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koreilly's review against another edition
4.0
Imagine if George from Seinfeld were a thousand times more pathetic, had an out-of-control porn addiction and was comically misogynistic? Okay now imagine Kramer and Jerry are also 10 times more annoying and gross and that's basically the cadre of artists that made up one of the most influential comic publishers of all time!
Interesting book.
Interesting book.
juannaranjo's review against another edition
3.0
Los cómics en los que el protagonista es el propio autor suelen pecar de que el dibujante se muestra a sí mismo o como un héroe o como una víctima. Por eso es bastante refrescante ver cómo Joe Matt no tiene reparos en retratarse como un ser despreciable y odioso: tacaño, ruin, obsesivo, mal amigo, mal novio, mal compañero de piso... Claro, el problema surge entonces cuando el antihéroe de la historia te repugna y no sientes ninguna empatía con él.
Podría haber existido en este cómic una historia bastante fascinante si Matt hubiese profundizado más en su relación con sus célebres amigos con los que comparte profesión... pero hasta esas reuniones que podrían haber sido geniales las convierte el autor en un festival de la competitividad y la hipermasculinidad que no me interesa en absoluto.
Leer este cómic ha sido un ejercicio interesante... pero desagradable.
Podría haber existido en este cómic una historia bastante fascinante si Matt hubiese profundizado más en su relación con sus célebres amigos con los que comparte profesión... pero hasta esas reuniones que podrían haber sido geniales las convierte el autor en un festival de la competitividad y la hipermasculinidad que no me interesa en absoluto.
Leer este cómic ha sido un ejercicio interesante... pero desagradable.
in_praise_of_idlenesss's review against another edition
3.0
this was actually really funny. it gave me a lot of distress reading this but i still laughed a lot.
aprivateislander's review
2.0
Not as interesting as The Poor Bastard, this sequel finds Joe spiraling in his porn addiction and reminiscing about his youth. Years of isolation and no productivity have taken their toll on his thinking and creativity, and it shows in this final volume. While the previous volume featured a host of characters, this is mostly Joe stewing alone in the shitpile he's made for himself. This makes for a more boring read, just a repulsive guy pissing in jars and editing porn (I wonder if he feels upset about all the time he wasted thanks to Pornhubs ease). If you wanna understand the mindset of a real asshole/creep, this book would serve you well.
starnosedmole's review
3.0
As fond as I am of horny, middle-aged cartoonists, I wanted more out of this book beyond discussions of porn and masturbation. The scenes between the author and his writer/cartoonist friends Seth and Chester Brown are terrific and endearing; it shows that these guys care about each other. The book was interesting, but too repetitive for my liking.
glenng's review
1.0
I can see why some people might like this book. Maybe. Not for me though. I rushed through a lot of the conversation and dialogue trying to find some sort of plot or storyline but didn't enjoy it at all really. I can see why some people may say it's "fresh" and "honest" but I was looking for a good story and didn't really find it with this.
davramlocke's review
4.0
I have never read a book, comic or otherwise, with as much raw, unfettered honesty as is within the pages of Spent. Joe Matt relates a very short span of his own like that delves into the deepest, most disturbing parts of his own mind, and it's like watching a train derail and come spiraling in through the kitchen window.
The title implies the subject matter. Spent refers to the feeling Matt has after he's pleasured himself. He boast an addiction to pornography second to none, and spares the reader nothing in describing every minute detail of his particular habit. It's frightening to read, but also astonishing and in many ways wonderful. He claims at one point in the book to lack self-awareness, but here is a man who, unlike millions or billions of other men, is not lying to himself. He may not have his head on completely straight, but he's honest. Whether or not that makes him happy is the dispute of the story.
This is a book I would not recommend to just anyone, but for anyone wishing to peer into the dark room of a chronic masturbater, or even for someone who needs to look in a mirror and see a warped reflection of their own habits, this is something worth reading.
The title implies the subject matter. Spent refers to the feeling Matt has after he's pleasured himself. He boast an addiction to pornography second to none, and spares the reader nothing in describing every minute detail of his particular habit. It's frightening to read, but also astonishing and in many ways wonderful. He claims at one point in the book to lack self-awareness, but here is a man who, unlike millions or billions of other men, is not lying to himself. He may not have his head on completely straight, but he's honest. Whether or not that makes him happy is the dispute of the story.
This is a book I would not recommend to just anyone, but for anyone wishing to peer into the dark room of a chronic masturbater, or even for someone who needs to look in a mirror and see a warped reflection of their own habits, this is something worth reading.
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