Articles by Zoe Roller

July 20, 2010

Conversations with Harvey Pekar 0

I started reading Harvey Pekar’s comic book series American Splendor in high school, when I was anxious about my future and frustrated by my present. Little did I know then, Pekar would soon become a friend and a confidant of sorts.

December 9, 2009

The Screwed Up World of Amy and Jordan 0

Too many comics coast on manufactured nihilism, but Amy and Jordan feels like an act of exorcism, transmuting real anguish into entertainment. It is a testament to the the survival instinct.