Joe Matt

• Born 1963-09-03 · Died 2023-09-17

Joe Matt was an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical work, Peepshow. Lived in Toronto, Canada from 1988 until 2002, when he returned to live in the United States, in Los Angeles, California. Matt began creating Peepshow in 1987. In 1992, his Peepshow strips were serialized by Kitchen Sink Press and was later published by Drawn & Quarterly. Joe Matt's work on Peepshow is part of the autobiographical comics genre, kick-started by the confessional stories of Harvey Pekar and Robert Crumb. Matt worked as a colorist for other comics to make ends meet, most notably on superhero comics. Among his credits as a colorist are the Batman/Grendel limited series, Fish Police and Jonny Quest.