Harvey Pekar

Get Lit: Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History, by Harvey Pekar

The Nanny Diaries

Life as a young, hot, white, educated nanny in the city sure is a drag

Sour Grapes

A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Alexander Payne's Sideways

Mail Call

A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Alexander Payne's Sideways

The Hard Sell

Local filmmaker Shane Carruth won Sundance's top honor. So...now what?

The Sorrow and the Pity

In a year of big-screen sadness, our critics comfort those who triumphed

Pekar Head

A real comic book hero comes to life in American Splendor

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies requires a brain cell or two?

RIP, Harvey Pekar: Why His Letterman Performance Was Great

Harvey Pekar died today.The man's career is difficult to sum up, especially if you haven't seen American Splendor. But this 1987 performance on David Letterman's show gives a taste, not to mention that it demonstrates just how far the Letterman show has changed.Some reasons why the clip is great:

Pop Rocks: You'll Be Sorry When They're Gone

​Harvey Pekar died yesterday. What was lost in the usual exercise of macabre one-upmanship -- as everyone rushed to update Twitter and Facebook in an effort to be the first to break the bad news to all their friends -- was the fact that most of them were only aware of Pekar's existence thanks ... More >>