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...hardcover book illustrated by Dean Haspiel, represents Harvey Pekar's first major work of original material since the release of the film American Splendor, based on his comix series. As anyone who watched that splendid movie knows, Pekar led a fairly unremarkable life as a Cleveland file clerk until he decided to turn that very mundaneness into comic art. Hiring others to illustrate his non-fiction vignettes of such quotidian occurrences as starting a car in the winter or talking with co-workers, Pekar's stories were driven by his intensely cranky, neurotic, highly-intelligent and, above all, hilarious personality...
...Quitter returns to one of the main themes of all Pekar's work: the redemptive power of art. During high school he discovers both a passion for jazz and a capacity for critical analysis. So, while toiling away at such unchallenging jobs as playground supervisor, beer inspector and file clerk, Pekar finds his self respect through writing about jazz for such publications as The Jazz Review and Downbeat. Later, of course, he also begins working in comix, a move he goes into briefly at the end. By the time it concludes, The Quitter will have you engrossed by its unpretentious...
...your gender identity/expression. In 43 out of 50 states, landlords can (and often do) legally refuse to rent to you based solely on your gender identity/expression. And maybe you get used to all that. Maybe it’s the little things that get to you: the grocery clerk who sneers at you, the person at the housing authority who whispers whenever you enter the room, or the doctor who thinks she’s doing you a favor just by treating you with an iota of dignity. Maybe that’s what makes you too emotionally taxed...
After his six years in Cambridge, Roberts went on to clerk for Judge Henry Friendly. Later, he clerked for then-Associate Justice Rehnquist...
After his six years in Cambridge, Roberts went on to clerk for Judge Henry Friendly and later for then-Associate Justice Rehnquist...