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 people realizing
I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.
kids stories stuff
I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.
thinking literature elements
I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences.
writing people common
I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.
art thinking form
I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form.
guy likes
I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place
light want ifs
It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends
misery company
Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.
stupid math intelligent
There was a survey done a few years ago that affected me greatly. it was discovered that intelligent people either estimate their intelligence accurately or slightly underestimate themselves, but stupid people overestimate their intelligence and by huge margins. (And these were things like straight up math tests, not controversial IQ tests.)
pleasure
When you're dead, it robs life of many of it's pleasures
book thinking sun
I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers
fashion writing artist
I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist
book guy generations
I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys
writing people wish
I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes