Harvey Pekar Dead at 70 7.02K Richard Lawson 07/12/10 10:29AM Filed to: and now he's dead and now he's dead Harvey Pekar American splendor Comics Deaths Famed grump and comic book author Harvey Pekar was found dead early this morning in his Cleveland home. The disgruntled and curmudgeonly writer was most famous for his American Splendor comic series, adapted into a well-reviewed film in 2003.