Harvey Pekar
Birth date: October 08, 1939
Died: July 12, 2010
Harvey Pekar's Books
Recently added on shelves
Share this Author
http://bl.cm/1tuke5G
The first 121 pages follow a clear concept, namely to explore the life of the Core-Beat poets Kerouac, Ginsberg and Burroughs. Those stories are either pretty much focused on their homoerotic sexlife or on the very basics of them moving around a lot while switching from one odd job to the next or ru...
I thought the story was good, but I wasn't very impressed with the art. I can't tell if Harvey Pekar did the drawings or Ed Piskor did, but the characters were all pretty basic and similar. Heather's trip was great though. I really enjoyed how the dialogue between characters told what could have bee...
Some are just funny, some are political or social vehicles, and some are thought provoking or sad. But all are rather unique takes on characters, some of which are one page long, some a few pages longer. Some are word heavy while others use art more than the written word to convey their message....
This isn't a story about triumph. The title should make that clear. So if you just can't stand the thought of repetitive failure, then leave it alone. Pekar's realism shines through here.
How do you rate a book of interviews? There's some interesting stuff in here among lots of repetition (of course). I like the interviews with his wife's input the most. She pushes him, pushes his buttons. The answers are richer.Here's a bit of commentary from an interview in the mid-80s that struck ...
Log in with Facebook 
