Fantagraphics has announced plans to release Peepshow #15, the final issue in the series by late cartoonist Joe Matt.
Matt passed away unexpectedly last year before finishing the issue after a 17-year gap since issue #14 was released. With only four pages of art left to be inked, Fantagraphics enlisted cartoonist Chester Brown to finish the issue.
“Peepshow is amongst the great bodies of autobiographical work in the history of comics,” said Eric Reynolds, VP and Co-publisher of Fantagraphics. “I’m grateful to Joe’s friends, and to Joe’s family, who have come together to put his final work out into the world where it belongs.”
Here’s how Fantagraphics describes this final issue:
Peepshow #15 details Matt’s move from Toronto to Los Angeles in 2003 and his subsequent struggles, portrayed with his characteristic blend of self-deprecation and introspection. It’s utterly shameless, completely self-absorbed, crafted with an exhibitionist’s enthusiasm for his favorite subject, himself. Peepshow #15 is Joe Matt at his Joe Mattiest.
Peepshow #15 will arrive in stores July 17.