Pekar's Malice

The New York Press takes a look at Harvey Pekar's latest book, Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story. In it, Pekar breaks from his typical autobiographical fare to tell someone else's story:

When Pekar began work on a new graphic novel, part of a four-book deal with Random House, Malice’s name popped up again. “We kept in touch, and I found out that he had a very vindictive side to him. He also did a lot of bragging, and I think that’s been noted by other people. I decided that I’d like to write a book about him, and try to figure out where he was coming from, because he was such an unusual character to me.” Ego & Hubris is, quite simply, the story of Michael Malice, the hotheaded, 30-year-old, Ayn Rand-obsessed Russian immigrant who moved to the United States at a year-and-half old.

The article also notes that success hasn't spoiled him yet, and he's resisting the lure of Hollywood to keep making comics:

Despite his recent theatrical success, Pekar has no plans to shy away from the medium with which he made his name. “There are so many things you can do in comics that haven’t been done before, and I want to get in on this. I write prose articles and music reviews, but I’m going to stick with comics for the foreseeable future, for my main means of expression.”