Peepshow
Peepshow No. 1
Publication information
Publisher	Drawn & Quarterly
Schedule	Irregular
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Alternative comics
Publication date	1992 – October 2006
Creative team
Created by	Joe Matt
Collected editions
The Poor Bastard	ISBN 978-1-896-59767-6

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 & Quarterly. The book collects strips published in various publications from before the Peepshow series started. The first installment was serialized from September 1987 on, before being compiled into a 1992 book, originally published by Kitchen Sink Press and later Drawn & Quarterly. ^[1]

Story arcs

The story is divided into three story arcs:

• #1–6 — about Matt's life in Toronto, Canada, and his relationship with his girlfriend Trish and their breakup. Collected in the book The Poor Bastard, 2002.^[2]
• #7–10 — deals with Matt's childhood and family in 1970s Lansdale, Pennsylvania. Collected in the book Fair Weather, 2002.^[3]
• #11–14 — depicts Matt arguing with his cartoonist friends and obsessing over his addiction to pornography.^[4] 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.^[5]

List of issues

Collected editions

Animated TV series

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.^[6] This project was abandoned in 2005.