Harvey Pekar

Top 10 biopics
Cinema has always liked telling a good life story, and all kinds of biography – from the humblest to the starriest – have been given a filmic going-over. The Guardian and Observer's critics pick the 10 best in a very crowded field
12, Dec, 2013 @7:40 AM

Best graphic novels of 2012
Rachel Cooke
30, Nov, 2012 @11:00 AM
Harvey Pekar's Cleveland by Harvey Pekar and Joseph Remnant - review
James Smart
22, May, 2012 @12:30 PM

My favourite film: Readers' comments – week three
We're picking out your finest responses to our My favourite film series, for which Guardian writers have selected the movies they go back to time and again.
Here's a roundup of how you responded in week three, when the selections were American Splendor, The Red Shoes, The Princess Bride, Rio Bravo and Hoop Dreams
Guardian film
14, Nov, 2011 @5:20 PM

My favourite film: American Splendor
Amy Fleming
07, Nov, 2011 @11:58 AM

Harvey Pekar, the American anti-hero who led a comic-book revolution | Ben Myers
The American Splendor author was a humane and masterful storyteller who saw through the artifice of the US mainstream, writes Ben Myers
Ben Myers
15, Jul, 2010 @10:13 AM

Harvey Pekar obituary
Comic book writer who penned the autobiographical American Splendor
Steve Holland
13, Jul, 2010 @12:56 PM

American Splendor author Harvey Pekar dies aged 70
Comic book writer acclaimed for chronicles of mundane tribulations of US life found dead at home
Alison Flood
13, Jul, 2010 @12:25 PM
Indie comics legend Harvey Pekar writes jazz opera
Sean Michaels
03, Feb, 2009 @12:10 PM
LA critics honour American Splendor
American Splendor, the film adaptation of Harvey Pekar's cult comic book, has won the best picture award from the LA Film Critics Association
Staff and agencies
08, Jan, 2004 @12:00 PM
Film of the week: Time for a reality check
Film of the week: Harvey Pekar's cult comics, drawn by his friend Robert Crumb, celebrated eccentric working-class people. Now Pekar stars in American Splendor - or does he?
Philip French
04, Jan, 2004 @12:24 AM
Doom with a view
Danny Leigh meets Harvey Pekar, the hero of his own comic strip, American Splendor.
Danny Leigh
19, Dec, 2003 @2:26 AM
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