"Harvey Pekar carried himself with a slouch. He had a
disheveled comb-over and dark, haunted eyes. A file clerk at the
Veterans Administration hospital in Cleveland, he spoke with a
cantankerous rasp. If you sat next to him on the bus, you might not even
notice him. Yet this ordinary man, who died this week at age 70, made his
unremarkable day-to-day life in a typical city immortal, thanks to his
comic, 'American Splendor.' Through these autobiographical
comic books, Pekar found a devoted following, moved by the way he captured the particular loneliness of American life. ..."
Collectors Weekly
2009 December: Harvey Pekar, 2018 August: Jazz Jams With Harvey Pekar, 2020 August: Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
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