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Harvey Lawrence Pekar (/ ˈ p iː k ɑːr /; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) 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.. Frequently described as the "poet laureate of Cleveland", Pekar "helped change the ...
On May 20, 2015, David Letterman ended his time hosting The Late Show on CBS, ending his more than three decades working in television. Before he was the host of The Late Show, however, he hosted NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman.
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 ...
Sep 1, 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.
Harvey Pekar recounts his appearances on Letterman’s show in the pages of “American Splendor.” (Art by Gerry Shamray; used with permission of Joyce Brabner)
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 ...
Jul 13, 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 ...
Jul 12, 2010 · Harvey Pekar, the irascible writer who spun the mundane details of his own life and the quotidian existences of his fellow Cleveland residents into comic-book narratives, and who showed that the comic-book panel could include everyday feelings of anxiety and disappointment as easily as it does the adventures of costumed heroes, has died, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported.
Jul 12, 2010 · Pekar chronicled his life and times in the acclaimed autobiographical comic book series, "American Splendor," portraying himself as a rumpled, depressed, obsessive-compulsive "flunky file clerk ...
Jul 12, 2010 · Harvey Pekar, a comic artist best known for his autobiographical series American Splendor depicting everyday life in Cleveland, has died, multiple sources are reporting. He was 70. He is best ...
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