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Harvey Pekar

Nacimiento : 1939-10-08, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Muerte : 2010-07-12

Historia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harvey Lawrence Pekar ( October 8, 1939 – July 12, 2010) was an American underground comic book writer, music critic and media personality, best known for his autobiographical American Splendor comic series. In 2003, the series inspired a critically acclaimed film adaptation of the same name. Pekar described American Splendor as "an 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 war of attrition. 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Harvey Pekar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Perfil

Películas

Hero Tomorrow

Voice of the Squid

David, a struggling comic book creator from Cleveland, spends his days cutting grass and his nights smoking it while desperately trying to keep his superhero fantasies alive. When Robyn, his aspiring fashion-designer girlfriend, makes him a Halloween costume of his original character Apama, it doesn't take David long to hit the streets and begin blundering towards disaster. This comic book Don Quixote is characterized by surreal flourishes, mixing dream, fantasy, and flashbacks that borrow as much from the art house as the comic shop. A midnight movie for superhero fans.

I, Curmudgeon

Self

Curmudgeon. Contrarian. Misanthrope. Naysayer. For all the people interviewed in this film, someone has used one of the above words to describe them. What have they done to deserve such labels? Everywhere these men and women go, something is being celebrated; they don’t get what all the celebration is about and they’re compelled to question it.

American Splendor

Writer

Harvey trabaja en un hospital de Cleveland. Su única vía de escape frente a la rutina diaria es discutir sobre todo lo divino y lo humano con sus compañeros de trabajo. Casualmente conoce a Robert Crumb, un diseñador de postales amante de la música que, años después se hace famoso gracias a sus cómics underground. La idea de que el cómic es una forma de arte para adultos lleva a Harvey a hacer una tira cómica, "American Splendor", que es un retrato irónico del estilo de vida de la clase obrera americana. Publicado por primera vez en 1976, el cómic "American Splendor" convirtió a Harvey en un autor de culto durante los años 80.

American Splendor

Real Harvey

Vinyl

Himself

Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.

Comic Book Confidential

En el siglo 20, en Norteamerica, no hay medio artístico, con potencial para la expresión creativa, que haya tenido una historia más turbulenta y con menos respeto que los libros de historietas. A través de montajes animados, lecturas y entrevistas, esta guía a través de la historia del medio desde la década de 1930 y 1940 con la primera explosión de la popularidad de los superhéroes creados por grandes talentos como Jack Kirby y que alcanzó su cénit artístico de primera con Will Eisner "Espíritu". A continuación, se desplaza a la posguerra, con la creciente popularidad de los cómics de terror y de delincuencia, hasta que ha llegado el aumento de la censura con la imposición del Comics Code. En su paso por la devastación de la libertad creativa del medio, también explora la supervivencia desafiante de EC Comics con la creación de la singular "Mad Magazine" por Harvey Kurtzman.