Spent

By Joe Matt

Spent by Joe Matt

Meet the original antihero Joe Matt: a master of a domain that includes more than twenty-three self-edited eight-hour-long videotapes of bootlegged pornography; a penny-pincher who never fails to make a dime off his friends; a chronic masturbator who doesn't understand why he never has a girlfriend; an obsessive collector frantically searching for the toys of his childhood; a callous son who throws out every gift his adoring mother gives him; a man so lazy that he urinates in a bottle rather than walk to the bathroom.

Everyone and everything is fodder for Matt's autobiographical comics, even having lost the love of his life for documenting his crush on her best friend in the pages of his legendary comic book series Peepshow. Matt's biggest target for ridicule, however, is himself.Wearing his neuroses and fetishes on his sleeve, he knows he is a jerk and does nothing to hide it. This humiliating honesty has made Matt a comedic genius who has been hilariously and shamelessly chronicling his pathetic existence for close to twenty years.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897299117
• ISBN13: 9781897299111
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

The Honesty Is Amazing

A man is wasting his life, but he isn't because he shares his obsessions and neuroses with us in stunning detail. Imagine an x-rated Woody Allen, but with a little less comedy and a lot more pathos. The artwork is great - I love his simple style and clean lines. Imagine not being a good person - but being totally aware that you are not a good person. That's what this book is about. Fans of the Hernandez brothers will probably enjoy this slice of life comic.