American Splendor

boy was i excited to watch this film. not because i am a comic book junkie or love this comic; i'm not and i have never read this one. not because it is supposedly an excellent film. no. i was stoked because i love love love paul g-mats and he is the lead here. seriously, i can watch him act all day and night. he is so so good!!! anyways. when i watched this film it came to be exactly what i thought it would be. a comic yet serious biopic on the creator of a comic yet serious comic strip/book that is a bio of the author. the film itself is original and dire and creatively done which i am sure... read more

proving that comic books arent just about antiheroes, gunplay, sex and action scenes, harvey pekar was one of the people who turned the idea of what was possible in the medium on its ear with american splendor. the autobiographical comic books ran from 1976 through 2008 at varying frequencies of publication and delivered great stories about his own life. to some that didnt seem like a good idea for a comic book, let alone a movie. shari springer berman and robert pulcini saw differently and wrote and directed this film adaptation of the same name as the comic which brought home a host of read more