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Harvey Pekar dies at 70

Fysh · 2010-07-12 16:30:24

He died in his sleep, according to Bleedingcool. Most of the time when someone famous dies, my reaction is pretty much "hmm, that's sad for the relatives but I didn't know them so neh". But given how personal Pekar's work was, it's a bit unsettling. I think it'll be a long time before a new voice arrives in comics that's…

12-07-2010 4:30pm

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Fysh

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He died in his sleep, according to Bleedingcool.

Most of the time when someone famous dies, my reaction is pretty much "hmm, that's sad for the relatives but I didn't know them so neh". But given how personal Pekar's work was, it's a bit unsettling.

I think it'll be a long time before a new voice arrives in comics that's as distinctive as Pekar was.

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#2 12-07-2010 5:29pm

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just beat me to the post...A real shame and rendering an already lousy (now theres a word I never use in conversation) monday even more unpalatable.

Lets hope harvey doesnt rest in peace, he wouldnt be funny at all.

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#3 12-07-2010 9:30pm

Fysh

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If there's an afterlife, I hope the current conversation looks like this.

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