Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story Ego & Hubris: Pekar turns the lens around – Cody C. Gaisser – Nashville, Tennessee, USA
This is a very hard book to recommend or explain, but I quite enjoyed it nonetheless. Harvey Pekar simply relates the life story of one of his eccentric acquaintances (a conservative anarchist named Michael Malice) in a very deadpan, matter-of-fact first person perspective. A quick summary of Malice’s narrative would be: “I am smart and under-appreciated, all of my bosses and coworkers are idiots, here is how I told them off and got fired.” Don’t expect it to go anywhere – it doesn’t. At least not anymore than real life “goes somewhere.” Despite his willful obnoxiousness and condescending attitude, Michael Malice still somehow comes out a champion of sorts because he lives life his own way without compromise – always striving to learn and create, and he seems genuinely satisfied with his unorthodox lifestyle choices. You may not want him talking your ear off at a dinner party, but most people will probably see a little bit of themselves and a LOT of their acquaintances reflected back in Michael Malice’s inner thoughts. Pekar is VERY astute at capturing these sorts of universal elements and situations, allowing the reader to identify with someone they might not normally be fond of. By the grace of this man’s incredible gift, we are able to understand ourselves and others from new perspectives… which is the real the key to human progress. If you already enjoy American Splendor, you will likely find something to love (or hate) about Michael Malice.
: “Michael Malice is one of the most puzzling twenty-first century Americans I have ever met.”
–Harvey Pekar

Who’s Michael Malice, and how did he become the subject of a graphic novel by Harvey Pekar, the curmudgeon from Cleveland?

First of all, Michael Malice is a real person. He’s 5’6” and weighs 130 pounds. Although on the cusp of thirty, he could easily pass for a scrawny teenager.

One day Michael, a guy with a patchwork employment record and dreams as big as his ego, meets Harvey and begins to relay all these wild stories about his life. Simple as that. Harvey thinks the guy is bright but a bit of a riddle–though not the kind wrapped in an enigma. It’s strange. He seems like the type of person you meet every day, rather ordinary, until you really get to know him. Then you realize he’s exceptional, unusual, and contradictory. Pleasant one minute, really nasty the next. But isn’t cruelty part of human nature? We digress. . . .

Harvey writes up and illustrates one of Michael Malice’s tales, “Fish Story,” which is part of American Splendor: Our Movie Year. It makes a splash and spawns this book, Harvey’s first hardcover, a graphic novel event about one guy’s life.

Ego & Hubris relates how, a year and a half after his birth in the Ukraine, Michael Malice moved with his parents to Brooklyn. He’s an intransigent kid, a hard-ass–both a demon to and demonized by the people who cross his path. His life is a constant struggle for validation in a world where the machine keeps trying to break him down. But Michael has a way with people . . . or rather, has a way of getting even with people. Hey, if you can’t live up to your parents’ expectations, at least you can live up to your name.

Michael had never come close to fulfilling his huge dreams–until now. And just as Harvey’s been the everyman for a certain generation of graphic-novel readers, Michael Malice will be the everyman for a new generation.
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Okay, so that a stupid question. Or at least it may initially sound. As for the publication and distribution and its dependence on advertising, magazines, comic books are clear by definition. Graphic Novels are then processed to make journals … which is clearly (I hope not).

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