Respect, Harvey Pekar
1 Comment | Posted: July 12th, 2010 | Filed under: Thinking About Comics
Harvey Pekar., originally uploaded by sp.sullivan.
You can’t overestimate his importance to the modern comic book or overstate his impact on writers of all stripes, so I’m not even going to try. He was the first guy to do what he did and he did it better than anyone.
Yeah, he was a giant. Both for his creative work (I especially think he brought the best out of Crumb) and for his approach. The 1-2-3 punch of seeing the American Splendor movie, reading a collection, and then seeing Pekar speak at the U of MN was a big factor in my getting off of my ass and getting started making comics.