11 Responses to “Harvey Pekar’s Dead”

1. Eric Pollarine- July 12th, 2010 at 9:07 am

   My girlfriend works at the animal hospital that Harvey brought his diabetic cat into-she recently had the chance to meet him and said he was a very wonderful and sweet man, though a bit of a cranky bastard,a lesson in creative duality to be sure and a complete genius in the genre. He will be severely missed in the Cleveland area, god rest his soul.

2. Stefan Jones- July 12th, 2010 at 9:50 am

   God fucking damnit. I know he was all beat up from cancer treatment, but still, dying 70 is unfair.

   He’d lately been producing these odd little comic book profiles of people he’d met, like a Vietnam vet he’d worked with and a borderline sociopath/genius. And himself, of course (“The Quitter”). I loved those things.

   Fucknuggets.

   I may have to hook up my VCR to watch my American Splendor tape.

3. Tobot- July 12th, 2010 at 10:13 am

   I think he will be missed across the world, i always found his work to be some of the most inspiring I have ever read.

4. Mike Cane- July 12th, 2010 at 10:18 am

   Hell of a tweet today you did, announcing his death. Yes, I know everyone must do that — go — but it still comes as a shock with every single one. I’ll never get used to it.

5. Stefan Jones- July 12th, 2010 at 10:53 am

   The Onion’s A.V. Club has a good profile up:

   http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-harvey-pekar,42985/

6. bjacques- July 12th, 2010 at 11:16 am

   Damn. I used to watch him wind up David Letterman, back in the era of ‘zines and Comics: Not Just For Kids Anymore. I’ll have to go dig up the movie now.

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8. Dennis- July 12th, 2010 at 1:12 pm

   He was very nice and polite when I met him.

9. gmoke- July 12th, 2010 at 1:49 pm

   He branched out into doing a whole new genre of work at the end of his life. His books on the history of the SDS, his adaptation of Studs Terkel’s _Working_, his beautiful book on a war that didn’t happen, _Macedonia_ are a generous outpouring of a cranky and original mind.

   He will be missed but what he did provides a great example of what one determined individual can do.

10. William Owen- July 12th, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I got to meet him once at a screening for American Splendor. We talked about 4 or 5 different things in about 15 minutes, and he had solid, well-thought out opinions on every single one. He was interested in life, and wanted to understand it better and took as much of it in as he could, and I will always admire that.

11. ZipDurango- July 13th, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    If only i were religious this loss could be tempered by the hope of seeing him in heaven. alas…