Tag: Harvey Pekar
Writer Joyce Brabner passes away at age 72
Joyce Brabner, the co-star of the American Splendor comics and author of Brought to Light has passed away at age 72.
Who reads Miracleman? and other thoughts on graphic novel publishing
After 30 years, Neil Gaiman's Miracleman is finally getting a collected edition, but the muted reaction says a lot about the current graphic novel market.
Podcast Spotlight: Scene By Scene with Josh and Dean
The minute-by-minute comics history breakdown you didn't know you needed.
Interview: Jonathan Baylis’ SO BUTTONS and the art of the auto-bio comic
To step into the world of writer Jonathan Baylis’ So Buttons is to step into the best of pure comics storytelling. The acclaimed anthology...
Harvey Pekar Park: the complete banners
Specifically Derf Backderf's Facebook photos which show the event held on Saturday and the transformation of a dilapidated Cleveland park into a new,...
Harvey Pekar Park dedicated today with fest, installation in Cleveland
Cleveland is getting a park dedicated to its comics laureate, Harvey Pekar, whose long running American Splendor comic captured the quotidian lives of Clevelanders....
On the Scene: SPACE 2015 brought good times, good comics
Special correspondent Christian Hoffer went to the SPACE indie comics expo in Columbus and got a lot of comics and met a lot of people. Here's his report.
Z2 expands with fall GN line, including Abaddon, Pawn Shop and Ashes
Z2 Comics just made news last week with a new line of periodicals, and here's their fall graphic novel line, courtesy of Publishers Weekly....
Don’t miss Matt Fraction on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’
Here's the part where you support your favorite comic book creators almost as much you endorse the films they help make possible.
Kelly Sue DeConnick's...
Nice Art: Newelt and Remnant on Paul Shapiro’s Jewish Jazz
Joseph Remnant, artist on Harvey Pekar's CLEVELAND, channels a bit of that Pekar vibe along with writer Jeff Newelt in this online comics about jazz musician Paul Shapiro, whose new album VERSES , is out featuring famed guitarist Marc Ribot. It's on John Zorn's TZADIK label, so if you like Masala, you might like this.
On the Scene: Dean Haspiel Storms Long Island
“An Evening with Dean Haspiel”, held at the Cinema Arts Center, in Huntington Long Island on October 4th, was as much a tour of...
Harvey Pekar statue to be dedicated October 14th
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Remember that Harvey Pekar Memorial Statue that was Kickstarted and planned to be installed in the Cleveland Public Library?
Well, i's going to be...
