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[[Image:Karlscorner-20040213-a.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Joe Matt (left), with Mark Oliver Everett and [[Rivers Cuomo]] in [[2004]]]][[Image:Peepshow rivers-letter.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Cuomo's letter to Matt]]'''Joe Matt''' is an American cartoonist, best known for his autobiographical comic book, ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peepshow_(comics) Peepshow]''. [[Rivers Cuomo]] has cited Matt as an inspiration in his songwriting, [[Addicted_to_Noise_Interview_with_Rivers_Cuomo_-_1996|telling ''Addicted to Noise'' in 1996]], "Lyrically, I think I'm influenced by very few other musicians. Maybe Lou Barlow and Brian Wilson and some of his later songs. They just seem very direct and honest and unpretentious. Other than that, I think I'm hugely influenced by comic books. Especially the autobiographical comics like Joe Matt's Peep Show." The name "J. Matt" appears on the map included in the liner notes to Weezer's album ''[[Pinkerton]]''.

''Cuomo wrote a letter to Matt in [[1997]], which was later published in ''Peepshow'', and was followed by [[Interview_between_Rivers_Cuomo_and_Joe_Matt|an interview between the two]].''

<blockquote>Dear Joe Matt<br>&emsp;&emsp;<u>Peepshow</u> is brilliant. Your work has been a big influence on my songwriting. I feel like comics and pop music are analagous (quasi) art forms. Comics has it's "Conans"; music has it's Iron Maidens. Comics has it's "Cerebuses"; music has it's Fugazis. I feel like the new Weezer album <u>Pinkerton</u> is a lot like <u>Peepshow</u>: You and I both are shedding light on our despicable ids, we both feel guilty for what we uncover, and we both aim to create what you call a "compelling work". We both are working under the shadow of the higher arts: you under da Vinci and me under Beethoven, and yet we both are somehow above fluffy pop entertainment like "Archie" (for you) and the New Kids on the Block (for me). We're both incredibly slow to produce. And we both like asian girls.<br>

:::::L.A., CA.</blockquote>

[[Image:Karlkochjoemattjamcomic.jpg|thumb|200px|Comic strip]]

On [[July 14]], [[2007]], [[Karl Koch]] and Joe Matt (along with a friend, Maggie) collaborated on a comic strip, crudely drawn onto a piece of lined paper. The comic was posted onto the [[Karlophone]] Myspace profile.<ref>Karlophone. ''Photos from karlophone (karlophone) on Myspace''. Myspace. Retrieved from https://myspace.com/karlophone/mixes/classic-my-photos-362338/photo/90390449</ref>