{"product_id":"9780345468307","title":"American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe inspiration for the award-winning movie from HBO Films and Fine Line Features\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAMERICAN SPLENDOR\u003cbr\u003eThe Life and Times of Harvey Pekar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo classic comic anthologies in one volume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories by Harvey Pekar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by R. Crumb\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArt by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027726844144,"sku":"9780345468307","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345468307_p0.jpg?v=1763766533","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345468307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}