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style="line-height:1.4em;">Harvey Lawrence Pekar<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1939-10-08</span>)</span>October 8, 1939<br /><a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">July 12, 2010<span style="display:none">(2010-07-12)</span> (aged 70)<br /><a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Heights,_Ohio" title="Cleveland Heights, Ohio">Cleveland Heights, Ohio</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Comic book writer</li> <li>filing clerk</li> <li>music</li> <li>literary critic</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a> (dropped out)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Underground_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground comics">Underground comics</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alternative_comics" title="Alternative comics">Alternative comics</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Autobiography</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1959–2010</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Splendor" title="American Splendor">American Splendor</a></i><br /><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Cancer_Year" title="Our Cancer Year">Our Cancer Year</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot Award</a>, 1986</li><li><a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a>, 1987</li><li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Award">Harvey Award</a>, 1995</li><li><a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Eisner Award Hall of Fame">Eisner Award Hall of Fame</a>, 2011</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output 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data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="July 1977">1977</span>; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Feb. 1981">1981</span>)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brabner" title="Joyce Brabner">Joyce Brabner</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1984)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Harvey Lawrence Pekar</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɑːr/: 'ar' in 'far'">ɑːr</span></span>/</a></span></span>; October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an American <a href="/wiki/Underground_comics" class="mw-redirect" title="Underground comics">underground comic book</a> writer, music critic, and media personality, best known for his autobiographical <i><a href="/wiki/American_Splendor" title="American Splendor">American Splendor</a></i> comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a well-received <a href="/wiki/American_Splendor_(film)" title="American Splendor (film)">film adaptation</a> of the same name. </p><p>Frequently described as the "poet laureate of Cleveland",<sup id="cite_ref-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tabletmag.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tabletmag.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar "helped change the appreciation for, and perceptions of, the <a href="/wiki/Graphic_novel" title="Graphic novel">graphic novel</a>, the drawn memoir, the autobiographical comic narrative."<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar described his work as "autobiography written as it's happening. The theme is about staying alive, getting a job, finding a mate, having a place to live, finding a creative outlet. Life is a <a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">war of attrition</a>. You have to stay active on all fronts. It's one thing after another. I've tried to control a chaotic universe. And it's a losing battle. But I can't let go. I've tried, but I can't."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the awards given to Pekar for his work were the <a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot Award</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Award">Harvey Award</a>, and his posthumous induction into the <a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Eisner Award Hall of Fame">Eisner Award Hall of Fame</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Harvey Pekar and his younger brother Allen were born in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a>, Ohio, to a <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their parents were Saul and Dora Pekar, immigrants from <a href="/wiki/Bia%C5%82ystok" title="Białystok">Białystok</a>, Poland. Saul Pekar was a <a href="/wiki/Talmud" title="Talmud">Talmudic</a> scholar who owned a grocery store on Kinsman Avenue, with the family living above the store.<sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although Pekar said he wasn't close to his parents due to their dissimilar backgrounds and because they worked all the time, he still "marveled at how devoted they were to each other. They had so much love and admiration for one another."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar's first language as a child was <a href="/wiki/Yiddish" title="Yiddish">Yiddish</a> and he learned to read and appreciate novels in the language.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar said he did not have friends for the first few years of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The neighborhood he lived in had once been all white but <a href="/wiki/White_flight" title="White flight">became mostly black by the 1940s</a>. One of the few white children living there, Pekar was often beaten up. He later believed this instilled in him "a profound sense of inferiority."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This experience, however, also taught him to become a "respected street scrapper."<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar graduated from <a href="/wiki/Shaker_Heights_High_School" title="Shaker Heights High School">Shaker Heights High School</a> in 1957. He then briefly served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. After being discharged he attended <a href="/wiki/Case_Western_Reserve_University" title="Case Western Reserve University">Case Western Reserve University</a>, where he dropped out after a year.<sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked odd jobs before he was hired as file <a href="/wiki/Clerk_(position)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clerk (position)">clerk</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Administration_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans Administration Hospital">Veterans Administration Hospital</a> in 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held this job after becoming famous, refusing all promotions, until he retired in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar was married three times. He was married from 1960 to 1972 to his first wife, Karen Delaney.<sup id="cite_ref-Rhode_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to fellow cartoonist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Crumb" title="Robert Crumb">R. Crumb</a>, who knew the couple socially, "She left him.... She took all the money out of their bank account and ran off.... Never heard from her again."<sup id="cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrumbOnOthers-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His second wife was Helen Lark Hall, who appeared (as "Lark") in a number of early issues of <i>American Splendor</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrumbOnOthers-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They married in 1977. According to Crumb again (and as dramatized in the <a href="/wiki/American_Splendor_(film)" title="American Splendor (film)"><i>American Splendor</i> film</a>), "...she was trying to have a career in academia and Harvey would embarrass her. They'd go to these academic cocktail parties and Harvey would deliberately antagonize these professors. He thought the whole academia thing was bullshit. So he used to embarrass her and she'd become angry at him until finally she gave up on him."<sup id="cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrumbOnOthers-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They divorced in 1981. </p><p>Pekar's third wife, whom he married in 1984, was writer <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brabner" title="Joyce Brabner">Joyce Brabner</a><sup id="cite_ref-Rhode_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who became a regular character in <i>American Splendor</i> and to whom he remained married until his death. </p><p>In 1990, as described by <i><a href="/wiki/Publishers_Weekly" title="Publishers Weekly">Publishers Weekly</a></i>, "Pekar was diagnosed with <a href="/wiki/Lymphoma" title="Lymphoma">lymphoma</a> and needed <a href="/wiki/Chemotherapy" title="Chemotherapy">chemotherapy</a>. By the time the disease was discovered, the couple was in the midst of buying a house (a tremendous worry to Pekar, who fretted about both the money and corruptions of <a href="/wiki/Bourgeois" class="mw-redirect" title="Bourgeois">bourgeois</a> creature comforts)."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Pekar's recovery, he and Brabner collaborated on <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Cancer_Year" title="Our Cancer Year">Our Cancer Year</a></i> (released in 1994), a graphic novel account of that experience, as well as his harrowing yet successful treatment. </p><p>Around this same time, Brabner and Pekar became guardians of a young girl, Danielle Batone, when she was nine years old.<sup id="cite_ref-C_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Danielle became the couple's foster daughter and eventually became a recurring character in <i>American Splendor</i> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-SMH_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMH-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar lived in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Heights" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Heights">Cleveland Heights</a>, Ohio, with Brabner and Batone.<sup id="cite_ref-C_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_comics_work">Early comics work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early comics work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pekar's friendship with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Crumb" title="Robert Crumb">Robert Crumb</a> led to the creation of the self-published, autobiographical comic book series <i>American Splendor</i>. Crumb and Pekar became friends through their shared love of <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> records.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took Pekar a decade to do so: "I theorized for maybe ten years about doing comics."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar's influences from the literary world included <a href="/wiki/James_Joyce" title="James Joyce">James Joyce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Miller" title="Arthur Miller">Arthur Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Ade" title="George Ade">George Ade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Roth" title="Henry Roth">Henry Roth</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Fuchs" title="Daniel Fuchs">Daniel Fuchs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Around 1972, Pekar laid out some stories with crude stick figures and showed them to Crumb and another artist, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Armstrong_(cartoonist)" title="Robert Armstrong (cartoonist)">Robert Armstrong</a>. Impressed, they both offered to illustrate.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar & Crumb's one-pager "Crazy Ed" was published as the back cover of Crumb's <i><a href="/wiki/The_People%27s_Comics" title="The People's Comics">The People's Comics</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Publishing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Gate Publishing Company">Golden Gate Publishing Company</a>, 1972), becoming Pekar's first published work of comics. Including "Crazy Ed" and before the publication of <i>American Splendor</i> #1, Pekar wrote a number of other comic stories that were published in a variety of outlets: </p> <ul><li>"Crazy Ed", with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Crumb" title="Robert Crumb">Robert Crumb</a>, in <i>The People's Comics</i> (<a href="/wiki/Golden_Gate_Publishing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Gate Publishing Company">Golden Gate Publishing Company</a>, 1972)</li> <li>"A Mexican Tale," with <a href="/wiki/Greg_Budgett" title="Greg Budgett">Greg Budgett</a> and Munan, in <i>Flaming Baloney X</i> (Propaganda Ink, c. 1975)</li> <li>"It Pays to Advertise" with <a href="/wiki/Willy_Murphy" title="Willy Murphy">Willy Murphy</a>, in <i><a href="/wiki/Flamed-Out_Funnies" class="mw-redirect" title="Flamed-Out Funnies">Flamed-Out Funnies</a></i> #1 (<a href="/wiki/Keith_Green_(art_dealer)" title="Keith Green (art dealer)">Keith Green</a>, Aug. 1975)</li> <li>"Ain' It the Truth" with Willy Murphy, in <i>Flamed-Out Funnies</i> #1 (Keith Green, Aug. 1975)</li> <li>"The Boys on the Corner: A Good Shit Is Best" with Willy Murphy, in <i>Flamed-Out Funnies</i> #1 (Keith Green, Aug. 1975)</li> <li>"The Kinsman Cowboys: How'd Ya Get Inta This Bizness Ennyway?" with <a href="/wiki/Greg_Budgett" title="Greg Budgett">Greg Budgett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Gary_Dumm" title="Gary Dumm">Gary Dumm</a>, in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bizarre_Sex&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bizarre Sex (page does not exist)">Bizarre Sex</a></i> #4 (<a href="/wiki/Kitchen_Sink_Press" title="Kitchen Sink Press">Kitchen Sink Press</a>, Oct. 1975)</li> <li>"Famous Street Fights: The Champ" with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Armstrong_(cartoonist)" title="Robert Armstrong (cartoonist)">Robert Armstrong</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Comix_Book" title="Comix Book">Comix Book</a></i> #4 (Kitchen Sink Press, Feb. 1976)</li> <li>"Don't Rain on My Parade" with Robert Armstrong in <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snarf_(comics)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Snarf (comics) (page does not exist)">Snarf</a></i> #6 (Kitchen Sink Press, Feb. 1976)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Splendor"><i>American Splendor</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: American Splendor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_Splendor" title="American Splendor">American Splendor</a></div> <p>The first issue of Pekar's self-published <i>American Splendor</i> series appeared in May 1976, with stories illustrated by Crumb, Dumm, Budgett, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Bram" title="Brian Bram">Brian Bram</a>. Applying the "brutally frank autobiographical style of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Miller" title="Henry Miller">Henry Miller</a>,"<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>American Splendor</i> documented Pekar's daily life in the aging neighborhoods of his native Cleveland. </p><p>Pekar and his work came to greater prominence in 1986 when Doubleday collected much of the material from the first ten issues in <i>American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Carlson_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlson-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was positively reviewed by, among others, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1986 was also the year Pekar began appearing on <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Night with David Letterman">Late Night with David Letterman</a></i>.)