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Harvey Lawrence Pekar ( / ˈpiːkɑːr /; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) [1] was an American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a well-received film adaptation of the same name.
Learn how the comic book writer Harvey Pekar became a frequent target of jokes and insults on Late Night with David Letterman, and how he eventually made up with the host after a decade-long ban. Find out why Letterman refused to release the footage of their 1988 fight for years.
The stories in American Splendor concern the everyday life of Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio, told in a brutally frank style akin to the writing of Henry Miller. [5] Pekar's stories eschew traditional narrative structure, focusing on small moments and observations.
13 Jul 2010 · Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book “American Splendor” attracted a cult following for its unvarnished stories of a depressed, aggrieved Everyman negotiating daily life in ...
1 Sep 2010 · Harvey Pekar, the obsessive chronicler of everyday lives, was collaborating at the end of his life on a Web project whose fate in print remains uncertain.
Amid's David Letterman's farewell, here's how comics writer Harvey Pekar became one of the late show's greatest recurring guests
16 Jul 2010 · Comic book writer Harvey Pekar, who published a series of caustically funny autobiographical stories about the ups and downs of everyday life, died Monday morning. He was 70.
