Joe Matt, the acclaimed cartoonist behind the long-running autobiographical series, Peepshow, which earned Matt a number of nominations for comic book awards over the years, including multiple Eisner Awards, has passed away at the age of 60.Matt’s longtime friend, comic book writer/artist Matt Wagner, shared the sad news on social media on Monday night…Matt was good friends with fellow Drawn & Quarterly cartoonists, Seth and Chester Brown, and the other two cartoonists were regular features in Matt’s comics, which would capture the awkwardness of Matt’s existence with his then-girlfriend, Trish, and generally Matt’s views about women, sex and pornography. He described his work in 2007 as, “I’m a voyeur and I’m trying to make the book I would most enjoy reading. I would imagine other voyeurs are interested if it’s done well. I think autobiographical comics have been given a bad name simply because of the fact that I’ve focused a lot on porn and masturbation. I feel like that’s colored the whole genre for some people. Not every autobiographical cartoonist is doing that. I’m following Crumb’s lead where he explores his obsessions, at least with women.”
Joe Matt, the acclaimed cartoonist behind the long-running autobiographical series, Peepshow, which earned Matt a number of nominations for comic book awards over the years, including multiple Eisner Awards, has passed away at the age of 60.
Matt’s longtime friend, comic book writer/artist Matt Wagner, shared the sad news on social media on Monday night…
Matt was good friends with fellow Drawn & Quarterly cartoonists, Seth and Chester Brown, and the other two cartoonists were regular features in Matt’s comics, which would capture the awkwardness of Matt’s existence with his then-girlfriend, Trish, and generally Matt’s views about women, sex and pornography. He described his work in 2007 as, “I’m a voyeur and I’m trying to make the book I would most enjoy reading. I would imagine other voyeurs are interested if it’s done well. I think autobiographical comics have been given a bad name simply because of the fact that I’ve focused a lot on porn and masturbation. I feel like that’s colored the whole genre for some people. Not every autobiographical cartoonist is doing that. I’m following Crumb’s lead where he explores his obsessions, at least with women.”
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