Tasty Team-up: Harvey Pekar meets & eats with Anthony Bourdain
January 21st, 2010 by Jeff Newelt
Bourdain & Pekar illustrated by Tara Seibel
In August 2007, Harvey Pekar appeared on the Cleveland episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show on Travel Channel. Bourdain toured town with the “Poet Laureate of Cleveland” and they, along with Pekar’s pal Toby Radloff the Genuine Nerd, indulged in a decadent Polish feast. Pekar had such fond memories of the experience that he wrote the Pekar Project’s longest comic to date about it, impressionistically illustrated by fellow Clevelander Tara Seibel. Tara previously drew another team-up, a conversation between Pekar and Crumb, as well as strips about sushi, Baby Oscar, potato chips, and Da Vinci. Click for more to see a trailer for the episode including a comic Pekar created just for the show:
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