Over at The Daily Cross Hatch, Brian Heater talks to Harvey Pekar about his new book Macedonia:
One of the things that struck me about the book is that not only is the language slightly higher, there’s also a lot of text on the page, compared to a standard graphic novel.
Yeah. People who read comic books like a lot of explosions and stuff like that. It’s a book of ideas. I had 150 pages, and the best way that I thought to express the ideas was through discussions, which is the way Heather Roberson set it up. I was real happy with the book, and then I started to realize, ‘Jesus, I’ve gone too far.’
What does that mean, “too far?”
I’ve gotten some real nice reviews, but I think the language just confounds some people. They just don’t want to read about stuff like that. To me, it’s real important to be involved in this project, partly because it’s gotten so little attention in the states—that, in itself makes it worth doing. Spider-man fans just don’t have a lot time for that stuff.
