Harvey Pekar

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I think you can find all the elements that you can find in great literature in mundane experiences. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I wake up every morning in a cold sweat, regardless of how well things went the day before. And put that I said that in a somewhat but not completely tongue-in-cheek way. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#cold #completely #day #every #how

I'd been familiar with comics, and I'd collected 'em when I was a kid, but after I got into junior high school, there wasn't much I was interested in. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I'm a guy that likes to sit in one place. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

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