The cause of death was unclear, and an autopsy was planned, officials said. Pekar's graphic novels were a radical departure from the over-the-top super heroes that ruled the format at the time he started writing in the 1970s and eventually attained a loyal following. Pekar, 70, was found dead by his wife Joyce Brabner in their Cleveland Heights, Ohio, home. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that Cuyahoga County Coroner …

Harvey Pekar, the obsessive chronicler of everyday lives, was collaborating at the end of his life on a Web project whose fate in print remains uncertain. The cause of death was unclear, and an autopsy was planned, officials said.