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Harvey Pekar

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Underground comics writer identified as exemplifying the Dark Soy archetype of cynical adult nerd culture from the 1990s.

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"To the untrained eye they might seem like your average fat pop-culture obsessed reddity type, but they harbor a distinct bitterness and misanthropy that I've always found compelling. I feel like they peaked in cultural influence in the 90s with figures like Daniel Clowes, Harvey Pekar and Charles Bu"
The Dark Soy archetype · u/Low-Interaction-8763 · ↑91 · 2025-07-09
"A close friend to Harvey Pekar, was frequently featured on MTV, was the main star in a movie, was portrayed in another movie, loves White Castle hamburgers, the original genuine nerd."
Thinking about Toby Radloff, the best to ever do it · u/DICK0lASS · ↑21 · 2025-12-29
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