Pekar, Harvey

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Not the Israel my parents promised me

Harvey Pekar and J.T. Waldman discuss Harvey's disillusionment with Israel and the history of the Jewish people.
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American splendor

the life and times of Harvey Pekar : stories
2003
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The best American comics 2006

2006
Collects thirty comics from graphic novels, pamphlet comics, newspapers, magazines, mini-comics, and the Web by such authors as Alison Bechdel, Jaime Hernandez, Robert Crumb, Justin Hall, and Esther Pearl Watson.

The Beats

a graphic history
2009
Details the history of the Beat movement, which began in the 1940s, and describes the lives of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William Burroughs; along with other writers, artists, and events in a graphic novel format.

Students for a Democratic Society

a graphic history
2009
Uses a graphic novel format to recount the history of the radical group Students for a Democratic Society, which was created in the late 1960s by students protesting the war and lobbying for equality in the United States.

The quitter

2005
In graphic-novel format, the author tells the story of his troubled childhood in Cleveland as the son of Jewish immigrants and his habit of quitting anytime he thought he was going to fail.

Harvey Pekar's American splendor, unsung hero

the story of Robert McNeill
2003
Collects issues one through three of the Dark Horse comic book series "American Splendor: Unsung Hero," in which Robert McNeill looks back over his experiences as an African-American marine in Vietnam.

Studs Terkel's Working

a graphic adaptation
2009
A graphic novel adaptation of Studs Terkel's interviews and accounts of the lives of ordinary Americans.
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