American comics genius Harvey Pekar has passed away at the age of 70.  I think Pekar was the greatest writer of comics because he treated the form as literature – for real – not like most of the dimwits writing ‘graphic novels.’ Pekar was serious and nervous and funny and angry, with very little separation [...]

Smith Magazine has a new Harvey Pekar comic strip about how corporatism influences everything people do and think. Can one work honestly inside a corporate system?  Can you write a book criticizing corporations and have it published by a corporation? Are comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert completely owned by corporations?  My own answer is [...]

Smith Magazine has another Harvey Pekar comic with drawings by Sean Pryor.  It’s called Searchin’.  I buy every book Pekar publishes.  His collected editions keep me fascinated for weeks because I try to read them slowly to make them last. Pekar makes comic books out of the ordinary.  Of course they are much more interesting [...]

I don’t think there is a more significant American comic book writer than Harvey Pekar.  Now he is making comics on the web.  Smith Magazine offers the first installment of what promises to be a series.  It’s called The Pekar Project. The first story is Pekar & Crumb: Talkin’ ’bout Art.  It’s drawn by Tara [...]