Harvey Pekar, one of the greatest comic book writers ever, was found dead in his home in Cleveland. There is currently no information about his cause of death.
Pekar is most famous for American Splendor, an unglamorous, slice-of-life examination of Pekar’s daily experiences in Cleveland. In 1994, Pekar and his wife Joyce collaborated on Our Cancer Year, a novel-length comic book about Pekar’s battle with lymphoma. In 2003, American Splendor was adapted into a film which meshed dramatizations of the comic book (Paul Giamatti played Pekar) with interviews with Pekar himself. He also wrote a number of critical and historical pieces, such as Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History.
Below is video of one of Harvey Pekar’s famous appearances of David Letterman. It is truly a sad day for fans of comic books, great writing, or culture in general.
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