RIP, Harvey

I guess comic writer Harvey Pekar died yesterday. The causes seem still to be unknown. I know he had had cancer, but the media is saying Joyce, his wife, "found" him and reported it to the police, which sounds a little suspicious... Whatever happened, I hope it wasn't too painful.

His grumpy, paranoid, thoughtful comic stories of working-class tribulations helped me through some hard times back in the 80's. I highly recommend them, as well as the biopic that was made in 2003. They're both called American Splendor. Here's one of my favourite one-pagers.