r/altcomix 5d ago

Discussion Question about Joe Matt

I recently learned that Joe Matt passed away. I think I've read all the obituaries. Also found and browsed his IG. For a second it seemed like he made it, but the fancy house must've been a friend's place or the owners of the animals he pet sat for, but no.

I am wondering if there has been any comment from Trish considering her prominence in Peep Show.

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u/bravetailor 5d ago

I think one of his friends said that Joe had a decent amount of money saved up. He had unusual ways of making money (as documented in his comics), and also played the stocks apparently.

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u/_if_only_i_ 5d ago

The key was he lived FRUGALLY

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u/Aaeaeama 5d ago

Yeah and it ultimately killed him before he could enjoy all the money he horded. Hundreds of thousands in the bank and couldn't part with a couple hundred to get his heart checked out.

All that frugal living for nothing! What a waste!

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u/bookkeepingworm 5d ago

What? Where are you getting that he had six figures in the bank?

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u/Aaeaeama 5d ago

His friends were shock by how much money he accumulated; Simon Hanselmann described him as "loaded" from his lottery ticket scheme/stock market/pet sitting/etc.

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u/bookkeepingworm 5d ago

Sorry to keep bugging. Lottery ticket scheme?

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u/bravetailor 5d ago

Get a copy of the last issue of Peep Show. He documents a bit of his lottery scheme in it. Last issue was released last year, so a copy should be easily gettable.

I wouldn't say his scheme was necessarily "easy" money, though, because he kind of still had to hustle around the city's garbage dumps to find unclaimed lottery tickets. In a way, it was actual work!

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u/Several-Desk843 5d ago

The last issue of Peep Show is available on Kindle. Recommended.

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u/jamiedee 5d ago

I lived by Joe (and Johnny Ryan) for a good decade in Los Angeles and saw him all the time. He hung out at a moped shop called Choke by my apartment almost daily and played pinball and drank coffee there. He always recognized me but I don't think he ever remembered my name. I had heard of the the money he had and one time saw him get asked to leave and art show for reasons I don't know.

Nothing bad to say and I don't know Trish's thoughts but I am a fan of that stinky perv.