<sup id="cite_ref-Carlson_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlson-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar self-published 15 issues of <i>American Splendor</i> from 1976 to 1991 (issue #16 was co-published with <a href="/wiki/Tundra_Publishing" title="Tundra Publishing">Tundra Publishing</a>). <a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse Comics</a> took on the publishing and distribution of Pekar's comics from 1993 to 2003. </p><p>In 2006, Pekar released a four-issue <i>American Splendor</i> miniseries through the DC Comics imprint <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo Comics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vert-ency_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vert-ency-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was collected in the <i>American Splendor: Another Day</i> paperback. In 2008 Vertigo released a second four-issue "season" of <i>American Splendor</i> that was later collected in the <i>American Splendor: Another Dollar</i> paperback. </p><p>Pekar's best-known and longest-running collaborators include Crumb,<sup id="cite_ref-Fantagraphics_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fantagraphics-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dumm, Budgett, <a href="/wiki/Spain_Rodriguez" title="Spain Rodriguez">Spain Rodriguez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Zabel" title="Joe Zabel">Joe Zabel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Shamray" title="Gerry Shamray">Gerry Shamray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stack" title="Frank Stack">Frank Stack</a>, Mark Zingarelli, and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sacco" title="Joe Sacco">Joe Sacco</a>. In the 2000s, he teamed regularly with artists <a href="/wiki/Dean_Haspiel" title="Dean Haspiel">Dean Haspiel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Neufeld" title="Josh Neufeld">Josh Neufeld</a>. Other cartoonists who worked with him include <a href="/wiki/Jim_Woodring" title="Jim Woodring">Jim Woodring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chester_Brown" title="Chester Brown">Chester Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alison_Bechdel" title="Alison Bechdel">Alison Bechdel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hernandez" title="Gilbert Hernandez">Gilbert Hernandez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Campbell" title="Eddie Campbell">Eddie Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Collier_(cartoonist)" title="David Collier (cartoonist)">David Collier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drew_Friedman_(cartoonist)" title="Drew Friedman (cartoonist)">Drew Friedman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ho_Che_Anderson" title="Ho Che Anderson">Ho Che Anderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rick_Geary" title="Rick Geary">Rick Geary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ed_Piskor" title="Ed Piskor">Ed Piskor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunt_Emerson" title="Hunt Emerson">Hunt Emerson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Fingerman" title="Bob Fingerman">Bob Fingerman</a>, and Alex Wald; as well as such non-traditional illustrators as Pekar's wife, <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brabner" title="Joyce Brabner">Joyce Brabner</a>, and comics writer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a>. </p><p>In addition to his autobiographical work on <i>American Splendor</i>, Pekar wrote a number of biographies. The first of these, <i>American Splendor: Unsung Hero</i> (Dark Horse Comics, 2003), illustrated by <a href="/wiki/David_Collier_(cartoonist)" title="David Collier (cartoonist)">David Collier</a>, documented the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> experience of Robert McNeill, one of Pekar's African-American coworkers at Cleveland's <a href="/wiki/Veteran%27s_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Veteran's Administration">VA</a> hospital.<sup id="cite_ref-Carlson_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carlson-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stories from the <i>American Splendor</i> comics have been collected in many books and anthologies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="American_Splendor_film"><i>American Splendor</i> film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: American Splendor film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_Splendor_(film)" title="American Splendor (film)">American Splendor (film)</a></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/American_Splendor_(film)" title="American Splendor (film)">film adaptation of <i>American Splendor</i></a> was released in 2003, directed by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pulcini" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Pulcini">Robert Pulcini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shari_Springer_Berman" class="mw-redirect" title="Shari Springer Berman">Shari Springer Berman</a>. It starred <a href="/wiki/Paul_Giamatti" title="Paul Giamatti">Paul Giamatti</a> as Pekar, as well as appearances by Pekar himself (and his wife Joyce, foster daughter Danielle, and co-worker <a href="/wiki/Toby_Radloff" title="Toby Radloff">Toby Radloff</a>). <i>American Splendor</i> won the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film at the <a href="/wiki/2003_Sundance_Film_Festival" title="2003 Sundance Film Festival">2003 Sundance Film Festival</a>, in addition to the award for Best Adapted Screenplay from the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2003_Cannes_Film_Festival" title="2003 Cannes Film Festival">2003 Cannes Film Festival</a>, the film received the <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Film_Critics" title="International Federation of Film Critics">FIPRESCI</a> critics award.<sup id="cite_ref-FIPRESCI_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FIPRESCI-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>American Splendor</i> was given the Guardian New Directors Award at the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_International_Film_Festival" title="Edinburgh International Film Festival">Edinburgh International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a> at the 2003 <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>. Pekar wrote about the effects of the film in <i>American Splendor: Our Movie Year</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_comics_work">Other comics work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other comics work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvey_Pekar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Harvey_Pekar.jpg/220px-Harvey_Pekar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Harvey_Pekar.jpg/330px-Harvey_Pekar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Harvey_Pekar.jpg/440px-Harvey_Pekar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1782" data-file-height="1295" /></a><figcaption>Harvey Pekar at WonderCon 2005, San Francisco</figcaption></figure> <p>On October 5, 2005, the <a href="/wiki/DC_Comics" title="DC Comics">DC Comics</a> imprint <a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Comics" title="Vertigo Comics">Vertigo</a> published Pekar's autobiographical hardcover <i>The Quitter</i>, with artwork by <a href="/wiki/Dean_Haspiel" title="Dean Haspiel">Dean Haspiel</a>. The book detailed Pekar's early years. </p><p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine</a>/<a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a> published his biography <i>Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story</i> about the life of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Malice" title="Michael Malice">Michael Malice</a>, founding editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Overheard_in_New_York" title="Overheard in New York">Overheard in New York</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2007, Pekar collaborated with student Heather Roberson and artist <a href="/wiki/Ed_Piskor" title="Ed Piskor">Ed Piskor</a> on the book <i><a href="/wiki/Macedonia_(comics)" title="Macedonia (comics)">Macedonia</a></i>, which centers on Roberson's studies in that <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">country</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2008 the biographical <i>Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History</i> was published by <a href="/wiki/Farrar,_Straus_and_Giroux#Current_imprints" title="Farrar, Straus and Giroux">Hill & Wang</a>. In March 2009, he published <i>The Beats: A Graphic History</i>, a history of the <a href="/wiki/Beat_Generation" title="Beat Generation">Beat Generation</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allen_Ginsberg" title="Allen Ginsberg">Allen Ginsberg</a>, illustrated by Ed Piskor.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2009 he published <i>Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation</i>. </p><p>In 2010, Pekar started the <a href="/wiki/Webcomic" title="Webcomic">webcomic</a> <i>The Pekar Project</i> with the online magazine <i><a href="/wiki/Smith_Magazine" title="Smith Magazine">Smith</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, Abrams Comicarts published <i>Yiddishkeit</i>, co-edited by Pekar with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Buhle" title="Paul Buhle">Paul Buhle</a> and Hershl Hartman. The book depicts aspects of Yiddish language and culture. Artists in this anthology include many of Pekar's previous collaborators. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_writing">Critical writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Critical writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pekar was an assiduous <a href="/wiki/Record_collecting" title="Record collecting">record collector</a> as well as a freelance book, comic, and jazz critic, writing mainly about significant figures from jazz's golden age but also championing out-of-mainstream artists such as <a href="/wiki/Scott_Fields" title="Scott Fields">Scott Fields</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fred_Frith" title="Fred Frith">Fred Frith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Maneri" title="Joe Maneri">Joe Maneri</a>. He published his first criticism in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jazz_Review" title="The Jazz Review">The Jazz Review</a></i> in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Rhode_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rhode-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar wrote hundreds of articles for <i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/JazzTimes" title="JazzTimes">JazzTimes</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Austin_Chronicle" title="The Austin Chronicle">The Austin Chronicle</a></i>;<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Liner_notes" title="Liner notes">liner notes</a> for <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a> and other labels.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar occasionally wrote criticism about the work of other comics creators. For instance, he famously saw <a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a>'s use of animals in <i><a href="/wiki/Maus" title="Maus">Maus</a></i> as potentially reinforcing stereotypes.<sup id="cite_ref-Pekar1986_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pekar1986-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar was also disdainful of Spiegelman's overwhelmingly negative portrayal of his father in <i>Maus</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-Pekar1986_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pekar1986-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> calling him disingenuous and hypocritical for such a portrayal in a book that presents itself as objective.