Quotes By Harvey Pekar

I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers.

Things improved a little bit in the '80s; there was kind of a revival of alternative comics, but then they went downhill in the '90s.

I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor.

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

I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things.

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.

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.

Some of the most valuable stuff I do has to do with my dissenting from the general opinion about people in movements.

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.

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