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Pekar/Crumb, American Splendor #9

Harvey Pekar, everyman/oddball-cartoonist of some renown, and his family are blogging.

This was written by Jeff. Posted on Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 12:54 pm. Filed under Before. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

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Mom wrote:

Pekar was recently a guest on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and a movie has been made with him and about him.

http://freshair.npr.org/day_fa.jhtml?displayValue=day&todayDate=08/04/2003

Tuesday, August 26, 2003 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
Jeff wrote:

Thanks mom, for the Fresh Air link!

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 8:09 pm | Permalink
Justin wrote:

The actor who played Harvey Pekar was on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Jon Stewart actually asked something to the effect of “What was it like to play a pop culture legend?”, which was jarring — I don’t tend to think of Harvey Pekar as…

Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 1:53 pm | Permalink
Jeff wrote:

The Letterman appearances, especially the “On Strike Against NBC” meltdown, might have given him a level of pop notoriety among some people.

The studio people who are apparently posting the entries to the Pekar blog don’t seem to be paying attention to the freshness of their material. The last two entries were obviously written weeks before some of the entries posted before them.

Saturday, August 30, 2003 at 8:32 pm | Permalink
J-Queen wrote:

I LUV CLEVELAND THAT’S WHERE IM FROM YA HEARD?

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
Lori wrote:

My brother found two old issues of American Splendor #9 & #10. Are they worth anything? Does anyone want to buy them? Thanks

Monday, April 11, 2005 at 4:50 am | Permalink

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Mad Times on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 6:19 pm

American Splendor

Harvey Pekar is a file clerk from Cleveland, Ohio. For many years he has been writing a comic book about his life called American Splendor (originally illustrated by his friend R. Crumb). At first glance, the title seems ironic. The…

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