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Harvey Pekar
October 8, 1939 -
Nationality: American
Category: Writer
Subcategory: American Writer

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

   

People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.

   

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

   

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

   

There hasn't been enough change in comics to suit me. I don't know why exactly.

   

I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in.

   

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

   

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.

   

I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.

   

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.

   

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