Harvey Pekar (English Wikipedia)

Connors, Joanna (July 12, 2010). "Cleveland Comic-Book Legend Harvey Pekar Dead at Age 70". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. He was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, and also suffered high blood pressure, asthma and clinical depression, which fueled his art but often made his life painful.

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Ramsey, Doug (July 14, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, Jazz Critic". ArtsJournal: Rifftides.

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Pekar entry, Britannica Book of the Year 2011 (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2011), p. 149.

charlierose.com

American Splendor: Harvey Pekar, Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, and Robert Pulcini, Charlie Rose (August 19, 2003).

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Connors, Joanna (July 12, 2010). "Cleveland Comic-Book Legend Harvey Pekar Dead at Age 70". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. He was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, and also suffered high blood pressure, asthma and clinical depression, which fueled his art but often made his life painful.
Connors, Joanna (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, Cleveland comic-book legend, dies at age 70". The Plain Dealer.
Galbinca, Pat (October 20, 2010). "Coroner rules that Harvey Pekar's death due to 'natural causes'". The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved October 20, 2010.

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Connors, Joanna (May 15, 2015). "David Letterman brought Harvey Pekar, his Cleveland cool and a big blow-up to 'Late Night'". cleveland.com. Plain Dealer.
"Harvey Pekar statue unveiled at library is tribute to the late graphic novelist from Cleveland" by Tom Breckenridge, The Plain Dealer, October 14, 2012.
Heaton, Michael (July 22, 2015). "Harvey Pekar Park to be dedicated and celebrated in Cleveland Heights Saturday". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved December 7, 2022.

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Grzegorek, Vince (October 19, 2011). "Harvey Pekar Memorial Will Be at Library, Not Lake View Cemetery". Cleveland Scene. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2020.

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"Inkpot Awards". San Diego Comic-Con. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
"Dirks, Lucey Chosen for Eisner Hall of Fame". comic-con.org. San Diego Comic-Con. 2012. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2017.

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Dueben, Alex (October 19, 2010). "NYCC: Remembering Harvey Pekar". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014. Archive version requires blocking-off text in order to make black-on-black text visible.

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What I Bought (15 December 2010) Archived August 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, by Greg Burgas, at Comic Book Resources; published 17 December 2010; retrieved 25 June 2014

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Kistler, Alan (July 13, 2010). "Harvey Pekar: A Timeline of a Comic Book Icon – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

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Proyect, Louis (July 2, 2021). "The Unrepentant Marxist Comic Book".

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Crumb, Robert; interviewed by Alexander Wood. "Crumb on Others," The Official Crumb Site (Dec. 2013).

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Pekar, Harvey (April 1990). "Blood and Thunder". The Comics Journal. 302 (135). Fantagraphics Books: 27–34. Bibcode:1983Natur.302..784D. doi:10.1038/302784a0. ISSN 0194-7869.

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Tucker, Ken (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, a great writer, comics innovator: His splendid American life is over". EW.

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"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch Familysearch.org Accessed 19 Mar 2013, Harvey L Pekar, 12 July 2010.

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Fiore, Robert. "Harvey Pekar, R.I.P.," Fantagraphics blog (July 13, 2010).

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"FIPRESCI - Awards: 2003". Retrieved January 2, 2018.

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Pekar, Harvey (April 1990). "Blood and Thunder". The Comics Journal. 302 (135). Fantagraphics Books: 27–34. Bibcode:1983Natur.302..784D. doi:10.1038/302784a0. ISSN 0194-7869.

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"1995 Harvey Award Winners". The Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

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"Exclusive: A Smorgasbord of Art and Comics Celebrating Harvey Pekar's Yiddishkeit | Heeb". Heebmagazine.com. April 2, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

independent.co.uk

Carlson, Michael. "Harvey Pekar: Writer who celebrated the minutiae of everyday life in his 'American Splendor' series," The Independent (23 October 2011).

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Hynes, James. "The Big Shill," In These Times (September 21, 1988).

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"Graphic Memoir: The Legacy of Harvey Pekar" by JT Waldman, The Prosen People, The Jewish Book Council, July 3, 2012.

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Harvey Pekar Estate. "Harvey Pekar Library Statue: Comics as Art & Literature Desk," KickStarter. Funding period: Nov. 2, 2011 - Dec. 5, 2011.

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"The Reading Life: Harvey Pekar's Jewish question" by David L. Ulin, Jacket Copy, The LA Times, July 12, 2012.

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"Articles tagged 'Pekar' on Louis Proyect's blog, Unrepentant Marxist". Unrepentant Marxist. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

metajam.mobi

"Harvey Pekar" Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Metajam.mobi

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Ulaby, Neda (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar Dies; Authored 'American Splendor'". NPR.
Schaefer, Karen (January 31, 2009). Harvey Pekar Makes His Opera Debut. Weekend Edition Saturday. NPR.

