{"product_id":"american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar","title":"American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar\u003c\/h1\u003eHarvey Pekar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003eJuly 1 2003\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780345468307\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0345468309\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: The inspiration for the award-winning movie\u003cbr\u003efrom HBO Films and Fine Line Features \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAMERICAN SPLENDOR\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Times of Harvey Pekar \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo classic comic anthologies in one volume \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStories by Harvey Pekar \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by R. Crumb \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArt by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie \u003ci\u003eAmerican\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSplendor\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Simply stated, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Splendor\u003c\/i\u003e is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e (Cleveland) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391175163949,"sku":"21214","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_51af43d2-971f-4d12-9b7c-54f0138043ba.jpg?v=1787352206","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/american-splendor-the-life-and-times-of-harvey-pekar","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}