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13 Jul 2010, 1:48 am

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14 Jul 2010, 8:54 am

A few eulogies/ obituaries:

"Harvey Pekar, a great writer, comics innovator: His splendid American life is over."
http://shelf-life.ew.com/2010/07/12/har ... s-graphic/

"Harvey Pekar Dies"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =128465797

"R.I.P., Harvey Pekar"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... rvey-pekar

"Harvey Pekar Was A Person In Your Neighborhood"
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2010 ... ighborhood


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16 Jul 2010, 10:20 pm

To be honest, I really only knew him by way of the movie American Splendor. But I loved that movie, and I really thought Harvey was one of those very special people, like Charles Bukowski, who can be hard to like, but at the same time, you can't help but like them. God speed, Harvey.

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