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Spent - Joe Matt

Description: ISBN 1897299117 / Genre: Graphic Novels / Comics / Author: Joe Matt / Hardcover / 120 Pages / Book is published 2007-09-30 by Drawn and ... more

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Newest Review: ... the late 80s. This volume spans several years, and sees Matt living in Canada on his own in a tiny room, dividing his time ... more

... between self-indulgent reflective musings, obsessively masturbating and editing his voluminous collection of pornographic videos, and occasionally venturing out of the house for coffee and conversation with his two long-suffering cartoonist friends. The sense of alienation and isolation in the book is massive, although Matt rarely complains of loneliness (and he complains about just about everything else), the long, claustrophobic pages alone in his bedroom serve to emphasise his solitude. The book relies heavily o...more

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Spent - Joe Matt: Dark unflinching autobiographical comic (960 words)
by - written on 12/11/08 (Very useful, 215 readings)
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In place of a blurb, the back cover of Joe Matt's "Spent" has a little comic strip featuring two attractive young women in a bookshop scene. The women catch sight of the book on a promotional stand, and giggling and chattering to themselves, speculate on the contents. "Oh my god, Tiffany!" squeals one, "A book called "Spent!" It's probably about a shopaholic who can't stop spending every last dime on clothes!". The next panel has them flicking through the book, and their expressions change. Tiffany frowns "Hey wait, what's this guy doing?", and her friend adds: "Ewww... he's lying on his stomach looking at porn...and ... Read the complete review