THE BEAT (Free subscription) | yesterday
You still have two days to celebrate the dean of autobio comics at Graphic NYC. Today: the origin of Harvey’s head. Previously: How to Draw Harvey Pekar by Rick Parker Dean Haspiel’s Anatomy Of An American Splendor Cover American Splendor’s Inimitable Harvey Pekar on The Pekar Project
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
During the week of November 30th, Graphic NYC teams with SMITH Magazine for Harvey Pekar Week, taking a look at the former file clerk’s career from American Splendor to The Pekar Project. There’s a series of events, and more information can be found at www.NYCGraphicNovelists.com. “Also this week, Graphic NYC will be enabling commenting, so we [...]
The Beguiling Books & Art (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Hey folks! The much-anticipated documentary The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics , is now in stock at The Beguiling. We just got it in so unfortunately I haven't seen it myself yet, but I've heard good things and Jeff Smith himself seems pretty pleased with it. The 76 minute documentary is an extensive profile on Smith including interviews and other footage, and also includes...
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
When Paul Buhle (whose collaborations with Harvey Pekar are among my comics favorites) mentioned to me that Harvey Kurtzman was a personal hero, I knew I had to read Buhle's book The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Here’s a nice Halloween exclusive, courtesy of The Pekar Project Pekar Project artist Rick Parker, fresh off drawing Tales from the Crypt: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, series “Deaditor” Jeff Newelt and Dr. Harvey Pekar concocted this Halloween treat featuring the Pekar Project artists and other frequent Pekar collaborators and subjects. Click for larger version. BTW, [...]
A Year of Reading (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE, and the Changing Face of Comics Starring: Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud Director: Ken Mills, Mills James Productions, 2009 Rating: Not Rated Format: DVD Jeff Smith never intended his Bone series to be read by children. His inspiration came from Moby Dick and Huck Finn and Star Wars -- he wanted to make something really big, something that started simple and then darkened...
Drawn! (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
This is great. What better way for comic artists to celebrate Harvey Pekar’s birthday? Pekar, whose autobio-comics self is famously drawn by different artists throughout his career, is rendered lovingly by over 90 different cartoonists as part of The Pekar Project. Shown here: two of my faves, Laura Park and Jeffrey Brown. Posted by John Martz on [...]
B o n e v i l l e (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Yesterday was fellow Ohioan Harvey Pekar’s 70th birthday. As part of a surprise for Harvey, I, along with about 90 other cartoonists, drew Harvey Heads. The portraits were unveiled yesterday on SMITH Magazine’s (no relation!) website called The Pekar Project. Witney Matheson at USA Today’s Pop Candy Store covered the event. So Happy Birthday, Harvey. And thanks; [...]
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Pekar, one of comics true originals, one of its most important writers, and an icon of the small press, reaches his 70th year this day. To celebrate, his new webcomic, The Pekar Project is running 70+ portraits of the master by a diverse array of artists. Click on the link for the whole show, [...]
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
§ If all profiles/travelogues were as good as Brian Heater’s account of a trip to Cleveland for Harvey Pekar’s 70th birthday, people wouldn’t wonder about the state of comics journalism. In five days, Harvey Pekar will turn 70, a fact commemorated by the cake in the center of the room, shaped like a giant [...]
Comixpedia - Webcomic News & Views Daily (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
INTERVIEW Daily Cross Hatch has a wonderful interview with Harvey Pekar - 70 years old and in the middle of his first webcomic project. An interview with Jeffrey Rowland , comics creator and T-shirt-shippin' mogul. An interview with Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury . Given the long presence of Doonesbury on the web, I was surprised the Trudeau is hoping for newspapers to create some sort of news...
Comixpedia - Webcomic News & Views Daily (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
SPX! It wasn't just my imagination, SPX was more crowded this year . Chris Mautner has a nice write up of this year's SPX , (although I'm not sure I qualify for inclusion among "respected online personalities"). Also check out this year's Nerdlinger awards . It's too bad they're in Baltimore - Baltimore is a long ways from Bethesda! Maybe next year someone will organize a cool pre-SPX event...
Comixpedia - Webcomic News & Views Daily (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
Good morning Internet! Swine flu even at PAX?! (see Mike/Gabe's message) -- nice to see that the Penny Arcade crew is broadcasting useful information via the website and encouraging everyone to take care of themselves. That show seemed huge this year. I am looking forward to my probably futile hopes to attend PAX East (futile because something always comes up to deflect my physical travels much like...
Comixpedia - Webcomic News & Views Daily (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Famed comic book writer and author of the autobiographical comic series American Splendor, Harvey Pekar, has announced a new online project, his own webcomics. The comic series, titled The Pekar Project , is set to be updated bi-weekly and will be hosted by the online writing and storytelling magazine, Smith. I'm a fan of Harvey's writing, but this new venture seems a little strange to me. One update...
Today's Review (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
The Cross Hatch Dispatch 8.23.09 · joshremnantpekarpoint. [Above, Harvey Pekar gets the point. Below, feelin' kinda Dispatch.] Harvey Pekar gets on the Internet super-highway.
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