The Complete Hate #1

Peter Bagge's sprawling, definitive collection of Hate arrives in this handsome three-volume Fantagraphics boxed set, priced at $119.99. The cover — drawn and inked by Bagge himself — sets the tone perfectly: a hapless, wide-eyed slacker stands dwarfed inside the enormous wheel well of a monstrous truck, looking equal parts bewildered and resigned to his fate. It's a wonderfully absurd image that captures the sardonic spirit of Bagge's work across every volume stacked here.