Harvey Pekar gained notoriety for his strong opinions, sardonic sense of humor and his bristling brilliance. His wife, Joyce Brabner, found Pekar dead this morning.

Famed grump and comic book author Harvey Pekar was found dead early this morning in his Cleveland home. The disgruntled and curmudgeonly writer was most famous for his American Splendor comic series, adapted into a well-reviewed film in 2003.

Actor (and Michael Bloomberg supporter) Matt Damon turns 39 today. Soon-Yi Previn, or Mrs. Woody Allen, is turning 39, too. Chevy Chase is 66. Rev. Jesse Jackson is turning 68. Sigourney Weaver turns 60. Former presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich is turning 63. Director Ed Zwick is 57. Children's author R.L. Stine is turning 66. Netflix founder Reed Hastings is 49. Comic book writer Harvey Pekar turns 70. Nick Cannon is 29. Jeremy Davies is 40. And actor Paul Hogan of Crocodile Dundee fame turns 70.

Harvey Pekar is Twittering via surrogate, an advice columnist is complimenting herself via email archive and a radio producer is turning a movie theater into her own personal catwalk. The Twitterati are doing a little role playing.