<sup id="cite_ref-Pekar1986_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pekar1986-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar furthermore wrote that <i>Maus</i>' portrayal of Poles is unbalanced — that, while some Poles are seen as helping Jews, they are often shown doing so for self-serving reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-Pekar1990_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pekar1990-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1986 to 1990, Pekar had a regular column in the comics anthology <i><a href="/wiki/Weirdo_(comics)" title="Weirdo (comics)">Weirdo</a></i> called "Harvey Sez," in which he wrote about the contemporary comics scene. </p><p>He reviewed literary fiction in the <i><a href="/wiki/Review_of_Contemporary_Fiction" title="Review of Contemporary Fiction">Review of Contemporary Fiction</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar won awards for his essays broadcast on <a href="/wiki/Public_broadcasting" title="Public broadcasting">public radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-radio_awards_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio_awards-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theater,_music_and_media_appearances"><span id="Theater.2C_music_and_media_appearances"></span>Theater, music and media appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Theater, music and media appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pekar's comic book success led to a guest appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Night with David Letterman">Late Night with David Letterman</a></i> on October 15, 1986. Pekar was invited back repeatedly and made five more appearances in quick succession. These appearances became notable for the increasing hostility and verbal altercations between Pekar and <a href="/wiki/David_Letterman" title="David Letterman">Letterman</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fantagraphics_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fantagraphics-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> particularly on the subject of <a href="/wiki/General_Electric" title="General Electric">General Electric</a>'s ownership of NBC. The most heated of these was in the August 31, 1988, episode of <i>Late Night</i>, in which Pekar accused Letterman of appearing to be a <a href="/wiki/Shill" title="Shill">shill</a> for General Electric and Letterman promised never to invite Pekar back on the show.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the ban, more than four years later Pekar appeared on <i>Late Night</i> again — on April 20, 1993, and he made a final appearance on <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i> on May 16, 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Pekar's death, Letterman reflected in 2017 that... </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"He was great.... He would just go after stuff. He ... would go after me, he would go after the network, he would go after everything, in a very committed way. It wasn't a gag, it wasn't an act, he would really go to work on you.... [Pekar] was <a href="/wiki/Anti-establishment" title="Anti-establishment">anti-establishment</a> in a way that you don't see guys like that anymore. And that used to really upset me, because I just thought 'Come on Harvey, don't do this to us, just play the game, blah blah blah blah.'... I'm a completely different person now. And I would be so much more better equipped to view the immediate surroundings of that show now, than I was [then].... Now, jeez, I wish I could have had Harvey on every night."<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Pekar appeared in <a href="/wiki/Alan_Zweig" title="Alan Zweig">Alan Zweig</a>'s 2000 documentary film about record collecting, <i><a href="/wiki/Vinyl_(2000_film)" title="Vinyl (2000 film)">Vinyl</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-winnipeg_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winnipeg-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2007, Pekar was featured on the Cleveland episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain:_No_Reservations" title="Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations">Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations</a></i> with host <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain" title="Anthony Bourdain">Anthony Bourdain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While there had been earlier <i>American Splendor</i> theater adaptations,<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 2009, Pekar made his theatrical debut with <i>Leave Me Alone!</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> opera for which he wrote the <a href="/wiki/Libretto" title="Libretto">libretto</a>. <i>Leave Me Alone!</i> featured music by <a href="/wiki/Dan_Plonsey" title="Dan Plonsey">Dan Plonsey</a> and was co-produced by <a href="/wiki/Real_Time_Opera" title="Real Time Opera">Real Time Opera</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oberlin_College" title="Oberlin College">Oberlin College</a>, premiering at <a href="/wiki/Charles_Grandison_Finney" title="Charles Grandison Finney">Finney Chapel</a> on January 31, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Pekar was featured in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cartoonist" title="The Cartoonist">The Cartoonist</a>,</i> a documentary film on the life and work of <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Smith_(cartoonist)" title="Jeff Smith (cartoonist)">Jeff Smith</a>, creator of <i><a href="/wiki/Bone_(comics)" title="Bone (comics)">Bone</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_work_released_posthumously">Death and work released posthumously</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death and work released posthumously"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg/220px-Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg/330px-Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg/440px-Harvey_Pekar_grave_stone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Pekar's grave stone in <a href="/wiki/Lake_View_Cemetery" title="Lake View Cemetery">Lake View Cemetery</a>, Cleveland</figcaption></figure> <p>Shortly before 1 a.m. on July 12, 2010, Pekar's wife found Pekar dead in their Cleveland Heights, Ohio, home.<sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No immediate cause was determined.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October the <a href="/wiki/Cuyahoga_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuyahoga County">Cuyahoga County</a> coroner's office ruled it was an accidental overdose of <a href="/wiki/Antidepressant" title="Antidepressant">antidepressants</a> <a href="/wiki/Fluoxetine" title="Fluoxetine">fluoxetine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bupropion" title="Bupropion">bupropion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-overdose_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-overdose-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar had been diagnosed with cancer for the third time and was about to undergo treatment.<sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pekar was interred at <a href="/wiki/Lake_View_Cemetery" title="Lake View Cemetery">Lake View Cemetery</a> in Cleveland.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His headstone features one of his quotations as an epitaph: "Life is about women, gigs, an' bein' creative." </p><p>Some Pekar works were to be released posthumously,<sup id="cite_ref-Itzkoff_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Itzkoff-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including two collaborations with Joyce Brabner, <i>The Big Book of Marriage</i> and <i>Harvey and Joyce Plumb the Depths of Depression</i>, as well as a collection of the webcomics that ran as a part of <i>The Pekar Project</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2019, however, none of those projects have yet seen print. Working with illustrator <a href="/w/index.php?title=Summer_McClinton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Summer McClinton (page does not exist)">Summer McClinton</a>, Pekar, politically a leftist,<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also finished a book on American Marxist Louis Proyect tentatively called <i>The Unrepentant Marxist</i>, after Proyect's blog. In the works since 2008, the book was to be published by Random House. After a conflict between Proyect and Joyce Brabner, Brabner announced that she would hold the book back indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, the last story Pekar wrote, "Harvey Pekar Meets the Thing", in which Pekar has a conversation with <a href="/wiki/The_Thing_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Thing (comics)">Ben Grimm</a>, was published in the <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a> anthology <i><a href="/wiki/Strange_Tales" title="Strange Tales">Strange Tales II</a></i>; the story was illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Ty_Templeton" title="Ty Templeton">Ty Templeton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One of his final graphic memoirs was "Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me" (2013) in which he explains how he lost his faith in the Jewish state. It was illustrated by JT Waldman and the epilogue was penned by his widow, <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Brabner" title="Joyce Brabner">Joyce Brabner</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Frequently described as the "poet laureate of Cleveland,"<sup id="cite_ref-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tabletmag.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tabletmag.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pekar "helped change the appreciation for, and perceptions of, the graphic novel, the drawn memoir, the autobiographical comic narrative."<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Los Angeles Times columnist David Ulin, <i>American Splendor</i> "remains one of the most compelling and transformative series in the history of comics."<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, Pekar was the first author to publicly distribute "memoir comic books."<sup id="cite_ref-jewishbookcouncil.org_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jewishbookcouncil.org-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While it is common today for people to publicly write about their lives on blogs, social media platforms, and in graphic novels, "In the mid-seventies, Harvey Pekar was doing all this before it was ubiquitous and commercialized."<sup id="cite_ref-jewishbookcouncil.org_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jewishbookcouncil.org-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2012 a statue of Pekar was installed at the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Library, a place he visited almost daily.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 25, 2015, the city of Cleveland Heights, Ohio dedicated the corner of Northwest Coventry Road and Euclid Heights Boulevard to the life and legacy of Harvey Pekar. This area is now known as Harvey Pekar Park.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1986: <a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Inkpot Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1987: <a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a> for <i>American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar</i><sup id="cite_ref-plaindealer_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1995: <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvey Award">Harvey Award</a> Best Graphic Album of Original Work (for <i>Our Cancer Year</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2000: PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Incorporated) Commentary/Essay first prize for the essay, "What's in a Name"<sup id="cite_ref-radio_awards_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio_awards-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2001: RTNDA (<a href="/wiki/Radio-Television_News_Directors_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio-Television News Directors Association">Radio-Television News Directors Association</a>) Regional <a href="/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow_Award_(Radio_Television_Digital_News_Association)" title="Edward R. Murrow Award (Radio Television Digital News Association)">Edward R. Murrow Award</a> for Best Writing for the essay, "Father's Day"<sup id="cite_ref-radio_awards_38-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio_awards-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2011: <a href="/wiki/Eisner_Award_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Eisner Award Hall of Fame">Eisner Award Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Harvey_Pekar_(1985).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg/220px-Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg/330px-Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg/440px-Harvey_Pekar_%281985%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2502" /></a><figcaption>Pekar and Joyce Brabner at Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York (1985)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comics_format">Comics format</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Comics format"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar</i> (<a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a>, 1986)</li> <li><i>More American Splendor</i> (Doubleday, 1987) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-385-24073-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-385-24073-2">0-385-24073-2</a></li> <li><i>The New American Splendor Anthology</i> (<a href="/wiki/Four_Walls_Eight_Windows" title="Four Walls Eight Windows">Four Walls Eight Windows</a>, 1991) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-941423-64-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-941423-64-6">0-941423-64-6</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Cancer_Year" title="Our Cancer Year">Our Cancer Year</a></i>, with Joyce Brabner and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Stack" title="Frank Stack">Frank Stack</a> (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56858-011-8" title="Special:BookSources/1-56858-011-8">1-56858-011-8</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics</i>, with <a href="/wiki/R._Crumb" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Crumb">R. Crumb</a> (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56858-101-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-56858-101-7">1-56858-101-7</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor: Unsung Hero</i>, with <a href="/wiki/David_Collier_(cartoonist)" title="David Collier (cartoonist)">David Collier</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Comics" title="Dark Horse Comics">Dark Horse Comics</a>, 2003) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59307-040-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-59307-040-3">1-59307-040-3</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor: Our Movie Year</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a>, 2004) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-47937-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-47937-8">0-345-47937-8</a></li> <li><i>Best of American Splendor</i> (Ballantine Books, 2005) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-47938-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-47938-6">0-345-47938-6</a> Selections from his later, Dark Horse period.