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American Splendor

American Splendor
American Splendor
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American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books and graphic novels written by Harvey Pekar. It was adapted into a movie in 2003.
Pekar was one of the first writers to believe that everyday real life could be a viable topic for comic books, traditionally the province of fantasy-adventure and other genre stories. He began his series in 1976 while working as a file clerk at a Veteran's Administration hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Being unable to draw himself, he recruited his friend and underground comics master Robert Crumb to help create a comics series based on Pekar's own life. A wide assortment of other artists, including Gary Dumm, Frank Stack, Dean Hapsiel, Kevin Brown, and Joe Zabel, have also illustrated his stories, which are realistic and mostly true narratives dealing with the mundane troubles and frustrations of the everyday world. Pekar tends to document without much interpretation difficult living conditions ("keeping an old car alive in a Cleveland winter") and other people in his life such as co-worker Toby Radloff, an adult male with Asperger's Syndrome, who fills a life (initially appearing rather empty) with a variety of projects including fandom and inexpensive computers.

American Splendor Movies

American Splendor

In 2003 a movie adaptation featuring Paul Giamatti playing Pekar (as well as appearances by Pekar himself) and Hope Davis as his wife was released to critical acclaim and first honors at the Sundance Film Festival in addition to the award for best adapted screenplay from the Writer's Guild of America. It was written and directed by documentarists Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. It was entirely filmed on location in Cleveland and Lakewood in Ohio.

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Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini maintain this balance between the actors and the real-life characters--Pekar's wife Joyce (played by Hope Davis) and coworker Toby (played by Judah Friedlander) also appear on set as themselves--while crafting a funny, difficult, heartwarming tale that encapsulates Pekar's life, work, and uniquely bizarre perspectives.

Extra features include: 3D animated menus; audio commentary with directors and cast; five Easter Eggs; "Road to Splendor" featurettes; interactive menus with animation in the same style as the film; music only track; special "My Movie Year" 6 page comic insert; theatrical trailer.

American Splendor Merchandise

Our Movie Year: American Splendor (Paperback)
Our Movie Year: American Splendor (Paperback)
Artists R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, and others illustrate the author s stories from twelve months in his life, when he went from being an unknown comic book writer to being famous with the release of the film, American Splendor.
Author: Pekar, Harvey/ Crumb, R. / Dumm, Gary (ART)/ Zingarelli, Mark (ART)/ Neufeld, Josh (ART)/ Shamray, Gerry (ART)/ Budgett, G. (ART)/ Stack, Frank (ART)/ Piskor, Ed (ART)/ Zabel, Joe (ART)/ Haspiel, Dean (ART).
Number of Pages: 174.
Published On: 2004/12/07.
Language: ENGLISH
$16.95 USD

American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics
American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics
$12.00 USD

Best of American Splendor
Best of American Splendor
$13.46 USD

American Splendor: The Life And Times Of Harvey Pekar (Paperback)
American Splendor: The Life And Times Of Harvey Pekar (Paperback)
Artists Gerry Shamray, Gary Dumm, Gregory Budgett, and Kevin Brown illustrate this collection of pieces from the American Splendor series, author Harvey Pekar s celebration of Cleveland working-class life. Author: Pekar, Harvey/ Brown, Kevin/ Budgett, Gregory. Number of Pages: 320. Published On: 2003/08/01. Language: ENGLISH
$16.95 USD

American Splendor: Our Cancer Year Paperback Book
American Splendor: Our Cancer Year Paperback Book
The year is 1990; a lump in the groin which Harvey Pekar had ignored has enlarged and his wife convinces him to have it checked out. It turns out to be a lymphoma and thus begins the yearlong chronicle of Harvey's battle with cancer. Intertwined with the couple's struggle with diagnosis and treatment is their decision to buy a home, and Joyce's work with an international group of teenagers who have survived war. However, the bulk of this unconventional work depicts in a stark and straightforward way the energy necessary to survive not just cancer, but cancer treatment. A classis in the annals of American graphic novels. This softcover book has 220 pages.
$17.95 USD

DVD: American Splendor
DVD: American Splendor
Here's your chance to own the ground breaking, award-winning American Splendor on DVD! American Splendor is based on the life and work of underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar- a prickly poet of the mundane who knows that all the strategizing in the world can't save a guy from picking the wrong supermarket checkout line.

Played by actor Paul Giamatti, Pekar also appears as himself, giving the film a documentary feeling with many behind-the-scenes on-set shots. Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini maintain this balance between the actors and the real-life characters--Pekar's wife Joyce (played by Hope Davis) and coworker Toby (played by Judah Friedlander) also appear on set as themselves--while crafting a funny, difficult, heartwarming tale that encapsulates Pekar's life, work, and uniquely bizarre perspectives.

Extra features include: 3D animated menus; audio commentary with directors and cast; five Easter Eggs; "Road to Splendor" featurettes; interactive menus with animation in the same style as the film; music only track; special "My Movie Year" 6 page comic insert; theatrical trailer.
$27.95

American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics
American Splendor Presents: Bob & Harv's Comics
Both Robert Crumb, who defined the underground comics of the 1960s, and Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic American Splendor launched an entire movement in the 1980s, have transformed American alternative comics. Bob & Harvey's Comics is a collection of their pithy collaborations (Crumb illustrates Pekar's stories) that also shows how superbly suited they are to interpret each other's work. This softcover book is 96 pages.


$9.95 USD

American Splendor      Our Movie Year
American Splendor Our Movie Year
$12.71 USD
American Splendor (DVD)
American Splendor (DVD)
DVD Certificate: (15) Release Date: 24/05/04 Harvey Pekar is a filing clerk in a Cleveland hospital. Bored with his daily routine, he begins to collect together his observations on all areas of life into an organised form. Calling it 'American Splendour', the subject entries range from the negative to the hilarious. The first edition of this is published and suddenly he becomes a hero for millions of Americans. He finds his life changing in many ways, even in the area of love...
$19.99 USD

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