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. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK TO NEW DAY NW FROM THE TRIPOLI TRAVEL ELCO WELCOME
BACK SEATTLE AND THE 90S AND
GRUNGE GO HAND IN HAND RIGHT
AND NOW A NEW REPACKAGING
OF COMICS FROM THAT TIME IS
BRINGING GEN X BACK TO THE
FRONT OF OUR MINDS.
>> THE COMPLETE HATE IS A THREE
VOLUME SET THAT INCLUDES THE
ORIGINAL NINETEEN NINETY TWO
NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT THIRTY
ISSUE COMIC RUN WITH LOTS
OF OTHER EXTRAS PACKED IN.
I SPOKE WITH ILLUSTRATOR PETER
BACK.
SO PETER FIRST THE TITLE OF THE
SERIES HATE RIGHT.
>> THAT CAN BE A VERY LOADED
WORD.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE
IDEA FOR THAT TITLE FOR THE
SERIES?
>> WELL PRIOR TO IT I HAD A
REGULAR COMIC BOOK I HAD LIKE
MY SOLO COMIC BOOK CALLED NEAT
STUFF AND WITH THAT TITLE NEAT
STUFF THAT CREATED ITS OWN SET
OF PROBLEMS BECAUSE IT SOUNDED
FUN AND FRIENDLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST BY THE
TITLE ALONE ASSUMED IT WAS FOR
KIDS AND IT MOST DEFINITELY WAS
NOT FOR KIDS.
I WAS WRITING WELL MAINLY FOR
MYSELF BUT WRITING TO ENTERTAIN
MYSELF AND I WAS AN ADULT SO IT
WAS AN ADULT COMIC.
SO TWO THINGS HAPPENED WHEN I
CHANGED THE TITLE WHEN I
STARTED THIS NEW TITLE WHICH I
WANTED TO BE ALL ABOUT ONE
CHARACTER AND THE CHARACTER'S
NAME WAS BUDDY BRADLEY SO I
THOUGHT I'M JUST CALLING IT HEY
BUDDY.
BUT THAT STILL SOUNDED LIKE
KIND OF KIDS COMIC AND I ALSO
THOUGHT I WANTED SOMETHING
REALLY SHORT EITHER ME OR MY
PUBLISHER.
WE JOKINGLY MENTIONED HATE.
WHAT ABOUT HATE?
NOBODY WILL THINK IT'S A KID
COMIC CALL IT THAT AND IT'S
NICE AND SHORT BUT THEY WERE
LIKE NO BUT THAT'S FUNNY BUT NO
WE CAN'T DO THAT.
AND AFTER A WHILE WE WERE JUST
LIKE I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
BETTER AND THE SAME WITH MY
PUBLISHERS.
SO WE SAID ALL RIGHT, LET'S BE
INSANE AND JUST CALL IT HATE
ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES TO EVEN TO
THIS DAY AND LIKE OH SCREW IT.
IT'S A GREAT TITLE.
I LOVE HER.
>> NO ONE WILL MISTAKE IT FOR
KIDS COMIC I MEAN THERE'S THIS
ALL WILL SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS.
>> WELL YOU KNOW WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT THE RELEASE OF THAT THIS
DELUXE BOX SET, DOES IT MAKE
YOU NOSTALGIC FOR THE 90S AT
ALL?
A BIT.
YEAH.
WHEN I READ IT WHEN I WAS AGAIN
LIKE WHEN WE WERE PUTTING IT
TOGETHER I WAS REREADING IT ALL
OVER AGAIN TWO THINGS THAT
REALLY STRIKE ME THAT A PURE A
LOT THAT I REALIZE ARE NO
LONGER A THING ENTIRELY BECAUSE
OF THE INTERNET AND COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGIES.
ONE IS TELEPHONES THERE ARE SO
MANY SCENES IN THE COMIC BOOK
WHERE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ON,
YOU KNOW, OLD FASHIONED
TELEPHONES AND ANY OTHER ZENAS
LIKE NOW YOU WOULD JUST MAKE
SURE YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU COULD HAVE A BLOG, HAVE
YOUR OWN WEB SITE.
BUT I REMEMBER HOW AT LEAST
AMONG IN THE WORLD I WAS IN,
ALMOST EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT
HAD THEIR OWN ZIE WHICH WAS
THEIR WAY OF TELLING THE WORLD
THIS IS WHAT I'M INTO.
THIS IS WHAT I'M ALL ABOUT.
AND SO I HAD FORGOTTEN HOW WHAT
A THING THAT WAS PEOPLE HAVING
THEIR OWN NEEDS.
>> SO LOOK, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THIS PIECE THAT I THINK IS
RELEVANT TO ALL AGES.
>> THIS GRUNGE MOVEMENT, THE
GRUNGE MUSIC OBVIOUSLY HATE
PREDATED THAT BUT IT'S STILL
ENDED UP BEING PART OF IT CAUSE
YOU'RE KIND OF PART OF THE 90S.
