Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt

Joe Matt has been writing and illustrating his cartoon biography for over a decade. I was hooked the instant I started reading his work, which was orginally published as a comic series by Drawn & Quarterly. Matt is very open about his idiosyncracies -- his love of porn videos, his habit of urinating into jars so he does't have to talk to his housemates, his love-hate relationship with fellow Canadian comic book artists Chester Brown (Yummy Fur) and Seth (Palookaville), his nearly self-destructive parsimony. He lives a pretty miserable life, it seems, but it makes for fascinating reading. I also like Matt's clean drawing line; he's quite an accomplished artist. This anthology, titled Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt, is a fine introduction to his work.

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