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"Grimes, William (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator, Dies at 70". The New York Times.
Rosenthal, David. "THE COSMIS MEETS THE ORDINARY. POW!," New York Times (May 11, 1986).
Leland, John (April 10, 2009). "The Mad Ones". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
Grimes, William (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2010. A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County coroner's office said that no cause of death had yet been determined. Capt. Michael Cannon of the Cleveland Heights Police Department, which was summoned to Mr. Pekar's home by his wife, Joyce Brabner, told The Associated Press that Mr. Pekar had suffered from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.
Itzkoff, Dave (September 1, 2010). "The Unsettled Afterlife of Harvey Pekar". The New York Times.

overheardinnewyork.com

"The Voice of the City". Overheard in New York. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

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"Harvey Pekar Meets Anthony Bourdain". Potrzebie.blogspot.com. August 18, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

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"Our Cancer Year," Publishers Weekly (Sept. 1993). Accessed Jan. 10, 2019.

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"About Harvey Pekar". Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story official website. Retrieved July 29, 2019.

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"Sequart Research & Literacy Organization Columns – High-Low #15: Pekar, Piskor and a Preview of Macedonia". Sequart.com. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

smh.com.au

"A splendid take on the funny peculiar," Sydney Morning Herald (May 1, 2004).

smithmag.net

"The Pekar Project". Smithmag.net. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

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"Harvey Pekar Dies: Comic book writer was 'poet laureate of Cleveland'" by Marc Tracy, Tablet, July 12, 2010

telegraph.co.uk

"Harvey Pekar" (obituary), The Daily Telegraph, July 13, 2010

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"The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics". Thecartoonistmovie.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2010.

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Pulver, Andrew. "The albino, the mineshaft or the comic-book artist?", The Guardian (August 25, 2003).

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Bourdain, Anthony (July 13, 2010). "The Original (Goodbye Splendor)". Travel Channel.

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Doane, Alan David. "David Letterman Reflects on Harvey Pekar," Comic Book Galaxy: Trouble With Comics (Aug 16, 2017).

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Park, Ed (July 29, 2003). "Losing His Voice". Village Voice. John O'Brien, ... editor of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, home to many of Pekar's articles...

washingtonpost.com

"HARVEY PEKAR: Remembering the man — and legacy — one year later" by Michael Cavna, The Washington Post, 7/13/2011

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"Who is Harvey Pekar?" Archived July 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, WKSU.org
"Harvey Pekar" Archived March 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Metajam.mobi
Leland, John (April 10, 2009). "The Mad Ones". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
"SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE MIRROR: The Obsessive Cinema of Alan Zweig". Winnipeg Film Group. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
Kistler, Alan (July 13, 2010). "Harvey Pekar: A Timeline of a Comic Book Icon – ComicsAlliance | Comic book culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on May 14, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
"The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics". Thecartoonistmovie.com. Archived from the original on August 15, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
Grimes, William (July 12, 2010). "Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator, Dies at 70". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2010. A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County coroner's office said that no cause of death had yet been determined. Capt. Michael Cannon of the Cleveland Heights Police Department, which was summoned to Mr. Pekar's home by his wife, Joyce Brabner, told The Associated Press that Mr. Pekar had suffered from prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression.
Grzegorek, Vince (October 19, 2011). "Harvey Pekar Memorial Will Be at Library, Not Lake View Cemetery". Cleveland Scene. Archived from the original on November 16, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
Dueben, Alex (October 19, 2010). "NYCC: Remembering Harvey Pekar". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014. Archive version requires blocking-off text in order to make black-on-black text visible.
What I Bought (15 December 2010) Archived August 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, by Greg Burgas, at Comic Book Resources; published 17 December 2010; retrieved 25 June 2014
"1995 Harvey Award Winners". The Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
"Dirks, Lucey Chosen for Eisner Hall of Fame". comic-con.org. San Diego Comic-Con. 2012. Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved March 7, 2017.

winnipegfilmgroup.com

"SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE MIRROR: The Obsessive Cinema of Alan Zweig". Winnipeg Film Group. Archived from the original on February 7, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2011.

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"Who is Harvey Pekar?" Archived July 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, WKSU.org

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Irvine, Alex (2008). "American Splendor". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The Vertigo Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1. OCLC 213309015.
Pekar, Harvey (December 1986). "Maus and Other Topics". The Comics Journal (113). Fantagraphics Books: 54–57. ISSN 0194-7869.
Pekar, Harvey (April 1990). "Blood and Thunder". The Comics Journal. 302 (135). Fantagraphics Books: 27–34. Bibcode:1983Natur.302..784D. doi:10.1038/302784a0. ISSN 0194-7869.