</li> <li><i>The Quitter</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Dean_Haspiel" title="Dean Haspiel">Dean Haspiel</a> (<a href="/wiki/DC/Vertigo" class="mw-redirect" title="DC/Vertigo">DC/Vertigo</a>, 2005) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4012-0399-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-4012-0399-X">1-4012-0399-X</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor: Ego & Hubris - The Michael Malice Story</i>, with <a href="/wiki/Gary_Dumm" title="Gary Dumm">Gary Dumm</a> (Ballantine Books, 2006) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-47939-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-47939-4">0-345-47939-4</a></li> <li><i>Macedonia</i>, with Heather Roberson and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Piskor" title="Ed Piskor">Ed Piskor</a> (Ballantine Books, 2006) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-49899-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-49899-2">0-345-49899-2</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor: Another Day</i> (DC/Vertigo, 2007) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-1235-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-1235-3">978-1-4012-1235-3</a></li> <li><i>Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History</i>, edited by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Buhle" title="Paul Buhle">Paul Buhle</a>, with art (mostly) by Gary Dumm (<a href="/wiki/Hill_%26_Wang" title="Hill & Wang">Hill & Wang</a>, 2008) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8090-9539-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8090-9539-1">978-0-8090-9539-1</a></li> <li><i>American Splendor: Another Dollar</i> (DC/Vertigo, 2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-2173-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4012-2173-7">978-1-4012-2173-7</a></li> <li><i>The Beats: A Graphic History</i>, mostly by Pekar with contributions by other writers (including Joyce Brabner). Art mostly by Ed Piskor, with additional art by <a href="/wiki/Jay_Kinney" title="Jay Kinney">Jay Kinney</a>, Nick Thorkelson, Summer McClinton, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Kuper" title="Peter Kuper">Peter Kuper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mary_Fleener" title="Mary Fleener">Mary Fleener</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gary_Dumm" title="Gary Dumm">Gary Dumm</a>, Lance Tooks, <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Lewis" title="Jeffrey Lewis">Jeffrey Lewis</a>, and others. Edited by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Buhle" title="Paul Buhle">Paul Buhle</a> (Hill & Wang, 2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-285-63858-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-285-63858-7">978-0-285-63858-7</a></li> <li><i>Studs Terkel's <a href="/wiki/Working_(Terkel_book)" title="Working (Terkel book)">Working</a>: A Graphic Adaptation</i>, edited by <a href="/wiki/Paul_Buhle" title="Paul Buhle">Paul Buhle</a> . With art by <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Rudahl" title="Sharon Rudahl">Sharon Rudahl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Terry_LaBan" title="Terry LaBan">Terry LaBan</a>, Gary Dumm, Peter Gullerud, Pablo G. Callejo, et al. (<a href="/wiki/The_New_Press" title="The New Press">The New Press</a>, 2009) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-59558-321-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-59558-321-5">978-1-59558-321-5</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Published_posthumously">Published posthumously</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Published posthumously"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land</i>, co-edited with Paul Buhle. With art by Barry Deutsch, Peter Kuper, <a href="/wiki/Spain_Rodriguez" title="Spain Rodriguez">Spain Rodriguez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sharon_Rudahl" title="Sharon Rudahl">Sharon Rudahl</a>, et al. (<a href="/wiki/Harry_N._Abrams" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry N. Abrams">Harry N. Abrams</a>, 2011) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8109-9749-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8109-9749-3">978-0-8109-9749-3</a></li> <li><i>Huntington, West Virginia: "On the Fly"</i>, illustrated by Summer McClinton (<a href="/wiki/Villard_(imprint)" title="Villard (imprint)">Villard</a>, 2011) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-345-49941-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-345-49941-7">978-0-345-49941-7</a></li> <li><i>Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me</i>, illustrated by JT Waldman. Epilogue by Joyce Brabner. (Hill & Wang, 2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8090-9482-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8090-9482-0">978-0-8090-9482-0</a></li> <li><i>Harvey Pekar's Cleveland</i>, illustrated by Joseph Remnant. Introduction by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a>. Edited by Jeff Newelt (<a href="/wiki/Z2_Comics" title="Z2 Comics">Zip Comics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Top_Shelf_Productions" title="Top Shelf Productions">Top Shelf Productions</a>, 2012) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60309-091-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60309-091-9">978-1-60309-091-9</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prose">Prose</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Prose"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Circus Parade</i> by Jim Tully. Foreword by Harvey Pekar. Introduction by Paul J. Bauer and Mark Dawidziak. (Kent State Univ. Press, 2009) 978-1-60635-001-0</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JGYQ-WZC">Familysearch.org</a> Accessed 19 Mar 2013, Harvey L Pekar, 12 July 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Original_Goodbye_Splendor_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBourdain,_Anthony2010" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain" title="Anthony Bourdain">Bourdain, Anthony</a> (July 13, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.travelchannel.com/anthony-bourdain/read/the-original-goodbye-splendor/">"The Original (Goodbye Splendor)"</a>. Travel Channel.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Original+%28Goodbye+Splendor%29&rft.pub=Travel+Channel&rft.date=2010-07-13&rft.au=Bourdain%2C+Anthony&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.travelchannel.com%2Fanthony-bourdain%2Fread%2Fthe-original-goodbye-splendor%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tabletmag.com-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tabletmag.com_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tabletmag.com_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/39242/harvey-pekar-dies">Harvey Pekar Dies: Comic book writer was 'poet laureate of Cleveland'</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Marc_Tracy" title="Marc Tracy">Marc Tracy</a>, Tablet, July 12, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-washingtonpost.com-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/harvey-pekar-remembering-the-man--and-legacy--one-year-later/2011/07/13/gIQAbqodCI_blog.html">HARVEY PEKAR: Remembering the man — and legacy — one year later</a>" by Michael Cavna, The Washington Post, 7/13/2011</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7888494/Harvey-Pekar.html">"Harvey Pekar"</a> (obituary), <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i>, July 13, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Schumer, Arlen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://13thdimension.com/the-13-most-influential-jewish-creators-and-execs-part-4/">"The 13 Most Influential Jewish Creators and Execs, PART 4,"</a> <i>13th Dimensio</i>n (Sep 22, 2015).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-plaindealer-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-plaindealer_7-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConnors2010" class="citation news cs1">Connors, Joanna (July 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html">"Cleveland Comic-Book Legend Harvey Pekar Dead at Age 70"</a>. <i>The Plain Dealer</i>. Cleveland, Ohio. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20100804232837/http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html">Archived</a> from the original on August 4, 2010. <q>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.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Plain+Dealer&rft.atitle=Cleveland+Comic-Book+Legend+Harvey+Pekar+Dead+at+Age+70&rft.date=2010-07-12&rft.aulast=Connors&rft.aufirst=Joanna&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.cleveland.com%2Fmetro%2F2010%2F07%2Fcleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPekarRemnant2012" class="citation book cs1">Pekar, Harvey; Remnant, Joseph (illustrations) (2012). <i>Cleveland</i>. Zip Comics and Top Shelf Productions. p. 53.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cleveland&rft.pages=53&rft.pub=Zip+Comics+and+Top+Shelf+Productions&rft.date=2012&rft.aulast=Pekar&rft.aufirst=Harvey&rft.au=Remnant%2C+Joseph+%28illustrations%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heebmagazine.com/harvey-pekars-yiddishkeit-exclusive-art-and-comix/34706">"Exclusive: A Smorgasbord of Art and Comics Celebrating Harvey Pekar's Yiddishkeit | Heeb"</a>. Heebmagazine.com. April 2, 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 24,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Exclusive%3A+A+Smorgasbord+of+Art+and+Comics+Celebrating+Harvey+Pekar%27s+Yiddishkeit+%26%23124%3B+Heeb&rft.pub=Heebmagazine.com&rft.date=2012-04-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fheebmagazine.com%2Fharvey-pekars-yiddishkeit-exclusive-art-and-comix%2F34706&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Cleveland</i> by Harvey Pekar, illustrated by Joseph Remnant, Zip Comics and Top Shelf Productions, 2012, page 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytimes.com-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nytimes.com_11-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrimes2010" class="citation news cs1">Grimes, William (July 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/arts/design/13pekar.html">"Harvey Pekar, 'American Splendor' Creator, Dies at 70"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Harvey+Pekar%2C+%27American+Splendor%27+Creator%2C+Dies+at+70&rft.date=2010-07-12&rft.aulast=Grimes&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2010%2F07%2F13%2Farts%2Fdesign%2F13pekar.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mfecAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Harvey+Pekar%22+VA+hospital+1964&pg=PA149">Pekar entry</a>, <i>Britannica Book of the Year 2011</i> (Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2011), p. 149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rhode-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Rhode_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rhode_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Rhode_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Rhode, Michael G., editor. <i>Harvey Pekar: Conversations</i> (Conversations with Comic Artists Series) (University Press of Mississippi, 2008), pp. xiii-xiv.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CrumbOnOthers-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CrumbOnOthers_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Crumb, Robert; interviewed by Alexander Wood. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.crumbproducts.com/Crumb-On-Others-Part-7_ep_63.html">"Crumb on Others,"</a> The Official Crumb Site (Dec. 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-56858-011-1">"Our Cancer Year,"</a> <i>Publishers Weekly</i> (Sept. 1993). Accessed Jan. 10, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-C-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-C_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-C_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConnors,_Joanna2010" class="citation web cs1">Connors, Joanna (July 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html">"Harvey Pekar, Cleveland comic-book legend, dies at age 70"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer" title="The Plain Dealer">The Plain Dealer</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Plain+Dealer&rft.atitle=Harvey+Pekar%2C+Cleveland+comic-book+legend%2C+dies+at+age+70&rft.date=2010-07-12&rft.au=Connors%2C+Joanna&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.cleveland.com%2Fmetro%2F2010%2F07%2Fcleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SMH-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SMH_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/a-splendid-take-on-the-funny-peculiar-20040501-gdiu7h.html">"A splendid take on the funny peculiar,"</a> <i>Sydney Morning Herald</i> (May 1, 2004).