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American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

by: Harvey Pekar

: American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780345468307
ISBN: 0345468309
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: July 29, 2003
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: July 29, 2003
Sales Rank: 27899
Studio: Ballantine Books



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The inspiration for the award-winning movie
from HBO Films and Fine Line Features

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

Two classic comic anthologies in one volume

Stories by Harvey Pekar

Introduction by R. Crumb

Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray

The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival

American 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




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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "Who IS Harvey Pekar?"
This collection of Pekar writings from the 1970s and 80s was issued on the heels of the film "American ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Slice of Life
A self-described "working class intellectual" with a passion for collecting jazz records and a "flunky ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A Humdrum Life Writ Large
I've been a fan of Harvey Pekar's work for over fifteen years. The first time I ever read his self-published ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - the best pekar collection
i own i think every american splendor collection book there is, and this one is my favorite. there's a few in ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Splendid glimpse into the male mind in a comic book format
American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar is the largest published collection of the comic series, ... Read More

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