Harvey Pekar

Person · Open Library

Born

8 Oct 1939

Died

12 Jul 2010

Works

55

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Film & TV

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harvey Lawrence Pekar ( October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name. Pekar described American Splendor as "an autobiography written…

Known for

• Hero Tomorrow — Voice of the Squid2007
• I, Curmudgeon — Self2004
• All That You Love Will Be Carried Away — Hotel Clerk2004
• American Splendor — Real Harvey2003
• HypaSpace — Self2002
• Vinyl — Himself2000
• Comic Book Confidential — Self1989
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest1982
• Sometimes City — Self

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Group

Origin

Cleveland

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

266

Total plays

5,067

Harvey Pekar is a hardcore band from Cleveland, Ohio. They self-released an EP entitled "Thirty Ghosts" in December of 2011. The band is currently a member of Escapist Records and will be releasing their debut 12" LP, titled "Upward, Not Northward," in the Summer of 2013. http://www.escapist-records.com http://www.facebook.com/escapistrecords https://www.facebook.com/harveypekarohio <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harvey+Pekar">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Cleveland

Place of death

Cleveland Heights

Spouse

Joyce Brabner

Occupation

journalist

Educated at

Case Western Reserve University

Languages spoken

English language

Religion

atheism

Notable work

American Splendor

Field of work

comics

Military branch

United States Navy

Official website

www.harveypekar.com

Image

Pekar small.jpg

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