Word: pekar
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Pekar: I'm very happy with...
...Pekar: I concentrate, more than I think virtually any comic book artist has in the past, on the so-called mundane details of every day life - quotidian life. What happens to a person during a working day, marital relations, and stuff like that...
...Pekar: No that didn't bother me too much. That happens very often. Some of it was done with the idea of protecting my kid's privacy. Some things were telescoped into one. But they took a lot of chances in that movie. They had a lot of people playing me. They used various film forms, including documentary, straight narrative, animation, and putting the real person and the actor in the same scene. I thought it was a very innovative, excellent film...
...Pekar: Yeah...
...Pekar: I think the value is that this is most of what life is about and yet nobody talks about it or writes about it. These so-called minor incidents often can add up to something pretty major. Also I think some of the funniest, best humor is stuff I run into in every day life. [The stories are about] stuff that people can identify with. Although superhero-comics people don't want to identify with my stuff apparently. They sure as hell don't buy it. But I like to read stuff that I can identify with [and think...