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Harvey Pekar Biography

Harvey Lawrence Pekar (/ˈpiːkɑːr/; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was 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.

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I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I'd feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new deal, right? Just keep on working and something's bound to turn up.

Bound, Letting Go, Limb, Lying, Right, Sweet

I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys

Book, Generations, Ginsberg, Guy, Large, Research

My parents' work ethic amazed me. How could they put in such long hours, day after day? Part of the reason was to keep the family going - to keep me going. I realized that, although we had different values derived from different cultures and wouldn't agree on certain issues, they were good people, incredible people, and I loved and respected them.

Cultures, Incredible, Issues, Long, People, Realized

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

Artist, Fashion, Like, Scenes, Scripts, Writing

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

People, Potential, Realize, Realizing, Thinking

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.

Attend, Comic, Common, People, Prose, Writing

It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing

Comedian, Doing Me, Influenced, Mainly, Novelists, Sort

Am I a guy who writes about himself in a comic book, or am I just a character in that book? If I die, will that character keep going, or will he just fade away?

Book, Character, Guy, Keep, Writing

People will believe absurd things - in the 19th century and now.

Absurd, Believe, People

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. )

Intelligent, Math, Stupid, Things

And no business can possibly equate happy workers (community) with profit (effectiveness). Happy workers are much more productive workers and hence contribute to profit, but no organization is formed for the idea of pleasing its employees.

Effectiveness, Equate, Happy, Ideas, Organization, Workers

I always wanted praise and I always wanted attention; I won't lie to you. I was a jazz critic and that wasn't good enough for me. I wanted people to write about me, not me about them. So I thought, What could I do? I can't sing, I can't dance, I can't act or anything like that. OK, I can write.

Critic, Like, Lying, People, Writing

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

Artist, Artists, Cleveland, Lived, Mad, Writers

American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

Early, Keep, Never Quit, Ongoing, Splendor

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers

Book, Day, Sun, Think, Thinking, Writers

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

Book, Books, People, Think, Thinking

I wanted to write literature that pushed people into their lives rather than helping people escape from them.

Helping, Literature, People, Write, Writing

Misery loves company. There's a lot to that.

Company, Loves, Misery

You do not pursue potential conflict unless you hold power over your foe.

Conflict, Foe, Over You, Potential, Pursue

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

Continue, Kind, People, Trying, Work

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