American cartoonist Harvey Pekar passed away today. He was a brilliant, odd man. A file clerk from Cleveland, Mr. Pekar wrote the stories of his nerotic, everyday life into the comix America Splendor . These stories were illustrated by many of the greatest underground cartoonist known to man, including one R. Crumb. He also went onto television and argued with Letterman, Wrote reviews of all the jazz records he compulsively collected & had his life made into a movie. The wonderful American Splendor. This film stars Paul Giamatti, and a bunch of other people like the dude from 30 rock with the thick glasses and funny hats. This is a great film about a great man that we have in stock now. So come to ballard, buy a DVD then go out and buy some comics.
Jul 122010