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  1. American Splendor is a 2003 American biographical comedy drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film, which chronicles the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar, is a hybrid production featuring live actors, documentary, and animation.

  2. Sep 12, 2003 · American Splendor: Directed by Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini. With Chris Ambrose, Joey Krajcar, Josh Hutcherson, Cameron Carter. An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

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    • Biography, Comedy, Drama
    • Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
    • 2003-09-12
  3. Aug 22, 2003 · Reviews. American Splendor. Roger Ebert August 22, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. One of the closing shots of "American Splendor" shows a retirement party for Harvey Pekar, who is ending his career as a file clerk at a V.A. hospital in Cleveland. This is a real party, and it is a real retirement.

  4. Page 1 of 6, 11 total items. Underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar, portrayed by Paul Giamatti but also appearing as himself, is the subject of this inventive biopic.

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  5. American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals. Publishers were, at various times, Harvey Pekar himself, Dark Horse Comics, and DC Comics. [1]

    Number
    Date Of Publication
    Pages (including Cover)
    Artists
    1
    May 1976
    52
    Brian Bram, Greg Budgett, Robert Crumb, ...
    2
    April 1977
    60
    Bram, Budgett, Crumb, Dumm
    3
    1978
    56
    Budgett, Crumb, Dumm
    4
    1979
    60
    Crumb, Dumm, Michael T. Gilbert, Gerry ...
  6. An admirer of naturalist writers like Theodore Dreiser, Harvey makes his American Splendor a truthful, unsentimental record of his working-class life, a warts-and-all self portrait.

  7. Feb 10, 2009 · An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar. "American Splendor" is a 2003 film direced by Shari Springer Berman and...

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