Hate Ball

In the mid-1990s, Fantagraphics released Hate Ball, a single-issue comic starring the grungy, self-absorbed Buddy Bradley from Peter Bagge's Hate series. This one-shot, with art by both Bagge and Daniel Clowes, sends Buddy to a disastrous company softball game, capturing the slacker-era humor and misanthropic charm that defined Bagge's influential run on the character. While brief, the issue stands as a notable crossover of two underground comedic voices at their peak.