Hate #25
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "It Had to Happen," Peter Bagge delivers a raw, intimate portrait of emotional collapse as Buddy grapples with Lisa’s sudden departure from his life. With sharp, understated storytelling and layered coloring by Joanne Bagge, Rhea Patton, and Jeff Johnson, the issue captures the quiet devastation of a relationship unraveling—where absence speaks louder than words. The cover by Peter Bagge and Jim Blanchard perfectly frames the ache at the heart of the story.
In "It Had to Happen," Lisa’s sudden absence after going to work sends Buddy into a spiral of quiet desperation as he grapples with the slow, painful realization that she’s truly gone. Written with sharp emotional precision and drawn in the raw, intimate style that defines the series, this 25-page story captures the quiet devastation of a relationship unraveling in real time.
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Reprinted in The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from Hate #5 (1999), The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics #2 (2007), The Complete Hate #2 (2020)
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