![]() New York Times: Harvey Pekar, ‘American Splendor’ Creator, Dies at 70.Vulture: A New Comic by Harvey Pekar and Rick Veitch.NPR Fresh Air: The Childhood of Harvey Pekar, ‘The Quitter’. ![]() After a few more odd jobs, Pekar accepted a position as a file clerk at a Cleveland Veterans Administration Hospital, where he would stay for the next 37 years. He was released from the Navy because he didn’t have the flexibility needed for military service. During difficult times, he found escape though the fictional antics of superheroes and villains.Īfter graduating from high school, Pekar tried out a series of jobs, including work as a postal clerk and some time in the Navy. When he wasn’t engaged in street fighting, Pekar had his nose buried in comic books. “I bought into this idea that the toughest kid was the most respected kid,” Pekar told Terry Gross in 2005 on the NPR program “Fresh Air.” He says that as a minority in his primarily African-American neighborhood, he was frequently taunted and beaten up by his peers.Īs a result, he developed a tough-guy persona and, when he moved to an all-white neighborhood, became a bully himself. Harvey Pekar’s Early DaysĮarly childhood wasn’t easy for Harvey Pekar, who was born October 8, 1939, in Cleveland, Ohio to Jewish immigrant parents from Poland. ![]() When a Hollywood movie told his story, he continued to work as a file clerk. ![]() As a comic book writer, he documented the most mundane details of his life. Harvey Pekar has made a career out of being an ordinary man. ![]()
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