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUlaby2010" class="citation web cs1"><a href="/wiki/Neda_Ulaby" title="Neda Ulaby">Ulaby, Neda</a> (July 12, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128465797">"Harvey Pekar Dies; Authored 'American Splendor'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>NPR</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=NPR&rft.atitle=Harvey+Pekar+Dies%3B+Authored+%27American+Splendor%27&rft.date=2010-07-12&rft.aulast=Ulaby&rft.aufirst=Neda&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Ftemplates%2Fstory%2Fstory.php%3FstoryId%3D128465797&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wksu.org/features/harveypekar/">"Who is Harvey Pekar?"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060711121347/http://www.wksu.org/features/harveypekar/">Archived</a> July 11, 2006, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, WKSU.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://metajam.mobi/cinema-actor/-/-/Harvey+Pekar/e+harvey_pekar">"Harvey Pekar"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120301200612/http://metajam.mobi/cinema-actor/-/-/Harvey+Pekar/e+harvey_pekar">Archived</a> March 1, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Metajam.mobi</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://charlierose.com/videos/13375"><i>American Splendor</i>: Harvey Pekar, Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, and Robert Pulcini</a>, <i>Charlie Rose</i> (August 19, 2003).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rhode. <i>Harvey Pekar: Conversations</i>, p. 19.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Carlson-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Carlson_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carlson_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Carlson_23-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Carlson, Michael. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harvey-pekar-writer-who-celebrated-minutiae-everyday-life-his-american-splendor-series-2029632.html">"Harvey Pekar: Writer who celebrated the minutiae of everyday life in his 'American Splendor' series,"</a> <i>The Independent</i> (23 October 2011).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Rosenthal, David. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/11/books/the-cosmis-meets-the-ordinary-pow.html">"THE COSMIS MEETS THE ORDINARY. 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Ulin, Jacket Copy, The LA Times, July 12, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jewishbookcouncil.org-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jewishbookcouncil.org_56-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jewishbookcouncil.org_56-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/_blog/The_ProsenPeople/post/Graphic_Memoir_The_Legacy_of_Harvey_Pekar/">Graphic Memoir: The Legacy of Harvey Pekar</a>" by JT Waldman, The Prosen People, The Jewish Book Council, July 3, 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Harvey Pekar Estate. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1844705603/harvey-pekar-library-statue-comics-as-art-and-lite">"Harvey Pekar Library Statue: Comics as Art & Literature Desk,"</a> KickStarter. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 7,</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=comic-con.org&rft.atitle=Dirks%2C+Lucey+Chosen+for+Eisner+Hall+of+Fame&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comic-con.org%2Fcci%2Fcci_eisners_12halloffame.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaskind2020" class="citation book cs1">Baskind, Samantha (2020). "Everyman vs. Superman: Harvey Pekar, Comics, and Cleveland". In Martin, Sean; Grabowski, John (eds.). <i>Cleveland Jews and the Making of a Midwestern Community</i>. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">80–</span>101.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Everyman+vs.+Superman%3A+Harvey+Pekar%2C+Comics%2C+and+Cleveland&rft.btitle=Cleveland+Jews+and+the+Making+of+a+Midwestern+Community&rft.place=New+Brunswick%2C+NJ&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E80-%3C%2Fspan%3E101&rft.pub=Rutgers+University+Press&rft.date=2020&rft.aulast=Baskind&rft.aufirst=Samantha&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFiene1985" class="citation magazine cs1">Fiene, Donald M. (April 1985). "From Off the Streets of Cleveland: The Life and Work of Harvey Pekar". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comics_Journal" title="The Comics Journal">The Comics Journal</a></i>. No. 97. pp. <span class="nowrap">65–</span>70.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=From+Off+the+Streets+of+Cleveland%3A+The+Life+and+Work+of+Harvey+Pekar&rft.issue=97&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E65-%3C%2Fspan%3E70&rft.date=1985-04&rft.aulast=Fiene&rft.aufirst=Donald+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHunt1989" class="citation magazine cs1">Hunt, Leon (January 1989). "Pekar and Realism". <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 126.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Pekar+and+Realism&rft.issue=126&rft.date=1989-01&rft.aulast=Hunt&rft.aufirst=Leon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p>Notable exchange in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Comics_Journal" title="The Comics Journal">The Comics Journal</a></i> between Pekar and critic R. Fiore on such topics as <a href="/wiki/Literary_realism" title="Literary realism">literary realism</a>, Pekar's comics, <a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Maus" title="Maus">Maus</a></i>, the <a href="/wiki/Hernandez_brothers" title="Hernandez brothers">Hernandez brothers</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Underground_comix" title="Underground comix">underground comix</a> era: </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPekar1989" class="citation magazine cs1">Pekar, Harvey (July 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcj.com/blood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore/">"Comics and Genre Literature"</a>. <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 130.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Comics+and+Genre+Literature&rft.issue=130&rft.date=1989-07&rft.aulast=Pekar&rft.aufirst=Harvey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fblood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFiore1989" class="citation magazine cs1">Fiore, R. (November 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcj.com/blood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore/2/">"Funnybook Roulette"</a>. Blood and Thunder. <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 132.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Funnybook+Roulette&rft.issue=132&rft.date=1989-11&rft.aulast=Fiore&rft.aufirst=R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fblood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore%2F2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPekar1989" class="citation magazine cs1">Pekar, Harvey (December 1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcj.com/blood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore/3/">"Blood and Thunder"</a>. <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 133.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Blood+and+Thunder&rft.issue=133&rft.date=1989-12&rft.aulast=Pekar&rft.aufirst=Harvey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fblood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore%2F3%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFiore1990" class="citation magazine cs1">Fiore, R. (February 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcj.com/blood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore/4/">"Blood and Thunder"</a>. <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 134.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Blood+and+Thunder&rft.issue=134&rft.date=1990-02&rft.aulast=Fiore&rft.aufirst=R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fblood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore%2F4%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPekar1990" class="citation magazine cs1">Pekar, Harvey (April 1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tcj.com/blood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore/5/">"Blood and Thunder"</a>. <i>The Comics Journal</i>. No. 135.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Comics+Journal&rft.atitle=Blood+and+Thunder&rft.issue=135&rft.date=1990-04&rft.aulast=Pekar&rft.aufirst=Harvey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tcj.com%2Fblood-and-thunder-harvey-pekar-and-r-fiore%2F5%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHarvey+Pekar" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harvey_Pekar&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670688/">Harvey Pekar</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li>Interview on <a href="/wiki/The_Sound_of_Young_America" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sound of Young America">The Sound of Young America</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/media/tsoya/tsoya102905.mp3">MP3 Link</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070226211931/http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/109/">Article</a> by <a href="/wiki/James_Hynes" title="James Hynes">James Hynes</a> about Pekar's last appearance on <i>Late Night with David Letterman</i></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholarsandrogues.com/2010/10/08/i-dont-know-man-a-tribute-to-harvey-pekar/">"I Don't Know, Man — A Tribute to Harvey Pekar"</a> at Scholars and Rogues, October 8, 2010</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxziypBaAsU">Speaking Freely: Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner</a>, Show #428, 26.46 min video YouTube, interview with Ken Paulson, Freedom Forum, www.newseuminstitute.org, Originally aired on November 14, 2003.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5005754">November 10, 2005 Interview</a> on <a href="/wiki/Fresh_Air_with_Terry_Gross" class="mw-redirect" title="Fresh Air with Terry Gross">Fresh Air with Terry Gross</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://beta.prx.org/stories/20883"><i>Boppin' With Pekar</i></a>, a one-hour public radio program on jazz history with Harvey Pekar, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Zolten" title="Jerry Zolten">Jerry Zolten</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phoebe_Gloeckner" title="Phoebe Gloeckner">Phoebe Gloeckner</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syKQ3X2xWcg"><span class="plainlinks">Toby Radloff's Farewell to Harvey Pekar</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></li> <li><a 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Geary">Rick Geary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Glut" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Glut">Don Glut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._Gross" class="mw-redirect" title="S. Gross">S. Gross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Hartley" title="Al Hartley">Al Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Kliban" title="B. Kliban">B. Kliban</a></li> <li>Jerry Muller</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Orlando" title="Joe Orlando">Joe Orlando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Patten" title="Fred Patten">Fred Patten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Phelps" title="Don Phelps">Don Phelps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_and_Richard_Pini" title="Wendy and Richard Pini">Richard Pini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_and_Richard_Pini" title="Wendy and Richard Pini">Wendy Pini</a></li> <li>David Raskin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Shaw_(artist)" title="Scott Shaw (artist)">Scott Shaw!