Harvey Pekar, RIP

American Splendor might just be the story of my life, the story of so many of our lives - of dreams deferred almost daily, of slogging through and fighting the good fight, of losing in life while watching assholes and idiots win, and our only recourse is hoping there's a God and heaven, because there's usually no reward, temporary or eternal, for us sad sacks in this life. No, all we got is our bitching and our sense of humor. I guess that's enough.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/cleveland_comic-book_legend_ha.html#incart_hbx

From one ugly, irascible Polish-American to another - rest in peace, Harvey Pekar - you were, and will remain, a giant in my own life. You made the mundane mythic, and that takes true genius. You were a god among men.

Hotcha! Hank