12 Jul, 2010
RIP – Harvey Pekar (1939 – 2010)
Posted by: Dave In: Books |Current Affairs |Film |History |Video |Writing
Underground comic book pioneer, Harvey Pekar, died today. He was 70 years old. His most famous series “American Splendor” was an autobiographical chronicle that started in the late 70s and lasted several decades.
Actor, Paul Giamatti, played Pekar in the 2003 movie adaptation of Pekar’s “American Splendor.”
If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a pretty good movie.
