Harvey Pekar has left earth.

His was a voice from the working class, those of us who put in the unglamorous, forty hour weeks to pay the bills. This VA file clerk possessed what is to me the most enviable of talents, the ability to tell the stories within. His honest perspective is what I'll miss. I met him once at a book signing and for a so called misanthrope, I found him really likable, enjoyable actually.  What was clear to me both from meeting him and reading his work was that Harvey Pekar was an authentic person and there is no higher compliment.