Acclaimed comic-book author Harvey Pekar died Monday at the age of 70. He's best known for his autobiographical comic series American Splendor, which was made into a 2003 film starring Paul Giamatti.
Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his unglamorous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was ...
Harvey Pekar, the Cleveland cartoon writer whose "American Splendor" inspired a film of the same name, died early Monday. Pekar, who had battled cancer, was found dead just before 1 am by his wife, ...
CLEVELAND (AP) Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series American Splendor portrayed his life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was ...
“American Splendor” represents a bold deconstruction of the fatigued biopic form. Not content to present the Cleveland-based Pekar’s life as anything resembling a straightforward narrative, Berman and ...
The movie American Splendor (2003) adapts Pekar’s comics of the same (which were released between 1976 and 2008), as well as the graphic novel Our Cancer Year, which he co-wrote with his wife, Joyce ...
Harvey Pekar, the cartoonist behind American Splendor, died this morning at his Cleveland home at the age of 70. Memories of Pekar are already flooding the Web, along with official obits (The New York ...
Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his unglamourous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead July 12 at his home in Cleveland. He was 70.
Dave Sim is switching temporarily on his War On Woke in his Cerebus In Hell comic book solicited from Aardvark-Vanaheim in August, taking inspiration from American Splendor by Harvey Pekar with ...