harvey pekar Archives – Jewish Journal

Danny Lobell Draws on Pekar for Comic Book

Ari L. Noonan April 11, 2018

Illustrator J.T. Waldman draws on Harvey Pekar’s ‘Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me’

Jewish Journal July 5, 2012

The Avengers, Spider-Man, Superman, Batman … and Harvey Pekar?

Israel in the eyes of Harvey Pekar

Jonathan Kirsch July 5, 2012

Ever since Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” won a Pulitzer Prize, no apologies need to be made for the aspirations of comic book artists to enter the realm of literature. R. Crumb, for example, recently rendered nothing less exalted than the Book of Genesis as a graphic novel. And Marjane Satrapi applied the same techniques to a best-selling work of memoir in “Persepolis.”

Comic book writer Harvey Pekar dies at 70

Jewish Journal July 13, 2010

Jewish comic book writer Harvey Pekar, who chronicled his life in the autobiographical \”American Splendor\” series, has died.

Comic Book Icon Battles Everyday Life

Naomi Pfefferman August 14, 2003

In the biopic "American Splendor," cranky comic book icon Harvey Pekar frets in the supermarket. "This may be the shortest line, but I\’m taking a risk because it\’s an old Jewish lady," he says. When the woman argues with the manager, he storms out of the store.