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Joyce Brabner (born March 1, 1952) is an American writer of political comics and the widow of Harvey Pekar. Biography [ edit ] Brabner recalls "read[ing] comics when I was five or six years old – including Mad magazine", her first exposure to political satire . [2]
Joyce Brabner is an American actress and writer, known for her roles in American Splendor, Prisoners of Gravity and Call Me Lucky. She was married to Harvey Pekar, the creator of the comic book series Our Cancer Year, until his death in 2010.
- Actress, Writer
- March 1, 1952
- Joyce Brabner
Sep 1, 2010 · By Dave Itzkoff. Sept. 1, 2010. DESCRIBING a walk through the garden outside her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, after a rainstorm, Joyce Brabner said she was looking for a dry place to sit and ...
Jul 15, 2016 · Joyce Brabner is a longtime activist who has made comics about political issues such as Vietnam, CIA, and AIDS. She also supports comics artists covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Aug 14, 2003 · Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner are the creators of the comic book American Splendor, which was adapted into a movie starring Paul Giamatti. In this interview, they talk about their life, their work, and their hopes for the film.
Dec 3, 2014 · Joyce Brabner's new graphic novel, "Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague," illustrated by Mark Zingarelli, takes place in the 1980s and tells the real ...
Brabner collaborated with Pekar on a 1994 graphic novel, Our Cancer Year, the story of Pekar's diagnosis of and treatment for lymphoma, just as the couple was buying a house for the first time, and as Joyce was involved with collecting the stories of international war survivors during the escalation of the Gulf War, in the winter of 1991. The novel chronicles their struggle with these and ...
