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Harvey Pekar

An American underground comic book writer.

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American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)

Born 8 Oct 1939
Died 12 Jul 2010

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American underground comic book writer, music critic, and media personality (1939-2010)

Born 8 Oct 1939
Died 12 Jul 2010

Subjects

Comic books, strips, Social life and customs, Comics & graphic novels, nonfiction, general, Graphic novels, Working class, Caricatures and cartoons, Biography, New York Times bestseller, Cartoonists, Comics & graphic novels, general, Fiction, Interviews, Jews, Childhood and youth, College students, political activity, Comic books, strips, etc., General, History, Jews in motion pictures, Jews, history, Judaism, history, Pictorial American wit and humor, United states, pictorial works, Working class, united states, Yiddish Theater

Places

United States, New York, New York (State), California, Cleveland, Huntington (W. Va.), Macedonia, Macedonia (Republic), San Francisco

People

Harvey Pekar, Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), Carolyn Cassady, Diane Di Prima, Gary Snyder (1930-), Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982), Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Michael Malice, Michael McClure, Neal Cassady, Robert McNeill, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)

Time

1961-1975, 1971-, 1992-, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • PEKAR HARVEY

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July 2, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
September 21, 2020 Edited by dcapillae Added short bio
September 21, 2020 Edited by dcapillae Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import