Lark

Emerging from the gritty, confessional world of Harvey Pekar's self-published American Splendor in 1980, Lark is a Bronze Age figure rooted in one of alternative comics' most celebrated and uncompromising series. Brought to life by Pekar and artist Gerry Shamray, this character inhabits the same unglamorous, deeply human Cleveland universe as Pekar himself and fellow denizens like Mr. Boats. With appearances stretching across two decades into American Splendor: Portrait of the Author in His Declining Years, Lark is a quiet piece of a landmark comics legacy — and for devoted fans of literary, slice-of-life storytelling, that's reason enough to seek them out.