Harvey Pekar
Harvey Pekar
Harvey Lawrence Pekarwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Artist
Date of Birth8 October 1939
CountryUnited States of America
thinking groups chosen-one
Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. …
thinking long people
It didnt take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
book thinking people
I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.
thinking people realizing
I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.
thinking literature elements
I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.
art thinking form
I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.
book thinking sun
I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers
mistake grateful thinking
I don't think I made any really big mistakes; it's just that I chose something difficult to do. Looking back, I suppose I should be grateful that I got as far as I got.
thinking ordinary-days average
I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .
change
There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.
record shook
I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.
Letterman... he got his problems. We don't get along too well.
anyone funny
We're as interesting and funny as anyone else.
amount art comics dawned forms history limited tremendous
It dawned on me that comics were not an intrinsically limited medium. There was a tremendous amount of things you could do in comics that you couldn't do in other art forms - but no one was doing it. I figured if I'd make a try at it, I'd at least be a footnote in history.