The Harvey Awards, whose nominations for the year have been making the rounds today, may have been named for Harvey Kurtzman, but Harvey Pekar, another comics luminary, shook the Twitter Report feed this morning as news of his death at the age of 70 broke.
Elsewhere, a more cheerful coincidence occurred as Neil Gaiman was able to catch a picture of a double rainbow live in the wild, even as video watchers across the world continue to obsess over the auto-tuned double rainbow song that's been virally marching around the Internet. Find out what he thought, what manner of cosplay Gail Simone would like to see more of and what designs Jeff Lemire has been considering for "Sweet Tooth" after the jump.
I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is your Twitter Report for July 12, 2010.
Harvery Pekar pt. 1: @fredvanlente Very sad to hear of Harvey Pekar's death. Growing up in Cleveland as I did, he was huge influence & inspiration to me as a writer. R.I.P.
-Fred Van Lente, Writer ("Action Philosophers," "Marvel Zombies")
Harvery Pekar pt. 2: @brubaker Sad to hear of Harvey Pekar's death. I knew him a little bit, a long time ago, and he was an early influence on my work (see Lowlife).
-Ed Brubaker, Writer ("Incognito," "Captain America")
Harvery Pekar pt. 3: @KurtBusiek Very sad to hear of the death of Harvey Pekar. My deepest condolences to family and friends. So many years of unique and wonderful comics...
-Kurt Busiek, Writer ("Superman," "Astro City")
Harvery Pekar pt. 4: @mollycrabapple Gutted to hear about Harvey Pekar, who was so brilliant and touched the lives of so many friends and strangers. #RIPHarvey
-Molly Crabapple, Writer/Artist ("Strange Tales," "Puppet Makers")
Harvery Pekar pt. 5: @FrankTieri God must have a hard-on for Cleveland or something. First LeBron bails and now Harvey Pekar dies. R.I.P. Harvey Pekar.
-Frank Tieri, Writer ("Wolverine," "Iron Man")
@neilhimself Double rainbow. Unable to post without ironic metacommentary. Bugger. It's really pretty. http://twitpic.com/24j78i
-Neil Gaiman, Writer ("The Sandman," "Miracleman")
Harvey Awards pt. 1: @pvponline Also, yes. I am MCing the Harvey's again this year. And yes, I will be making it a big roast of the industry like last year.
-Scott Kurtz, Writer ("PvP")
Harvey Awards pt. 2: @cameronMstewart Sin Titulo is up for a Harvey Award! Exciting!
-Cameron Stewart, Writer/Artist ("Batman and Robin," "Sin Titulo")
Harvey Awards pt. 3: @beatonna I've been nominated for a Harvey award- thanks to all those who submitted my name, you're very generous. There are many great nominees!
-Kate Beaton, Writer/Artist ("Hark! A Vagrant")
@JeffLemire Sweet Tooth 15 Cover ideas.... http://twitpic.com/24nghi
-Jeff Lemire, Writer/Artist ("Sweet Tooth," "The Nobody")
Parting Wisdom for the Day:
@GailSimone No one ever cosplays Willie Lumpkin.
-Gail Simone, Writer ("Birds of Prey," "Wonder Woman")
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