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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.
Sep 1, 2010 · By Dave Itzkoff. Sept. 1, 2010. DESCRIBING a walk through the garden outside her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, after a rainstorm, Joyce Brabner said she was looking for a dry place to sit and ...
Jul 12, 2010 · Harvey Pekar poses with his wife, Joyce Brabner, and their foster daughter, Danielle, in an unlikely spot: Cannes, where the film version of American Splendor was shown in 2003. Michel Euler/AP ...
- Neda Ulaby
But Harvey Pekar, the comics bard from Cleveland, the “curmudgeon with a heart of gold,” was nobody’s comedy patsy. [David Letterman taught us to ward off celebrity stupidity. But stupidity won.
Jul 13, 2010 · Harvey Lawrence Pekar was born on Oct. 8, 1939, in Cleveland, where his parents, Jewish immigrants from Poland, ran a neighborhood grocery store. The neighborhood, once white, became mostly black ...
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Jul 16, 2010 · Remembering Harvey Pekar In All Of His 'Splendor' Fresh Air remembers the comic book writer with highlights from 2003 and 2005 interviews. Pekar, who died Monday, was the author of the series ...
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