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I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers

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I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in

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It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends

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American Splendor is just an ongoing journal. It's an ongoing autobiography. I started it when I was in my early 30s, and I just keep going.

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Harvey Pekar

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Born: October 8, 1939
Died: July 12, 2010 (aged 70)
Bio: Harvey Lawrence Pekar 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 well-received film adaptation of the same name.
Known for:
  1. The Quitter (2005)
  2. Cleveland
  3. The New American Splendor Anthology (1991)
  4. Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me
  5. Best of American splendor (2005)

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