Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt #[nn] - First Appearance of Trish, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt (Kitchen Sink Press, 1991 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: 1991
Key date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Price: $10.95; 13.20 CAD
Pages: 96
ISBN: 0878161597

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Trish - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Seth - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bernie Mireault - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Matt Wagner - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Diana Schutz - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; colors: Mario Macari
1	Peep Show!	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
3	Peep Show! The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt!	credits, title page	1	pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt
4	For Trish	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	letters: typeset
5	Some Things You First Need to Know About Joe Matt...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
6	Nov. 26th, 1987 Today's Thanksgiving	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
7	Dec. 28th, 1987 The Past Year of My Life	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
8	Jan. 16th, 1988 Doesn't This Damn Thing Ever Stop?!	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
9	Feb. 17th, 1988 The Joys of Being Raised Catholic	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
10	Feb. 24th, 1988 Pathetic But True!!	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
11	Mar. 31st, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
12	April 9th, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
13	April 20th, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
14	April 22nd, 1988 The Pleasures of Being Human... The Pains of Being Human	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
15	May 22nd, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
16	June 1st, 1988 The Story of My First Love...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
17	July 6th, 1988 The Tormented Section of My Mind	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
18	July 31st, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
19	Aug. 16th, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
20	Aug. 31st, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
21	Sept. 15th, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
22	Sept. 20th, 1988 TV Shows That Made Me Horny As a Kid...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
23	Sept. 27th, 1988	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
24	My Life in a Nutshell	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
25	Tales from the Broom Factory	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
26	Dec. 1st, 1988 Some More Things You Need to Know About Joe Matt...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
27	Dec. 31st, 1988 Blueberry Fields Forever	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
28	Jan. 23rd, 1989 ...Why I Hate Living In Montreal...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
29	Feb. 19th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
30	Mar. 5th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
31	Mar. 9th, 1989 The Trouble With Heidi	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
32	Apr. 10th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt, Trish; pencils: Joe Matt, Trish; inks: Joe Matt, Trish; letters: Joe Matt, Trish	Joe Matt, Trish First
33	Apr. 17th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt; Matt Wagner; Bernie Mireault; Trish's Father
34	May 8th, 1989. Greg	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Bernie Mireault First, Trish First, Matt Wagner First
35	May 17th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Diana Schutz First
36	May 27th, 1989 The Boob	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; colors: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Bernie Mireault First
37	June 7th, 1989 Home On the Range	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
38	June 20th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
39	July 4th, 1989 My Old Roommates	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
40	July 18th, 1989 Happy Anniversary, Poopie!	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First, Matt Wagner First
41	Aug. 16th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Jesus Christ, John Lennon, Joe Matt, Trish First
42	Playtime	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; colors: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Bernie Mireault First
43	Sept. 14, 1989 Hell to Pay	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
44	Sept. 28th, 1989 My Darkest Secret	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
45	Oct. 11th, 1989 Amuzing Grace	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
46	Oct. 25th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
47	Quackin' With Kevin Nov. 5, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
48	Nov. 18th 1989 My Parents	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
49	Nov. 25th, 1989	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Bernie Mireault First, Trish First
50	Dec. 11th, 1989 ...Fat Jack's Comic Crypt	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
51	Still More Things You Need to Know About Joe Matt...	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
52	Jan. 17th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
53	How to Be Cheap	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; colors: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Scrooge McDuck, Trish First
54	Feb. 5th, 1990. My Best Friend (as a Kid) "Dave"	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
55	"Alicia" Feb. 15th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
56	Feb. 27th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
57	High School Daze Mar. 24th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt
58	April 2nd, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
59	July 10th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First, Matt Wagner First
60	July 18th, 1990 "Sexaholics Anonymous"	comic story	8	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
61	Oct. 25th, 1990 Deb's House	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
62	How to Quietly Take a Shit	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
63	Nov. 21st, 1990 My Hair	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
64	Nov. 27th, 1990	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Chester Brown, Joe Matt
65	Dec. 3rd, 1990 My Grand-Pop	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
66	Fear and Loathing in Washington, D.C.	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
67	Dec. 14th, 1990	comic story	2	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
68	My Siblings	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
69	Feb. 8th, 1991: Night and Day	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
70	Feb. 20th, 1991	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Chester Brown, Joe Matt, Seth First
71	I Was a Teen-Age Student	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
72	March 1991	comic story	4	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
73	"Anal Antics"	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
74	April 18th, 1991	comic story	1	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt	Joe Matt, Trish First
75	May 1991	comic story	5	script: Joe Matt; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; letters: Joe Matt
76	Some things I think you should know about Joe Matt	comic story	2	script: Seth; pencils: Seth; inks: Seth; letters: Seth
77	The End	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1
78	-	illustration	1	pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt
79	-	illustration	1	script: Joe Matt, Chester Brown, Robert Crumb; pencils: Joe Matt; inks: Joe Matt; colors: Joe Matt

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Second Printing	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Third Printing	price 10.95 USD; 15.35 CAD; barcode 978087816159151095

Where to read it

Collection	Year
An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories #2 ISBN 9780300126716	2008	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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