Harvey Pekar has died

The only knowledge I have of Harvey Pekar is that a movie was made based on his life that I found entertaining. I have not read any of the comics he has written or seen any of the guest appearances he made on David Letterman. That being said I am sad that this guy is dead. He very much embodied the everyman shlub as the term is coined. And yet he is an artist by any measure because he put it out there, man. The mundane existence that is an American Splendor and I will make an effort to pick up an issue and read his story.

NPR on Monet

For the purpose of full disclosure, I was not a fan of Claude Monet when I was younger and have grown to appreciate him. I always found his work to be too nostalgic and precious and too extent I still feel this way. However, given the context of his work I do realize that it was very much a break thought given the academic paintings of the time. Most of these consisted of Roman or religious themes and stories that were created to elevate or inform the viewer toward historical events. And so here is Monet and of course the rest of the impressionist personally I prefer Degas and Lautrec more over.

The reason I mention Monet now is that NPR has an interesting story about him. Here is a link to the story. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
Influence on Monet
Monet the Garner
Study of Light