Adult Life

Early Adult Life
Harvey Pekar had a pretty terrible childhood, one that was life-changing. However, his early adult life was not any better. He spent many years working in low paying jobs only to enlist in the Navy thereon after. However, even his service was not long lasting. After a short period of time, he was discharged for failing inspections.

After so many failures and so many jobs, Pekar finally settled as a file clerk at a Veterans Administration Hospital. It was at this time that Pekar began to also write  for magazines in the US and England, especially about jazz. This was only the starting point in Pekar's road to fame. During this time, he met a man by the name of R. Crumb in 1962 who turned Pekar’s life around. Please refer to (R. Crumb's page)

Life After American Splendor
Pekar spent years after his initial release of fifteen issues of ''American Splendor working on other novels. He worked on Our Cancer Year, which tells the story of his battle with Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and Our Movie Year'', which describes his successes after the film adaptation of his graphic memoir was made. Pekar continued to work on American Splendor in 2006. He released two issues called Another Day and Another Dollar. These two issues gives an insight into Pekar’s life before he passed away.