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Harvey Pekar Quotes

American - Writer | October 8, 1939 - July 12, 2010

I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that comics were like virgin territory. There was so much to be done. It excited me. I couldn't draw very well. I could write scripts and storyboard style using stick figures and balloons and captions.

Style Me Thought Done Write Excited

You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor, the things I see on the job, on the street, are far funnier than anything you'll ever see on TV.

Humor Job Support You Find Street

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.

Fashion Thought Artist Look Write

It makes you feel good to know that there's other people afflicted like you.

Good People Feel Good Feel You Know

Everybody's like everybody else, and everybody's different from everybody else.

Different Like Everybody Else

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

Keep Going American Early Journal

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

People Think American Some People Up

I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.

Work People Doing Kind Try Continue

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

Kid Tell Started Going Just Stuff

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

Wife Write Head Things Get Off

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad.

Step Doing Look Mad Beyond Lived

I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

People Write Same Con Assuming Like

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