His most well known work, the series 'Hate', became popular with in the grunge rock movement, even among people who were not comics fans.
Peter Bagge is one of the most sucessful of the alternative comics creators, although as his sucess has increased he has taken on many of the trappings of mainstream comics - his comics are now typically produced by a 'team', the subject matter of his latest effort Sweatshop is less edgy, he is now published by the a mainstream publisher, DC Comics.