Basil Hatte was part of the Winnipeg new wave comix group Free Kluck, together with Roldo, Jack D. Zastre, Frank McTruck, Bobby Stahr and Dudley 'The Mushroom' Clearsky. In the early 1980s, he created self-published mini-comix like 'The Notorious Hatte Brothers Gang'. Hatte also contributed to the collective's group publications like 'Snafu', 'Drunk Comix' and '40 Degrees Below Funnies'.