SO HOW DO YOU FEEL YOUR SERIES
KIND OF TIED IN WITH GRUNGE
MUSIC?
>> WELL, MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT
IT AGAIN LIKE THAT WORD.
WHEN I FIRST WROTE DOING THE
COMIC BOOK THAT WORD DIDN'T
EVEN EXIST YET.
IT WASN'T PART OF THE LEXICON.
AND THEN YOU WORK WAY AHEAD
OF TIME LIKE I'LL BE DRAWING A
COMIC MONTHS BEFORE IT APPEARS
IN PRINT AND I'LL BE CONCEIVING
OF STORY IDEAS LIKE EVEN A YEAR
BEFORE THAT.
SO ANYHOW I HAD I HAD A LOT
OF FRIENDS NOT SO MUCH THE
MUSICIANS LIKE I KNEW A HANDFUL
OF THE PEOPLE IN THESE BANDS
BUT I MAINLY KNEW I LIKE TO
CALL EXPLOITERS.
I KNEW THE PEOPLE WHO GO ON THE
RECORD LABELS ON THE RECORD
STORES MANAGE THE BANDS THEY
USED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE MORE
MY AGE.
THEY WOULD TELL ME VERY FUNNY
STORIES AND THIS I GOT TONS
OF STORY IDEAS SO I HAD MY
CHARACTER MANAGE A BAND.
SO BY THE TIME THAT ISSUE CAME
OUT IT'S LIKE I THOUGHT OH I'M
GONNA USE ALL THESE STORIES
OF MY FRIENDS ARE TELLING ME
ABOUT MANAGING.
AND IT WASN'T GOING TO BE A
MAJOR PART OF IT IS JUST GONNA
BE LIKE A LITTLE TUPAC THING.
>> BUT BY THE TIME THAT CAME
OUT NIRVANA'S NEVERMIND ALBUM
CAME OUT IN THAT BIG BLOATED
AND THEN EVERYBODY WAS TALKING
ABOUT GRUNGE.
SO TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, MUCH TO
MY FRUSTRATION THEY THOUGHT I
WAS JUMPING ON SOME BANDWAGON
THAT I WAS JUST EXPLOITING ALL
OF THIS.
>> LIKE NO HATE WAS FIRST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT THE RECORD
STRAIGHT HERE.
YES.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I WISH THAT THAT'S RELATED TO
THE VERY FIRST ISSUE OF HATE.
SOLD VERY WELL FOR LIKE AN
INDEPENDENT COMIC.
IT DID REALLY WELL RIGHT OUT
OF THE GATE.
AND SO BY THE TIME THE GRUNGE
THING HAPPENED IT WOUND UP.
MY CHARACTER IS A MANAGING
MANAGING A BAND.
IT'S LIKE A YEAR LATER.
IT'D BE GREAT IF THE SALES
SPIKED.
THEY DIDN'T.
SO IF I WAS EXPLOITING THE
SCENE I DID A BAD JOB OF IT.
IT DIDN'T HELP SALES AT ALL I
GUESS.
>> YEAH.
SO HATE IS WHERE IT IS RIGHT
NOW BUT YOU MAY CONSIDER IN THE
FUTURE RESURRECT IT.
YES.
ARE THE CHARACTERS IF YOU FEEL
LIKE DEMAND IS THERE.
YES.
NEVER.
YES. NEVER. I LIKE TO THINK THAT SOME
OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS
HAPPEN AFTER 40.
BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW
WONDERFUL STORIES ARE
INTERESTING TO YOU.
>> THEY'RE INTERESTING.
HAPPENED TO YOU HAPPENING TO
YOU BUT WELL THAT'S ANOTHER
THING TOO.
MY CORE FAN BASE OF EIGHT THEY
GOT OLDER.
THEY WERE HAVING KIDS, THEY HAD
MORTGAGES SO THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO SCHLEP ON DOWN TO THE LOCAL
COMIC SHOP EVERY MONTH TO SEE
IF THE NEW COMIC BOOKS OUT THE
WANT.
THE MAIN REASON THAT IF HE DOES
GET RICH DIRECTED WHICH HAS AND
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP
OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS I'VE HAD
QUITE I'VE HAD AT LEAST A HALF
DOESN'T DEVELOPMENT DEALS WITH
TV NETWORKS TO TURN IT INTO AN
ENEMY TV SHOW?
I'VE NEVER IT'S NEVER BEEN
GREEN BUT THOUGH I'VE MADE GOOD
MONEY DEVELOPING IT, THERE'S A
LOT OF MONEY TO BE MADE IN THE
BUSINESS OF NOT MAKING TV SHOW
BUT.
SO FOR THAT REASON ALONE I'M
ALWAYS FOR DOING IT BUT I'VE
NEVER GRABBED THAT BRASS RING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MAYBE NEXT TIME.
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