The film portrays his relationship with Brabner, which was also a frequent subject in his writing. SCHAEFER: The 2003 movie "American Splendor" did make Harvey Pekar famous. JOYCE BRABNER: You know, one of my jobs is making Harvey famous - you know, publicizing, promoting him, making deals, finding people who want to make movies. Pekar co-wrote the graphic novel "Our Cancer Year," published in 1994, with his wife Joyce Brabner, who became his biggest booster. SCHAEFER: Or being diagnosed with cancer. HARVEY PEKAR: I'm just the opposite, using myself as the protagonist and trying to deal with problems that most people deal with in everyday life, like starting your car up on a cold winter day. The medium he chose was comics, but he pretty much discounted the superhero approach as a kid. KAREN SCHAEFER: Sitting in his cluttered Cleveland living room, surrounded by stacks of jazz records, Harvey Pekar remembered how he started writing, about his crummy job as a file clerk, his co-workers, and the people he met on the streets of Cleveland. His last appearance on our show was late last year in a report by Karen Schaefer. Pekar died Monday at his home in Cleveland. The best known was certainly "American Splendor," which was made into a movie. He was a frequent guest on this program over the years, and was well known to millions of fans through the comics and graphic novels that he wrote.
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