat Stuff ''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. Most takes the form of a series of short stories featuring different sets of characte ...
'' (Fantagraphics, 1985–1989) #1-15 * ''
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'' (Fantagraphics, 1990–1998) #1-30 * ''
The Bradleys Harold "Buddy" William Bradley Jr.,Peter Bagge ''Hate (comics), Hate'' #6, 1991 Fantagraphics; page 6, panel 3. generally referred to as Buddy Bradley, is a comic book character created by Peter Bagge and the main protagonist in several of his co ...
'' (Fantagraphics, 1999–2000) #1–6 — stories about the Bradleys from ''Neat Stuff'' and elsewhere * ''
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and Friends'' (Fantagraphics, 2000–2001) #1–6 — non-Bradley stories from ''Neat Stuff'' and elsewhere * ''Yeah!'' (DC/Homage, 1999 - 2000) #1-9 — an all-ages series written by Bagge and drawn by
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* ''
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Annual'' (Fantagraphics, 2001–2011) #1-9 * ''
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'' (DC, 2003) #1–6 - Written by Bagge, Art by Bagge,
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, Stephenie Gladden, Jim Blanchard, Bill Wray and Stephen DeStefano * ''
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'' (Dark Horse, 2005–2007) #1–6 * ''Reset'' (Dark Horse, 2012) # 1-4


Collected editions

* ''The Bradleys'' (Fantagraphics, 1989, ) — collects stories from ''Neat Stuff'' * ''Studs Kirby: The Voice of America'' (Fantagraphics, 1989, ) — collects stories from ''Neat Stuff'' * ''Junior and Other Losers'' (Fantagraphics, 1990, ) — collects stories from ''Neat Stuff'' * ''Stupid Comics'' (Fantagraphics, 1992, ) — collects stories from ''Neat Stuff'' * ''Hey, Buddy!'' (Fantagraphics, 1993, ) — collects ''Hate'' #1–5 * ''Buddy the Dreamer'' (Fantagraphics, 1994, ) — collects ''Hate'' #6–10 * ''Fun with Buddy + Lisa: Volume III of the Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate"'' (Fantagraphics, 1995, ) — collects ''Hate'' #11–#15 * ''Buddy Go Home: "Hate" Collection Volume IV'' (Fantagraphics, 1998, ) — collects ''Hate'' #16–#20 * ''Buddy's Got Three Moms: "Hate" Collection Volume V'' (Fantagraphics, 1999, ) — collects ''Hate'' #21–#25 * ''Buddy Bites the Bullet'' (Fantagraphics, 2001, ) — collects ''Hate'' #26–#30 * ''Buddy Does Seattle: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics, Vol. I, 1990-94'' (Fantagraphics, 2005, ) — collects ''Hate'' #1-#15 * ''Buddy Does Jersey'' (Fantagraphics, 2007, ) — collects ''Hate'' #16-#30. Written by Bagge, Art by Bagge and Jim Blanchard * ''Apocalypse Nerd'' (Dark Horse, 2008, ) * ''Everyone Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations: A Decade's Worth of Cartoon Reporting for ''Reason'' Magazine'' (Fantagraphics, 2009, ) - collects strips from ''
Reason Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, ...
'' * ''Yeah!'' (Fantagraphics, 2011, ) — collects all 9 issues of the all-ages comic book of the same title. Written by Bagge and illustrated by
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* ''Bat Boy: The Complete ''Weekly World News'' Comic Strips'' (IDW, 2011, ) -- collects all 100 Bat Boy comic strips written and drawn by Bagge for the now-defunct ''
Weekly World News The ''Weekly World News'' was a tabloid which published mostly fictional "news" stories in the United States from 1979 to 2007, renowned for its outlandish cover stories often based on supernatural or paranormal themes and an approach to news th ...
'' in 2004 - '05 * ''Reset'' (Dark Horse, 2013, ) * ''Buddy Buys a Dump'' (Fantagraphics, 2013, ) — collects stories from ''Hate Annual'' * ''Sweatshop'' (Fantagraphics, 2015, ) — collects the entire 6 issue run of the ''Sweatshop'' comic book series * ''The Complete Neat Stuff'' (Fantagraphics, 2016, ) — collects all 15 issues of ''Neat Stuff'' comic book series * ''The Complete Hate'' (Fantagraphics, 2020, — collects all 40 issues of both the ''Hate'' and ''Hate Annual'' series


Graphic novels

* ''Other Lives'' (DC/Vertigo Publishing, 2010). * ''Woman Rebel: The
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Story'' (Drawn & Quarterly, 2013) * ''Fire!!: The
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Story'' (Drawn&Quarterly, 2017). * ''Credo: The
Rose Wilder Lane Rose Wilder Lane (December 5, 1886 – October 30, 1968) was an American journalist, travel writer, novelist, political theorist and daughter of American writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Along with two other female writers, Ayn Rand and Isabel Pa ...
Story'' (Drawn&Quarterly, 2019).


Monographs

* Irving, Chris. ''Comics Introspective Volume One: Peter Bagge'' (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007). * Kent Worcester (Editor). ''Peter Bagge: Conversations'' (University Press of Mississippi, 2015, ) - Collects 30 years' worth of interviews with Bagge.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bagge, Peter Living people American cartoonists American comics artists American comics writers American libertarians American political writers American male non-fiction writers Alternative cartoonists Inkpot Award winners Underground cartoonists People from Peekskill, New York Writers from Seattle School of Visual Arts alumni Harvey Award winners for Best Cartoonist 1957 births