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THE BEAT: Happy 70th BIrthday, Harvey Pekar
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal: Oct. 9, 2009: Separate from the format
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Happy 70th BIrthday, Harvey Pekar
THE BEAT —
... Pekar, one of comics true originals, one of its most important writers, and an icon of the small press, reaches his 70th year this day. To celebrate, his new webcomic, The Pekar Project is running 70+ portraits of the master by a diverse array of artists. Click on the link for the whole show, but here’s a few as an appetizer: ...
Oct. 9, 2009: Separate from the format
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... [Art] Harvey Pekar’s head
Link: Smith Magazine
The American Splendor author, as interpreted by over 90 artists.
(Above: drawing ©2009 R. Sikoryak.)
[Multimedia] Escape From Illustration Island
Link: Thomas James (one, two, three, four, five, six and seven)
A streaming-audio podcast devoted to the freelance artist’s life.
[Oddity] ...
The many heads of Harvey Pekar
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... --has commissioned over 90 artists and counting to draw Pekar portraits for its Harvey Heads gallery. Contributors so far include Jeff Smith, Jim Mahfood, Jeffrey Brown, Alison Bechdel, Renee French, Molly Crabapple, Bryan Talbot, Bob Sikoryak, Peter Kuper, Josh Neufeld, Joshua W. Cotter, The Quitter's Dean Haspiel, longtime American Splendor artist Gary Dumm and many, many, many more. Click the link and soak up the splendor. ...
The Pekar Project
Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog —
... This is great. What better way for comic artists to celebrate Harvey Pekar’s birthday? Pekar, whose autobio-comics self is famously drawn by different artists throughout his career, is rendered lovingly by over 90 different cartoonists as part of The Pekar Project. ...
Twitter Updates for 2009-10-09
Tales from the Longbox —
... @ roblevin Attacking Political Correctness (which is largely a Right straw man) isn't *funny*, though. # RT @LongBeach_CC: http://bit.ly/st2us # RT @David_Hahn: Hollywood.com needs to learn the definition of ASSASSINATION http://bit.ly/JAkdK # RT @LongBeach_CC: RT @ BatGirlBabs Long Beach interview with artist Dustin Nguyen! @ LongBeach_CC http://bit.ly/bZ2PH # RT @JimMahfood: Happy B-Day Harvey Pekar: http://www.smithmag.net/pekarproject/harveyheads/ # RT @TumbleTap: I'm Batman. No, I'm Batman. ...
Happy Birthday, Harvey!
Rick Veitch —
... The Smith Magazine folks have organized a mind-bending birthday tribute to Harvey Pekar, getting over ninety artists to contribute original head shots of that famous mug. Here’s mine (with a tip of the hat to fellow collage fiend, Jack Kirby). ...
The Cross Hatch Dispatch 10.11.09
The Daily Cross Hatch —
... Happy 70th birthday, Harvey Pekar! In his honor, Smith Mag asked a bunch of artists to draw Harvey Heads. They wound up with well over seventy [including one from Cross Hatch EIC Brian H.]! ...
