"I am terribly sad today. Working with Harvey Pekar was one of my first experiences at Vertigo and it's still one of my best, not only in comics but in my life. Underneath the well-known gruff exterior, Harvey was a deeply compassionate person and of course, a brilliant mind. He created, almost singlehandedly, an entirely new kind of comics and his commitment to what he did was absolute and uncompromising. We've all suffered a huge loss today, in comics of course, but also in American culture." --Jonathan Vankin, Editor