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Cover: Peter Bagge & Jim Blanchard

Hate #29

Jan 1998 · Fantagraphics · 2.95 USD; 3.95 CAD
“The Single Life”

In "The Single Life," Peter Bagge delivers another painfully honest installment in Buddy Bradley’s ongoing misadventures, this time focusing on a second date that spirals into awkward silence and sudden retreat. With Bagge’s sharp writing and distinctive art—enhanced by Jim Blanchard’s inks and a vibrant palette from Joanne Bagge, Chris Brownrigg, and Rhea Patton—the issue captures Buddy’s escalating loneliness with biting humor and quiet despair. The cover, penciled by Bagge and inked by Blanchard, perfectly encapsulates the moment’s cringe-worthy tension.

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writer, artist, letterer Peter Bagge · inker Jim Blanchard · colorist Joanne Bagge · colorist Chris Brownrigg · colorist Rhea Patton · cover Peter Bagge, Jim Blanchard

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writer, artist, letterer Peter Bagge
colorist Joanne Bagge
colorist Rhea Patton
cover pencils Peter Bagge
cover inks Jim Blanchard

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Lonely Buddy Bradley has a disastrous second date with Nicole, as he abruptly walks out on her after chickening out on telling her they're not right for each other. An episode marking a brand new low for him and his desperate ways with women.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).