The inspiration for the award-winning moviefrom HBO Films and Fine
Line FeaturesAMERICAN SPLENDORThe Life and Times of Harvey Pekar Two
classic comic anthologies in one volumeStories by Harvey
PekarIntroduction by R. CrumbArt by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett,
Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry
ShamrayThe classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie
American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003
Sundance Film FestivalAmerican Splendor is the world’s first literary
comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American
original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey
chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and
touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the
workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into
personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser,
Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them—he
is himself. “Mr. Pekar has . .. proven that comics can address the
ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can
hold a mirror up to life.”—The New York Times“[Pekar] has a vision
that makes daily city life—a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss,
or simply buying bread—dramatic.”—Chicago Sun-Times“Simply stated,
American Splendor is the most superb literary endeavor to come off
the streets of Cleveland in decades.”—The Plain Dealer
(Cleveland)“Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the
humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.”—The New York Times
Book Review
Book Details:
Edition Info: Paperback; 2004
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