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. Harvey Pekar cartoonistcomiccrumb Change image and share on social
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. Harvey Pekar 30samericanautobiography Change image and share on social
I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics. Harvey Pekar comiccontinuedisappoint Change image and share on social
I don't mind if I show myself being cheap or unreasonable sometimes. Harvey Pekar cheapmindshow Change image and share on social
I'd like to see the comics' style expanded. I'd like to see artists synthesize traditional comics arts style with fine-arts styles or whatever. I like to see innovation. I don't like it when an art form becomes stagnant. Harvey Pekar artartistcomic share on social
I kept on buying records and listening to them. Finally, I was able to hear the relationship between the jazz improvisers' solos and the underlying structure that it's based on, the chord progression. That was pretty easy to do in the swing era, y'know, when jazz was, like, pop music, you know. It had made the charts and everything like that. Harvey Pekar basebuychart share on social
I can't write in a whole lot of different styles, trying to please the highbrows one time and the lowbrows the next. I pretty much have a basic style I employ. Harvey Pekar basicemployhighbrow Change image and share on social
It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start. Harvey Pekar establishgoodlong Change image and share on social
I'm trying to get every man involved in art, into experimental music, or painting, or novel-writing. Harvey Pekar artexperimentalinvolve Change image and share on social
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. Harvey Pekar artistclevelandcrumb Change image and share on social