Monday, July 12, 2010

Harvey Pekar Has Died


Early this morning Harvey Pekar died. Harvey was the author of American Splendor. If you never read it, you really should pick up an issue of one of the best comic books ever written. If you never saw one of his many appearances on David Letterman, you missed great television. If you never saw the movie American Splendor starring Paul Giamatti, you missed one of the greatest movies of the last decade. (Thanks Jane)



11 comments:

lcecat said...

God Speed...

Anonymous said...

oh no! may he rest in peace.
:(

Pookie said...

hate to admit it...but am not familiar w/ him or his work...off to google...rip.

The Nightmare Child said...

Good night, sweet prince.


Harvey was the man. Uncompromising, stuck to his guns and amusing stories.



*salute*

jess said...

awww...RIP. Great movie and a great comic.

Ms Cool said...

I was sad to read this.

nancer said...

he was a fucking riot. i loved him on letterman. thanks for the clips.

mooshki said...

In this era of worshipping plastic conformity, it's sad to lose such a creative, unique individual.

Peg said...

Very sad. :(

Melody the First said...

Proof there is no justice in the universe -- Harvey Pekar is dead and Goopy is still alive.

canadachick said...

Saw this going across the news ticker but missed the first part and thought Paul Giamatti had died...i was upset !! I love Paul Giamatti

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