I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same. Harvey Pekar assumeattendcomic Change image and share on social
I was sort of on a mission with 'American Splendor.' I wanted to try to prove that comics could do things. I wanted to expand them beyond superheroes and talking animals. And I knew that was going to take a long time. But I just started writing an autobiography about my quotidian life. Harvey Pekar americananimalautobiography share on social
I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was a jazz critic, and I was always thinking, theorizing about what makes great art or what's important in art. Harvey Pekar artbeatnikcritic share on social
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff. Harvey Pekar autobiographicalbookcomic Change image and share on social
I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in. Harvey Pekar collectcomicfamiliar Change image and share on social
I've just been writing stuff down as it comes to me. I haven't thought, 'Let me write some major opus here.' Harvey Pekar havemajoropus Change image and share on social
Misery loves company. There's a lot to that. Harvey Pekar companylotlove Change image and share on social
Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s. Harvey Pekar 80s90salternative Change image and share on social
It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you. Harvey Pekar afflictfeelgood Change image and share on social
