I'm pretty aggressive, and maybe obnoxious, about trying to get work.
Harvey Pekar
It didn't take long to establish myself, as far as people thinking my work was good. They liked it from the start.
I continue to be disappointed that people don't try and diversify the kind of work they are doing in comics.
I think the people who would be the least interested in my work would be people who read lots of comic books.
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.
I want to keep doing as much work as I can, and I want to keep the level high. I'm wondering if something is going to happen to me to screw it up.
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff.
I worry about getting work, and then when I get it, I worry about doing it well. I don't want to just go through the motions and give people... →
The way I write is, I listen to things in my head, and then I copy them down. I memorize conversations and things like that; I seem to be able to do... →
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