Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary Joe Matt
by Joe Matt
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Author: Joe MattEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-01
ISBN: 1896597270
Number of pages: 104
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Book Reviews of Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary Joe Matt
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Summary: 5 Stars
Joe Matt collects pages of his early comics work from when he started in 1987 up to 1991. The strips chronicle his neuroses about masturbation (something readers of his other books would know only too well), his troubled relationship with his girlfriend Trish, his obsession with saving money, comics, as well as snapshots from his past at high school, art school, summer jobs, his family, former girlfriends, and how he came to meet Chester Brown and Seth.
"Peepshow" being his earliest works, they show how he started out writing tiny panelled one-pagers and slowly developed into a more confident artist/writer trying different styles, larger panels, longer stories until by the end of the book Joe is putting together pages and pages for a narrative rather than relying on the one page format.
It's different from his other books as it's more bite-sized though the topics are great. Joe's obsessions are trivial and he knows it but he makes them fascinating for the reader not simply through embarassing sheer honesty but by telling them well. He's a born storyteller and simple stories about a fight with his girlfriend Trish over a shiatsu massage can be spun out over several (large) pages and be the stuff of high drama.
Also if you're a fan of other Drawn & Quarterly artists you'll be interested in Joe's meetings with Chester Brown (Yummy Fur) and Seth (Palookaville) and how they became friends, and how they lived in the early '90s. Also Seth contributes a 2 page strip as an afterword, explaining a few things about Joe Matt that doesn't portray him in the best light (but then neither do Joe's own strips) but is still very funny.
It's a great comic book from a great comic book artist whom I wish would get over his insecurities and put out more books like Seth does. A fun read and very enjoyable, "Peepshow" is brilliant.
Summary of Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary Joe Matt
For over ten years Joe Matt has been notorious in cult circles for the embarrassing frankness with which he reveals his distressing habits and predilections. Utterly shameless and completely self-absorbed, Joe Matt writes with an exhibitionist?s enthusiasm for his favorite subject, himself.
The first incarnation of Peepshow was these one-page strips in which Joe shows off virtuosity for shocking self-revelation. He is an immature, womanizing, cowardly, cheap, porn freak. He also has crack comic timing and a remarkable gift for (self) caricature.
The books of Joe Matt provokes this confession from guys over beer:
Oh my god, he?s just like me. I think those things but I never say them because my girlfriend would leave me.
This diary collection made Joe Matt the hero he is today.
The first incarnation of Peepshow was these one-page strips in which Joe shows off virtuosity for shocking self-revelation. He is an immature, womanizing, cowardly, cheap, porn freak. He also has crack comic timing and a remarkable gift for (self) caricature.
The books of Joe Matt provokes this confession from guys over beer:
Oh my god, he?s just like me. I think those things but I never say them because my girlfriend would leave me.
This diary collection made Joe Matt the hero he is today.
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