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Shooter" title="Jim Shooter">Jim Shooter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stanley_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Stanley (comics)">John Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._K._Taylor" title="B. K. Taylor">B. K. Taylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka" title="Osamu Tezuka">Osamu Tezuka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_West" title="Adam West">Adam West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Wood" title="Wally Wood">Wally Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Bails" title="Jerry Bails">Jerry Bails</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._B._Cole" title="L. B. Cole">L. B. Cole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Fitzpatrick_(artist)" title="Jim Fitzpatrick (artist)">Jim Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dick_Giordano" title="Dick Giordano">Dick Giordano</a></li> <li>Dave Graue</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gulacy" title="Paul Gulacy">Paul Gulacy</a></li> <li>Mary Henderson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Hubenthal" title="Karl Hubenthal">Karl Hubenthal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil_Keane" title="Bil Keane">Bil Keane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Miller" title="Frank Miller">Frank Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Moench" title="Doug Moench">Doug Moench</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkey_Punch" title="Monkey Punch">Monkey Punch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_O%27Neil" title="Dennis O'Neil">Dennis O'Neil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Owens" title="Gary Owens">Gary Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rockwell" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Rockwell">Richard Rockwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Saunders" title="Allen Saunders">Allen Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Schwartz" title="Julius Schwartz">Julius Schwartz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sekowsky" title="Mike Sekowsky">Mike Sekowsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Sienkiewicz" title="Bill Sienkiewicz">Bill Sienkiewicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Sim" title="Dave Sim">Dave Sim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Toth" title="Alex Toth">Alex Toth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morrie_Turner" title="Morrie Turner">Morrie Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Woggon" title="Bill Woggon">Bill Woggon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Bindig" title="Bob Bindig">Bob Bindig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Bolland" title="Brian Bolland">Brian Bolland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russ_Cochran_(publisher)" title="Russ Cochran (publisher)">Russ Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Cockrum" class="mw-redirect" title="David Cockrum">David Cockrum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Allan_Collins" title="Max Allan Collins">Max Allan Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chase_Craig" title="Chase Craig">Chase Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Goodwin_(comics)" title="Archie Goodwin (comics)">Archie Goodwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Grell" title="Mike Grell">Mike Grell</a></li> <li>Bruce Hamilton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Katz_(artist)" title="Jack Katz (artist)">Jack Katz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Kazanjian" title="Howard Kazanjian">Howard Kazanjian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hank_Ketcham" title="Hank Ketcham">Hank Ketcham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Koenig" title="Walter Koenig">Walter Koenig</a></li> <li>Richard Kyle</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Marrs" title="Lee Marrs">Lee Marrs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Marshall_(filmmaker)" title="Frank Marshall (filmmaker)">Frank Marshall</a></li> <li>John Pound</li> <li>Tony Raiola</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" title="Steven Spielberg">Steven Spielberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Starr" title="Leonard Starr">Leonard Starr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Williams_(artist)" title="Robert Williams (artist)">Robert Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a></li> <li>Maeheah Alzmann</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Aparo" title="Jim Aparo">Jim Aparo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bluth" title="Don Bluth">Don Bluth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_Gottfredson" title="Floyd Gottfredson">Floyd Gottfredson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Maurer" title="Norman Maurer">Norman Maurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P%C3%A9rez" title="George Pérez">George Pérez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arn_Saba" class="mw-redirect" title="Arn Saba">Arn Saba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Spiegle" title="Dan Spiegle">Dan Spiegle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Staton" title="Joe Staton">Joe Staton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Van_Hise" title="James Van Hise">James Van Hise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cat_Yronwode" class="mw-redirect" title="Cat Yronwode">Cat Yronwode</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Anderson" title="Murphy Anderson">Murphy Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rom%C3%A1n_Ar%C3%A1mbula" title="Román Arámbula">Román Arámbula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Bear" title="Greg Bear">Greg Bear</a></li> <li>Fae Gates Desmond</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Drake" title="Stan Drake">Stan Drake</a></li> <li>John 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(comics)">Brent Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Bova" title="Ben Bova">Ben Bova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brin" title="David Brin">David Brin</a></li> <li>Jack Cummings</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(cartoonist)" title="Jack Davis (cartoonist)">Jack Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Moore" title="Alan Moore">Alan Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_O%27Bannon" title="Dan O'Bannon">Dan O'Bannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Orzechowski" title="Tom Orzechowski">Tom Orzechowski</a></li> <li>John Rogers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Schomburg" title="Alex Schomburg">Alex Schomburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Simonson" title="Walt Simonson">Walt Simonson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poul_Anderson" title="Poul Anderson">Poul Anderson</a></li> <li><a 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title="Ray Zone">Ray Zone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Frank Alison</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Asprin" title="Robert Asprin">Robert Asprin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Baron" title="Mike Baron">Mike Baron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynda_Barry" title="Lynda Barry">Lynda Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bolton_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Bolton (comics)">John Bolton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Feiffer" title="Jules Feiffer">Jules Feiffer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_E._Feist" title="Raymond E. Feist">Raymond E. Feist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Groening" title="Matt Groening">Matt Groening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Groth" title="Gary Groth">Gary Groth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._R._Martin" title="George R. R. Martin">George R. R. Martin</a></li> <li>Mike Pasqua</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Rude" title="Steve Rude">Steve Rude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie_Severin" title="Marie Severin">Marie Severin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Wagner" title="Matt Wagner">Matt Wagner</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Alf" title="Richard Alf">Richard Alf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Crumb" title="Robert Crumb">Robert Crumb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Cruse" title="Howard Cruse">Howard Cruse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Eastman" title="Kevin Eastman">Kevin Eastman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Falk" title="Lee Falk">Lee Falk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Goulart" title="Ron Goulart">Ron Goulart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walt_Kelly" title="Walt Kelly">Walt Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Laird" title="Peter Laird">Peter Laird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Mead" title="Syd Mead">Syd Mead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andre_Norton" title="Andre Norton">Andre Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Robinson" title="Jerry Robinson">Jerry Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diana_Schutz" title="Diana Schutz">Diana Schutz</a></li> <li>Janet Tait</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Turner_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ron Turner (artist)">Ron Turner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gahan_Wilson" title="Gahan Wilson">Gahan Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inkpot_Award" title="Inkpot Award">Complete list</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1970s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1970s">1970s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1980s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1980s">1980s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_1990s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 1990s">1990s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_2000s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 2000s">2000s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Inkpot_Award_2010s" title="Template:Inkpot Award 2010s">2010s</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="American_Book_Awards_winners_(1980–1999)126" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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Woolf">Douglas Woolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Dorn" title="Ed Dorn">Edward Dorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayne_Cortez" title="Jayne Cortez">Jayne Cortez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Marmon_Silko" title="Leslie Marmon Silko">Leslie Marmon Silko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei-mei_Berssenbrugge" title="Mei-mei Berssenbrugge">Mei-mei Berssenbrugge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Murayama" title="Milton Murayama">Milton Murayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quincy_Troupe" title="Quincy Troupe">Quincy Troupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolfo_Anaya" title="Rudolfo Anaya">Rudolfo Anaya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1981</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alta_(poet)" title="Alta (poet)">Alta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Chong_Lau" title="Alan Chong Lau">Alan Chong Lau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bienvenido_N._Santos" class="mw-redirect" title="Bienvenido N. Santos">Bienvenido N. Santos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Adam" title="Helen Adam">Helen Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lionel_Mitchell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lionel Mitchell (page does not exist)">Lionel Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Algar%C3%ADn" title="Miguel Algarín">Miguel Algarín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasa_Mohr" title="Nicholasa Mohr">Nicholasa Mohr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Blue_Cloud" title="Peter Blue Cloud">Peter Blue Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kelly_(poet)" title="Robert Kelly (poet)">Robert Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose_Drachler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rose Drachler (page does not exist)">Rose Drachler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Howe" title="Susan Howe">Susan Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Cade_Bambara" title="Toni Cade Bambara">Toni Cade Bambara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Young" title="Al Young">Al Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duane_Niatum" title="Duane Niatum">Duane Niatum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Mayo" title="E. L. Mayo">E. L. Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chin" title="Frank Chin">Frank Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Obenzinger" title="Hilton Obenzinger">Hilton Obenzinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Him_Mark_Lai" title="Him Mark Lai">Him Mark Lai</a> / <a href="/wiki/Genny_Lim" title="Genny Lim">Genny Lim</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Yung" title="Judy Yung">Judy Yung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Rothenberg" title="Jerome Rothenberg">Jerome Rothenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Thomas" title="Joyce Carol Thomas">Joyce Carol Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Quintana" title="Leroy Quintana">Leroy Quintana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorna_Dee_Cervantes" title="Lorna Dee Cervantes">Lorna Dee Cervantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Phillip_Tanaka" title="Ronald Phillip Tanaka">Ronald Phillip Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Banks" title="Russell Banks">Russell Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tato_Laviera" title="Tato Laviera">Tato Laviera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Christian" title="Barbara Christian">Barbara Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecilia_Liang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecilia Liang (page does not exist)">Cecilia Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelina_Vigil-Pi%C3%B1%C3%B3n" title="Evangelina Vigil-Piñón">Evangelina Vigil-Piñón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Rohmer" title="Harriet Rohmer">Harriet Rohmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Houston" title="James D. Houston">James D. Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tarahata_Hagedorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn">Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Williams" title="John A. Williams">John A. