Harvey Pekar

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born

October 08, 1939 in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

died

July 12, 2010

gender

male

website

http://www.harveypekar.com/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels

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Harvey Lawrence Pekar was an American underground comic book writer best known for his autobiographical American Splendor series.

In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name.

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Books by Harvey Pekar

Average rating: 3.79 · 6,226 ratings · 768 reviews · 42 distinct works

	American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar 4.03 avg rating — 1,707 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Best American Comics 2006 by Harvey Pekar (Editor), Anne Elizabeth Moore (Series Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 612 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	The Quitter by Harvey Pekar, Dean Haspiel (Illustrator) 3.51 avg rating — 575 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Beats: A Graphic History by Harvey Pekar, Nancy J. Peters, Penelope Rosemont 3.39 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, Frank Stack (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Best Of American Splendor 4.08 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The New American Splendor Anthology: From Off the Streets of Cleveland 4.19 avg rating — 230 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	American Splendor: Our Movie Year 3.55 avg rating — 229 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Ego and Hubris: The Michael Malice Story by Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation by Harvey Pekar, Paul Buhle (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating: