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Illustrator J.T. Waldman draws on Harvey Pekar’s ‘Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me’
The Avengers, Spider-Man, Superman, Batman … and Harvey Pekar?
Israel in the eyes of Harvey Pekar
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 comic book writer Harvey Pekar, who chronicled his life in the autobiographical \”American Splendor\” series, has died.
Comic Book Icon Battles Everyday Life
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.