Harvey Pekar was a Cleveland-born writer and jazz critic. In the 1970s, he devised the autobiographical comic series American Splendor, which was adapted for film in 2003. The author of several graphic novels, Pekar contributed to numerous periodicals. He earned the American Book Award and the regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
My parents had been married for five years when I was born, the second child after my sister, and, as far back as I can remember, I never heard them quarreling. It is possible that they…
Struck taught at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts, where Yemenite Jews were popular subjects. Many new Jewish arrivals in Palestine, interested in creating a Jewish cultural revival, viewed…