July 20, 2010

Harvey Pekar dies at 70.

Filed under: Uncategorized — AZLTRON @ 9:01 am

Harvey Pekar, influential comic book author of American Splendor, died July 12, 2010. There’s a great article on him over at the Cleveland blog. I wanted to pay tribute to him, so I worked on an illustration. Here are the beginning stages.

Harvey Pekar Illustration by Aaron Z. Lee Stage 1

Harvey Pekar Illustration by Aaron Z. Lee Stage 1

Harvey Pekar Illustration By Aaron Z. Lee Stage 2

Harvey Pekar Illustration By Aaron Z. Lee Stage 2

Harvey Pekar Illustration By Aaron Z. Lee Stage 3

Harvey Pekar Illustration By Aaron Z. Lee Stage 3

Harvey Pekar Illustration Stage 4 By Aaron Z. Lee

Harvey Pekar Illustration Stage 4 By Aaron Z. Lee

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2 Comments »

  1. Wow, nice work Aaron, that’s killer!

    Comment by KniifePrrty — July 21, 2010 @ 3:59 pm

  2. Thanks! He was a comics visionary.

    Comment by AZLTRON — August 13, 2010 @ 7:16 am

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