The American cartoonist Joe Mattan author who in the 90s was one of the spearheads of American publishing Drawn and Quarterlya pioneer in artistic comics, has died at the age of 60 at her home in California (United States).
The Rioja publisher Fulgencio Pimentel, which began publishing Matt’s work in Spain in 2015, confirmed this Tuesday on the X network (formerly Twitter) the death of the cartoonist.
“You were the most human of all, Joe, looking at you was like looking in a mirrorfor better and for worse,” the publisher noted.
One of his best friends, the screenwriter Matt Wagner, He has said on his social networks that Matt “passed away suddenly and unexpectedly”
“As many of you know, Joe and I met when we were both students at the Philadelphia College of Art and our mutual love of comics and music soon sparked a friendship that lasted decades,” he wrote.