''Peepshow'' is the title of a 1992

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collection and an ongoing

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comic book by

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Joe Matt Joe Matt (born September 3, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical work, ''Peepshow''. Early life Matt was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started drawing comics in 1987. Career In his autobiographical com ...

, both published by

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. The book collects strips published in various publications from before the ''Peepshow'' series started.

Story arcs

The story is divided into three

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s: * #1–6 — about Matt's relationship with his girlfriend Trish and their breakup. Collected in the book ''The Poor Bastard'', 2002. * #7–10 — deals with Matt's childhood and family. Collected in the book ''Fair Weather'', 2002. * #11–14 — depicts Matt arguing with his cartoonist friends and obsessing over his addiction to pornography. A new, cleaner style of drawing was adopted for this storyline. Printed in two colors on tinted paper. Collected in the book ''Spent'', 2007.

List of issues

Collected editions

Animated TV series

In 2004, it was reported that

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was developing an animated series based on ''The Poor Bastard'' that would be produced by Matt and David X. Cohen."HBO Developing Joe Matt's 'The Poor Bastard': Futurama's David X. Cohen at the Helm,"
ICv2, April 28, 2004. This project was abandoned in 2005.

References

External links

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of the ''Peepshow'' collection at

's website
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of ''The Poor Bastard'' at Drawn & Quarterly's website
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of ''Fair Weather'' at Drawn & Quarterly's website
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of ''Spent'' at Drawn & Quarterly's website Drawn & Quarterly titles Autobiographical comics Slice of life comics {{Comics-stub