Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar ( born October 8, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio; † July 12, 2010 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio) was an American comic book writer. Harvey Pekar, developed in the 1960s, the idea of ​​writing comics about his own life and thus invented a new comic genre.

Life and work

Pekar worked for 35 years as an archivist in a hospital. In the late 1950s he wrote as a jazz critic for magazines such as Downbeat, Jazz Review, and various British jazz magazines. In the 1960s he met the artist Robert Crumb know and developed the idea of ​​writing comics about his own little glamorous everyday. He called him American Splendor. He drew itself, but could, among other things his friend Crumb and other signatories to win. The series was never overly successful, but gained a stable circle of fans. In the late 1980s, he brought it to eight appearances on David Letterman's show. The life and work of Pekar was filmed by Shari Berman and Robert Pulcini S. 2003 under the title American Splendor.

Harvey Pekar was married to the writer Joyce Brabner. Together with her he wrote Our ​​Cancer Year, an autobiographical book about his fight against cancer. In addition, Pekar was also active as a jazz critic.

Prizes and awards

Works

  • American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar ( Doubleday, 1986)
  • More American Splendor ( Doubleday, 1987) ISBN 0-385-24073-2
  • The New American Splendor Anthology ( Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991) ISBN 0-941423-64-6
  • Our Cancer Year, with Joyce Brabner and Frank Stack ( Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994) ISBN 1-56858-011-8
  • American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv 's Comics, with R. Crumb ( Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996) ISBN 1-56858-101-7
  • American Splendor: Unsung Hero, with David Collier ( Dark Horse, 2003) ISBN 1-59307-040-3
  • American Splendor: Our Movie Year ( Ballantine Books, 2004 ) ISBN 0-345-47937-8
  • Best of American Splendor ( Ballantine Books, 2005 ) ISBN 0-345-47938-6
  • The Quitter, mt Dean Haspiel (DC / Vertigo, 2005) ISBN 1-4012-0399- X
  • Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story, with Gary Dumm ( Ballantine Books, 2006 ) ISBN 0-345-47939-4
  • Macedonia, with Heather Roberson and Ed Piskor ( Ballantine Books, 2006 ) ISBN 0-3454-9899-2
  • American Splendor: Another Day (DC / Vertigo, 2007) ISBN 978-1-4012-1235-3
  • Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History ( Hill and Wang, 2008) ISBN 978-0809095391
  • American Splendor: Another Dollar ( 2009) ISBN 978-1-4012-2173-7
  • The Beats (2009) ISBN 978-0-2856-3858-7
  • Studs Terkel 's Working: A Graphic Adaptation (2009) ISBN 978-1-59558-321-5
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