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Dave Sim is switching temporarily on his War On Woke in his Cerebus In Hell comic book solicited from Aardvark-Vanaheim in August, taking inspiration from American Splendor by Harvey Pekar with Aardvarkian Splendor. With a cover based on the movie-tie-in edition of Harvey Pekar's slice-of-life comic book series that was turned into the more famous movie. CIH PRESENTS AARDVARKIAN[...]

Tales of the Music Makers, a graphic novel showcasing the stories of Southern musicians including The Carolina Chocolate Drops, Taj Mahal, and Como Mamas, will feature two unpublished stories by legendary cartoonist Harvey Pekar The graphic novel, which explores the origins and mission of the non-profit Music Maker Relief Foundation which helps "true pioneers and[...]

Photo by Daniel Anthony Nolan, with Joyce Brabner and Steve Presser. Yesterday, Cleveland Heights celebrated the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar by dedicating part of Coventry Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard to his memory and legacy, naming it Pekar Park. It included a Harvey Pekar Comic Fest, a Pekar Park dedication, jazz performance, a storytelling session and a screening of[...]

So you had Paul Giamatti talk to Harvey Pekar and Judah Friedlander talk to Toby Radloff in a scene that, up to that point in the movie, the audience mostly thought he was being caricatured by a clumsy actor Until you met him Also, when they switch to film footage of an event, there is no[...]

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/87576221[/vimeo]   Joseph Remnant is a cartoonist from Ohio that currently lives in Southern California, and is the groundbreaking artistic talent behind Harvey Pekar's Cleveland from Z2 Comics.  You can view Joseph Remnant's artwork up close at "The Season of Spring" exhibit at Flower Pepper Gallery at 121 East Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91103 from March 1st –[...]

The late, unique, sui generis Harvey Pekar made good comics from medium shots of characters doing nothing more than yakking And Tino Wallenda could walk across a wire a hundred feet off the ground You're not Tino, and you're not Harvey, either A rule of thumb: if a talking-heads scene is taking two or more[...]

Steve Robles wrote for Bleeding Cool from San Diego Comic Con The dream of just about any artist is to attain a solid measure of financial and artistic success and still retain their individuality and credibility. Few in the comics industry have achieved that goal as thoroughly as Harvey Pekar. Pekar wrote about his daily dealings with the[...]

Debuting at San Diego Comic Con is Not The Israel My Parents Promised Me, the final graphic novel by the late Harvey Pekar, and JT Waldman. In Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me, the final graphic memoir from the man who defined the genre, Pekar explores what it means to be Jewish and what Israel means[...]

PekarWatch: "Harvey Pekar's Cleveland" by Harvey Pekar and artist Joseph Remnant is to have a Cleveland book-release party at 7 pm on Tuesday at Big Dog Theater in Cleveland Heights. DiamondWatch: Want a job at Diamond? Tom Mason has found five open positions… PVPWatch: Scott Kurtz sees Mark Waid's Thrillbent as the future of comics. Webcomicers have[...]

This weekend, Alan Moore engaged in his first mass webchat, to help promote the Kickstarter appeal to raise money for a tribute statue to the late Harvey Pekar. The two-and-a-half hour video has been made available on Vimeo, and those who enjoy it are asked to consider making a Paypal donation towards the fundraising effort (below,[...]

Alan Moore is engaging in a videochat with 58 people who paid $99 as part of a Kickstarter effort to raise money for a Harvey Pekar tribute statue He talks about it below. Expect fuller coverage later, but amongst the many gems the man is dropping – including stating that he is the new god of[...]

Joyce Brabner, comic book creator and widow of Harvey Pekar, is raising money for a memorial to her late husband on Kickstarter. She intends to raise $30,000 to fund a  "Comics as Art & Literature" Desk and Statue for the Cleveland Heights Public Library, where Harvey wrote many of his comics Any extra money raised will[...]

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