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Harvey Pekar: In Memoriam
Editorial

Harvey Pekar: In Memoriam

BY: DCE Editorial

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Comic book legend Harvey Pekar's death yesterday has been reported on by many mainstream news outlets. They have written multiple obits and tributes to him including, a beautiful piece by William Grimes at THE NEW YORK TIMES and David Ulin at LOS ANGELES TIMES as well as a piece at, LOS ANGELES TIMES/Hero Complex by Dean Haspiel artist on THE QUITTER. For a comprehensive list of coverage see below. HARVEY PEKAR (1939-2010) obits YAHOO! NEWS/ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE NEW YORK TIMES/Arts Beat, BOING BOING, WALL STREET JOURNAL/Speakeasy, THE HUFFINGTON POST, THE ONION/AV Club, io9, CBR/Robot 6, COMIC BOOK RESOURCES, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY/ News Briefs, WASHINGTON POST, WASHINGTON POST, MTV/Splashpage, MTV/Splashpage feature, HOUSTON CHRONICLE, MIAMI HERALD/Between the Covers, CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER, WTAM/Radio, CHRONICLE-TELEGRAM, WPMT/FOX, CLEVELAND LEADER, CANADIAN BROADCASTING CO., CANADIAN BROADCASTING CO., NPR.org, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, LOS ANGELES TIMES/Jacket Copy, LOS ANGELES TIMES/Culture Monster, VOL. 1 BROOKLYN, CNN/Marquee, SEATTLE TIMES/Popcorn & Prejudice, PLAYBACK ST. LOUIS, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, HOUSTON PRESS obit, BELIEFNET, MEDIAITE, COMICBOOKMOVIE, PORTLAND OREGONIAN, NEWSWEEK, THE TAKEAWAY/NPR/PRI, NBC/Nightly News with Brian Williams, LOS ANGELES TIMES, USA TODAY/Pop Candy, and THE ONION/AV Club Who is Harvey Pekar?

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