American Splendor (Vertigo)

(Vertigo, 2006)
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Harvey Pekar has been very successful writing a comic book series about his own life. Though independently produced over the years, this new series follows the same format as previous incarnations but is now published by DC’s Vertigo imprint. Pekar deserves this more mainstream attention, for in recent years he successfully overcame cancer (see Our Cancer Year) and also was the subject in two feature films, Comic Book Confidential and more importantly, American Splendor starring Paul Giamatti. For those still unfamiliar with Pekar’s work, he’s something of a Sad Sack who usually finds happiness despite his meager surroundings.

— Mark Arnold

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