Stinky

Stinky is a supporting character in Peter Bagge's Hate, inhabiting the chaotic, slacker world of Buddy Bradley and his circle of flawed, sardonic twenty-somethings navigating life in early-1990s Seattle.

Few characters capture the scrappy, sardonic spirit of early-'90s alternative comics quite like Stinky, who burst onto the scene in the very first issue of Peter Bagge's landmark Hate back in 1990. A Fantagraphics fixture from the Copper/Modern Age, Stinky orbits the same chaotic world as Buddy Bradley and a cast of gloriously flawed personalities that made Hate one of underground comix's most celebrated titles. The character's presence across Hate, its facsimile reprint, and Stupid Comics speaks to a legacy that has kept collectors returning for decades — and if you're diving into the irreverent, hand-drawn heart of alternative comics, Stinky is exactly the kind of offbeat company you want to keep.