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Kogawa" title="Joy Kogawa">Joy Kogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Grahn" title="Judy Grahn">Judy Grahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_Candelaria" title="Nash Candelaria">Nash Candelaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Guralnick" title="Peter Guralnick">Peter Guralnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Tuama" title="Seán Ó Tuama">Seán Ó Tuama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Brown_(writer)" title="Cecil Brown (writer)">Cecil Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Snyder" title="Gary Snyder">Gary Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Schwartz_(writer_and_editor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Schwartz (writer and editor)">Howard Schwartz</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Mark_Podwal" title="Mark Podwal">Mark Podwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imamu_Amiri_Baraka" class="mw-redirect" title="Imamu Amiri Baraka">Imamu Amiri Baraka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Col%C3%B3n" title="Jesús Colón">Jesús Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bruchac" title="Joseph Bruchac">Joseph Bruchac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Kenny" title="Maurice Kenny">Maurice Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei-mei_Berssenbrugge" title="Mei-mei Berssenbrugge">Mei-mei Berssenbrugge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min%C3%A9_Okubo" title="Miné Okubo">Miné Okubo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paule_Marshall" title="Paule Marshall">Paule Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthanne_Lum_McCunn" title="Ruthanne Lum McCunn">Ruthanne Lum McCunn</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=You-shan_Tang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="You-shan Tang (page does not exist)">You-shan Tang</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_Lai-shan_Yeung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellen Lai-shan Yeung (page does not exist)">Ellen Lai-shan Yeung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_McGrath_(poet)" title="Thomas McGrath (poet)">Thomas McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatesh_Kulkarni" title="Venkatesh Kulkarni">Venkatesh Kulkarni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kennedy_(author)" title="William Kennedy (author)">William J. Kennedy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Jackson" title="Angela Jackson">Angela Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Genthe" title="Arnold Genthe">Arnold Genthe</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Kuo_Wei_Tchen" title="John Kuo Wei Tchen">John Kuo Wei Tchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleen_J._McElroy" title="Colleen J. McElroy">Colleen J. McElroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Soto" title="Gary Soto">Gary Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Irons" title="Peter Irons">Peter Irons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiho_Soga" title="Keiho Soga">Keiho Soga</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taisanboku_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taisanboku Mori (page does not exist)">Taisanboku Mori</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojin_Takei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sojin Takei (page does not exist)">Sojin Takei</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Muin_Ozaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muin Ozaki (page does not exist)">Muin Ozaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Erdrich" title="Louise Erdrich">Louise Erdrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Owen" title="Maureen Owen">Maureen Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Sarton" title="May Sarton">May Sarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duncan_(poet)" title="Robert Duncan (poet)">Robert Edward Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Jones_(teacher)" title="Ron Jones (teacher)">Ron Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Cisneros" title="Sandra Cisneros">Sandra Cisneros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sanchez" title="Sonia Sanchez">Sonia Sanchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Vinograd" title="Julia Vinograd">Julia Vinograd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Oandasan" title="William Oandasan">William Oandasan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Lee_Walters" title="Anna Lee Walters">Anna Lee Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherr%C3%ADe_Moraga" title="Cherríe Moraga">Cherríe Moraga</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gloria_E._Anzald%C3%BAa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloria E. Anzaldúa">Gloria E. Anzaldúa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Barolini" title="Helen Barolini">Helen Barolini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Hannusch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Hannusch (page does not exist)">Jeff Hannusch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hogan_(writer)" title="Linda Hogan (writer)">Linda Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Algar%C3%ADn" title="Miguel Algarín">Miguel Algarín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natasha_Borovsky" title="Natasha Borovsky">Natasha Borovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Federman" title="Raymond Federman">Raymond Federman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Howe" title="Susan Howe">Susan Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Winch" title="Terence Winch">Terence Winch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Mori" title="Toshio Mori">Toshio Mori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ai_(poet)" title="Ai (poet)">Ai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Castillo" title="Ana Castillo">Ana Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyn_Zarco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyn Zarco (page does not exist)">Cyn Zarco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_McGuire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel McGuire (page does not exist)">Daniel McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bryant" title="Dorothy Bryant">Dorothy Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etheridge_Knight" title="Etheridge Knight">Etheridge Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Giddins" title="Gary Giddins">Gary Giddins</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Harvey Pekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Welch_(writer)" title="James Welch (writer)">James Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wieners" title="John Wieners">John Wieners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Felipe_Herrera" title="Juan Felipe Herrera">Juan Felipe Herrera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Chiavola_Birnbaum" title="Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum">Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mayo_(poet)" title="Michael Mayo (poet)">Michael Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septima_Poinsette_Clark" title="Septima Poinsette Clark">Septima Poinsette Clark</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Stokes_Brown" title="Cynthia Stokes Brown">Cynthia Stokes Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_McMillan" title="Terry McMillan">Terry McMillan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allison_Blakely" title="Allison Blakely">Allison Blakely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Olson" title="Charles Olson">Charles Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(civil_rights_activist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisy Bates (civil rights activist)">Daisy Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Halberstam" title="David Halberstam">David Halberstam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sanders" title="Ed Sanders">Edward Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Vizenor" title="Gerald Vizenor">Gerald Vizenor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Santiago_Baca" title="Jimmy Santiago Baca">Jimmy Santiago Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesho_Y._Scott" title="Kesho Y. Scott">Kesho Y. Scott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Muhanji" title="Cherry Muhanji">Cherry Muhanji</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Egyirba_High&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Egyirba High (page does not exist)">Egyirba High</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marlon_K._Hom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marlon K. Hom (page does not exist)">Marlon K. Hom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hoff" title="Benjamin Hoff">Benjamin Hoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Sukenick" title="Ronald Sukenick">Ronald Sukenick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvatore_La_Puma" title="Salvatore La Puma">Salvatore La Puma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wing_Tek_Lum" title="Wing Tek Lum">Wing Tek Lum</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tek_Lum_Lum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tek Lum Lum (page does not exist)">Tek Lum Lum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Luz_Villanueva" title="Alma Luz Villanueva">Alma Luz Villanueva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askia_M._Tour%C3%A9" title="Askia M. Touré">Askia M. Touré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audre_Lorde" title="Audre Lorde">Audre Lorde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Lau" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolyn Lau">Carolyn Lau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_Elliott" title="Emory Elliott">Emory Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Galeano" title="Eduardo Galeano">Eduardo Galeano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chin" title="Frank Chin">Frank Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Louis Gates">Henry Louis Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Allende" title="Isabel Allende">Isabel Allende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._California_Cooper" title="J. California Cooper">J. California Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Stone_(writer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jennifer Stone (writer) (page does not exist)">Jennifer Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Gattuso_Hendin" title="Josephine Gattuso Hendin">Josephine Gattuso Hendin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Scalapino" title="Leslie Scalapino">Leslie Scalapino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuntaro_Tanikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuntaro Tanikawa">Shuntaro Tanikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fanning" title="Charles Fanning">Charles Fanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Minoru_Hohri" class="mw-redirect" title="William Minoru Hohri">William Minoru Hohri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Kennedy" title="Adrienne Kennedy">Adrienne Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Grizzuti_Harrison" title="Barbara Grizzuti Harrison">Barbara Grizzuti Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Gioseffi" title="Daniela Gioseffi">Daniela Gioseffi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Woody" title="Elizabeth Woody">Elizabeth Woody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualing_Nieh_Engle" title="Hualing Nieh Engle">Hualing Nieh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabari_Njeri" title="Itabari Njeri">Itabari Njeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Freeman" title="James M. Freeman">James M. Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Walter" title="John C. Walter">John C. Walter</a> / <a href="/wiki/J._Raymond_Jones" title="J. Raymond Jones">J. Raymond Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Norton_(author)" title="John Norton (author)">John Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Emilio_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="José Emilio González">José Emilio González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Kan" title="Sergei Kan">Sergei Kan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_A._Thompson" title="Lloyd A. Thompson">Lloyd A. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bernal" title="Martin Bernal">Martin Bernal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_T._Clinton" title="Michelle T. Clinton">Michelle T. Clinton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sesshu_Foster" title="Sesshu Foster">Sesshu Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Gunn_Allen" title="Paula Gunn Allen">Paula Gunn Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Geok-lin_Lim" title="Shirley Geok-lin Lim">Shirley Geok-lin Lim</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayumi_Tsutakawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mayumi Tsutakawa (page does not exist)">Mayumi Tsutakawa</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Margarita_Donnelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margarita Donnelly (page does not exist)">Margarita Donnelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Murgu%C3%ADa" title="Alejandro Murguía">Alejandro Murguía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_hooks" title="Bell hooks">bell hooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_M._Wright" title="Bruce M. Wright">Bruce Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Trujillo" title="Charley Trujillo">Charley Trujillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._H._Melhem" title="D. H. Melhem">D. H. Melhem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Keenan" title="Deborah Keenan">Deborah Keenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hagedorn" title="Jessica Hagedorn">Jessica Hagedorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman" title="John Edgar Wideman">John Edgar Wideman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Harjo" title="Joy Harjo">Joy Harjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Tei_Yamashita" title="Karen Tei Yamashita">Karen Tei Yamashita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Berlin" title="Lucia Berlin">Lucia Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Crow_Dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Crow Dog">Mary Crow Dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridel_Le_Sueur" title="Meridel Le Sueur">Meridel Le Sueur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mill_Hunk_Herald_Collective&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mill Hunk Herald Collective (page does not exist)">Mill Hunk Herald Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_Marks_Dauenhauer" title="Nora Marks Dauenhauer">Nora Marks