Comments on: All-Star Team Up: Harvey Pekar and Alison Bechdel http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:05:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Tommy Raiko http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2623249 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:56:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2623249 "What? Fun Home was a finalist for the National Book Award? I thought the only comic with that honor was American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Am I dreaming this? " I think you're right that AMERICAN BORN CHINESE was the first (and probably still is the only) comic/graphic novel nominated for the National Book Award, and after a quick scan of the NBA site, I don't see that FUN HOME was nominated for the award. FUN HOME was nomiated for the similarly-named-but-completely different National Book Critics Cricle Award, however. So maybe that's the source of the error in the original report... “What? Fun Home was a finalist for the National Book Award? I thought the only comic with that honor was American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Am I dreaming this? ”

I think you’re right that AMERICAN BORN CHINESE was the first (and probably still is the only) comic/graphic novel nominated for the National Book Award, and after a quick scan of the NBA site, I don’t see that FUN HOME was nominated for the award.

FUN HOME was nomiated for the similarly-named-but-completely different National Book Critics Cricle Award, however. So maybe that’s the source of the error in the original report…

]]> by: Ben.May http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2623110 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:32:58 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2623110 What? Fun Home was a finalist for the National Book Award? I thought the only comic with that honor was American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Am I dreaming this? That's some pretty poor reporting if I'm right. What? Fun Home was a finalist for the National Book Award? I thought the only comic with that honor was American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang. Am I dreaming this?

That’s some pretty poor reporting if I’m right.

]]> by: joecab http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2622359 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:44:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2622359 Bechdel's already drawn for Pekar in the pages of American Spendor, more than once and many years ago. This article seems to imply that it's never happened before. Bechdel’s already drawn for Pekar in the pages of American Spendor, more than once and many years ago. This article seems to imply that it’s never happened before.

]]> by: gene phillips http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2622269 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:15:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/11/18/all-star-team-up-harvey-pekar-and-alison-bechdel/#comment-2622269 I for one like Bechdel much better than Pekar. The student outperforming the master, if you will. I for one like Bechdel much better than Pekar. The student outperforming the master, if you will.

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