This past Monday, July 12, 2010, comic legend Harvey Pekar was found dead in his home by his wife, Joyce, after succumbing to a battle with prostate cancer. Pekar, a native of Cleveland, OH, was widely know for the autobiographical comic series, American Splendor, in which he portrayed himself as a "rumpled, depressed, obsessive-compulsive flunky file clerk engaged in a constant battle with loneliness and anxiety."
Throughout his career, Pekar won several awards honoring his work on American Splendor, including the American Book Award in 1987 for his first anthology and in 2003, the film adaptation of his comics won the Grand Jury Prize for dramatic films at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. We here at ComicsPriceGuide.com would like to extend our condolences to his friends and family during their time of loss.