Dauenhauer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dauenhauer" title="Richard Dauenhauer">Richard Dauenhauer</a></li> <li>R. Baxter Miller</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Centolella" title="Thomas Centolella">Thomas Centolella</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%27Lelia_Bundles" title="A'Lelia Bundles">A'Lelia Perry Bundles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Alire_S%C3%A1enz" title="Benjamin Alire Sáenz">Benjamin Alire Sáenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_J._Haraway" class="mw-redirect" title="Donna J. Haraway">Donna J. Haraway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritjof_Capra" title="Fritjof Capra">Fritjof Capra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Burciaga" title="José Antonio Burciaga">José Antonio Burciaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Gilyard" title="Keith Gilyard">Keith Gilyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Thompson" title="Lucy Thompson">Lucy Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Field" title="Norma Field">Norma Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bacho" title="Peter Bacho">Peter Bacho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kalifornsky" title="Peter Kalifornsky">Peter Kalifornsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Andrews" title="Raymond Andrews">Raymond Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Scofield" title="Sandra Scofield">Sandra Scofield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Hamanaka" title="Sheila Hamanaka">Sheila Hamanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verlyn_Klinkenborg" title="Verlyn Klinkenborg">Verlyn Klinkenborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Branch" title="William B. Branch">William B. Branch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Amiri_Baraka" title="Amiri Baraka">Amiri Baraka</a> / <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asake_Bomani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asake Bomani (page does not exist)">Asake Bomani</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belvie_Rooks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belvie Rooks (page does not exist)">Belvie Rooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Mogil" title="Christopher Mogil">Christopher Mogil</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Woodrow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Woodrow (page does not exist)">Peter Woodrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornel_West" title="Cornel West">Cornel West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Giardina" title="Denise Giardina">Denise Giardina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Glancy" title="Diane Glancy">Diane Glancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_B._Redmond" title="Eugene B. Redmond">Eugene B. Redmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francisco_X._Alarc%C3%B3n" title="Francisco X. Alarcón">Francisco X. Alarcón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Graff" title="Gerald Graff">Gerald Graff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Beatty" title="Jack Beatty">Jack Beatty</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leroy_V._Quintana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leroy V. Quintana (page does not exist)">Leroy V. Quintana</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katherine_Peter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katherine Peter (page does not exist)">Katherine Peter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_George" title="Nelson George">Nelson George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ninotchka_Rosca" title="Ninotchka Rosca">Ninotchka Rosca</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1994</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Giose_Rimanelli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Giose Rimanelli (page does not exist)">Giose Rimanelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Drooker" title="Eric Drooker">Eric Drooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graciela_Lim%C3%B3n" title="Graciela Limón">Graciela Limón</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gregory_J._Reed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gregory J. Reed (page does not exist)">Gregory J. Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Campbell_Hale" title="Janet Campbell Hale">Janet Campbell Hale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_Nelson" title="Jill Nelson">Jill Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawson_Fusao_Inada" title="Lawson Fusao Inada">Lawson Fusao Inada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicole_Blackman" title="Nicole Blackman">Nicole Blackman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Gilroy" title="Paul Gilroy">Paul Gilroy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Takaki" title="Ronald Takaki">Ronald Takaki</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose_L._Glickman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rose L. Glickman (page does not exist)">Rose L. Glickman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tino_Villanueva" title="Tino Villanueva">Tino Villanueva</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_L._Kroll&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Virginia L. Kroll (page does not exist)">Virginia L. Kroll</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1995</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Rodriguez_(novelist)" title="Abraham Rodriguez (novelist)">Abraham Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Boyd" title="Herb Boyd">Herb Boyd</a> / <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Allen" title="Robert L. Allen">Robert L. Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Chavez" class="mw-redirect" title="Denise Chavez">Denise Chavez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Egerton_(journalist)" title="John Egerton (journalist)">John Egerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(activist)" title="John Ross (activist)">John Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Avena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Avena (page does not exist)">Thomas Avena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Raymond&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Linda Raymond (page does not exist)">Linda Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li-Young_Lee" title="Li-Young Lee">Li-Young Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marianna_De_Marco_Torgovnick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marianna De Marco Torgovnick (page does not exist)">Marianna De Marco Torgovnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marnie_Mueller" title="Marnie Mueller">Marnie Mueller</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Quinn_(author)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Quinn (author) (page does not exist)">Peter Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandra_Martz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandra Martz (page does not exist)">Sandra Martz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Henry_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Henry Jr.">Gordon Henry Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricia_Rose" title="Tricia Rose">Tricia Rose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agate_Nesaule" title="Agate Nesaule">Agate Nesaule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sze" title="Arthur Sze">Arthur Sze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang-Rae_Lee" title="Chang-Rae Lee">Chang-Rae Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Banerjee_Divakaruni" title="Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni">Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E.J._Miller_Laino" class="mw-redirect" title="E.J. Miller Laino">E.J. Miller Laino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_C._Loury" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenn C. Loury">Glenn C. Loury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Loewen" title="James W. Loewen">James W. Loewen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sacco" title="Joe Sacco">Joe Sacco</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Said" title="Edward Said">Edward Said</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimiko_Hahn" title="Kimiko Hahn">Kimiko Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Espinosa" title="Maria Espinosa">Maria Espinosa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Viscusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Viscusi (page does not exist)">Robert Viscusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Alexie" title="Sherman Alexie">Sherman Alexie</a></li> <li>Ron Sakolsky / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Weihan_Ho" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Weihan Ho">Fred Weihan Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephanie_Cowell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephanie Cowell (page does not exist)">Stephanie Cowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Gass" title="William H. Gass">William H. Gass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1997</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alurista" title="Alurista">Alurista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrick_Bell" title="Derrick Bell">Derrick Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Barresi" title="Dorothy Barresi">Dorothy Barresi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_G%C3%B3mez-Pe%C3%B1a" title="Guillermo Gómez-Peña">Guillermo Gómez-Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Owens" title="Louis Owens">Louis Owens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Espada" title="Martín Espada">Martín Espada</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Montserrat_Fontes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Montserrat Fontes (page does not exist)">Montserrat Fontes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Ignatiev" title="Noel Ignatiev">Noel Ignatiev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Geok-lin_Lim" title="Shirley Geok-lin Lim">Shirley Geok-lin Lim</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sunaina_Maira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sunaina Maira (page does not exist)">Sunaina Maira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thulani_Davis" title="Thulani Davis">Thulani Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_De_Haven" title="Tom De Haven">Tom De Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_M._Banks_(author)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="William M. Banks (author) (page does not exist)">William M. Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brenda_Knight&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brenda Knight (page does not exist)">Brenda Knight</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1998</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allison_Adelle_Hedge_Coke" class="mw-redirect" title="Allison Adelle Hedge Coke">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Y._Davis" class="mw-redirect" title="Angela Y. Davis">Angela Y. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brenda_Marie_Osbey" title="Brenda Marie Osbey">Brenda Marie Osbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_DeLillo" title="Don DeLillo">Don DeLillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Barnes_(writer)" title="Jim Barnes (writer)">Jim Barnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Williams" title="John A. Williams">John A. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Rawles" title="Nancy Rawles">Nancy Rawles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_Okja_Keller" title="Nora Okja Keller">Nora Okja Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Benitez" title="Sandra Benitez">Sandra Benitez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scott_DeVeaux&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Scott DeVeaux (page does not exist)">Scott DeVeaux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lynch_(poet)" title="Thomas Lynch (poet)">Thomas Lynch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alice_McDermott" title="Alice McDermott">Alice McDermott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Linzer" title="Anna Linzer">Anna Linzer</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Ward_(author)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Ward (author) (page does not exist)">Brian Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiori_Santiago&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiori Santiago (page does not exist)">Chiori Santiago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._Donald_Two-Rivers" title="E. Donald Two-Rivers">E. Donald Two-Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwidge_Danticat" title="Edwidge Danticat">Edwidge Danticat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judith_Roche" title="Judith Roche">Judith Roche</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Meg_McHutchison&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meg McHutchison (page does not exist)">Meg McHutchison</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gioia_Timpanelli&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gioia Timpanelli (page does not exist)">Gioia Timpanelli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloria_Naylor" title="Gloria Naylor">Gloria Naylor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Houston" title="James D. Houston">James D. Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jerry_Lipka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jerry Lipka (page does not exist)">Jerry Lipka</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerald_V._Mohatt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gerald V. Mohatt (page does not exist)">Gerald V. 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