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November 01, 2005
Harvey Pekar
I was part of the group that had to draw the pictures by looking at the words. When we got together to start our comnic, we went through each section together and wrote down what was going to be in each panel. We all put in our ideas and we worked off of everyone's ideas to create something that we could all imagine being on the page. It was easier when it came time to draw the pictures to do it this way because we already had everything that we were going to draw organized on a piece of paper. We also all brainstormed together to come up with what we though Harvey Pekar looked like and we gave him some specific characteristics that we could keep constant in each panel of the comic. Even though I have seen the Harvey in the comic and the actor playing Harvey in the movie, and even the real Harvey himself, I still like our group's perception of what "Harvey" looks like better. I think we picked up on some of the real person's characteristics because we knew that he was somewhat of an awkward person, but we did not know how cynical he really was. It was weird to see the actor playing Harvey in the movie, but I think he did a really good job. I could imagine this character from only knowing the words given to us in the comic. The real Harvey was not what I was expecting at all. I didn't even realize that was him until it was mentioned to us that he was the real Harvey and the Harvey Pekar who actually wrote the comics. I think this whole assignment was pretty cool because each group was able to come up with something legeitimate that could really fit with what they were given, either just the pictures or just the words. Working with my group was really fun too and I am glad I was in the group who had to draw the pictures. Once we got the hang of what we were supposed to do, it was really fun to come up with our own Harvey and draw the story we were given.
Posted by lcismardin at November 1, 2005 09:32 PM