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Harvey Pekar

"The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet."

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"The film's success so far involves winning a couple of prizes at Cannes and Sundance, and getting some very nice reviews in newspapers and magazines. That hasn't had a big impact on my life yet."

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"I've probably had my day in the sun. I think I've influenced a lot of comic book writers."
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"I think you can do anything with comics that you could do in just about any art form."
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"I thought I had a great opportunity when I started doing my comic book in 1972. I thought there was so much territory to work in."
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"It seemed to me you could do anything in comics. So I started doing my thing, which is mainly influenced by novelists, stand-up comedians, that sort of thing."
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"People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them."
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"I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist."
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