Peepshow (comics)

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Peepshow
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Publication information
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly
Schedule irregular
Format Ongoing series
Genre Alternative comics
Publication date 1992
Creative team
Creator(s) Joe Matt

Peepshow is the title of a 1992 comic book collection and an ongoing autobiographical comic book by American cartoonist Joe Matt, both published by Drawn and Quarterly. The book collects strips published in various publications from before the Peepshow series started.

Story arcs[edit | edit source]

The story is divided into three story arcs:

  • #1–6 — about Matt's relationship with his girlfriend Trish and their breakup.[citation needed] Collected in the book The Poor Bastard, 2002.[citation needed]
  • #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.[citation needed] Printed in two colors on tinted paper.[citation needed] Collected in the book Spent, 2007.

List of issues[edit | edit source]

Issues of Peepshow
Issue Year Month Collection
1 1992 February The Poor Bastard (1997)
2 May
3 November
4 1993 April
5 October
6 1994 April
7 1995 March Fair Weather (2002)
8 July
9 1996 April
10 1997 July
11 1998 June Spent (2007)
12 2000 April
13 2002 February
14 2006 October

Collections[edit | edit source]

Peepshow collections
Title Date Contents ISBN Notes
Peepshow : The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt 1992 strips from 1987–92. Softcover: 978-1-896-59727-0
The Poor Bastard 1996 Peepshow #1–6 Hardcover: 978-1-896-59767-6
Softcover: 978-1-896-59744-7
Fair Weather 2002 Peepshow #7–10 Hardcover:978-1-896-59756-0
Softcover: 978-1-896-59774-4
Spent 2007 Peepshow #11–14 Hardcover: 978-1-897-29911-1

Animated TV series[edit | edit source]

In 2004, it was reported that HBO was developing an animated series based on The Poor Bastard that would be produced by Matt and David X. Cohen.[1] This project was abandoned in 2005.

References[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

  • preview of the Peepshow collection at Drawn and Quarterly's website
  • preview of The Poor Bastard at Drawn and Quarterly's website
  • preview of Fair Weather at Drawn and Quarterly's website
  • preview of Spent at Drawn and Quarterly's website