Comments on: In Appreciation of… Harvey Pekar and American Splendor http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor The home on the web for broadcaster and writer Dougie Anderson. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:24:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mr Douglas Anderson | Creatively Speaking http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-976 Mr Douglas Anderson | Creatively Speaking Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:23:54 +0000 http://mrdouglasanderson.com/?p=450#comment-976 [...] be. I wrote about it last year in relation to the life and work of Harvey Pekar and it can be read here. I’ve always had ideas but it’s sometimes difficult to pin them down as they’re [...] [...] be. I wrote about it last year in relation to the life and work of Harvey Pekar and it can be read here. I’ve always had ideas but it’s sometimes difficult to pin them down as they’re [...]

]]> By: Mr Douglas Anderson | RIP Harvey Pekar – A True American Original http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Mr Douglas Anderson | RIP Harvey Pekar – A True American Original Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:04:17 +0000 http://mrdouglasanderson.com/?p=450#comment-150 [...] site. My thoughts on his work are probably best articulated in that article and you can read it here if you so wish. I wasn’t aware he was ill and so the news came as a bit of a shock. For those [...] [...] site. My thoughts on his work are probably best articulated in that article and you can read it here if you so wish. I wasn’t aware he was ill and so the news came as a bit of a shock. For those [...]

]]> By: gregor http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-47 gregor Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:08:29 +0000 http://mrdouglasanderson.com/?p=450#comment-47 beta band then splendour, any chance of a review of atlas shrugged and you will have the hat-trick don't know if you have seen 'straight story' but peckers thrilling mundanity reminds of farnsworth going down the hill on his lawnmower, he begins to lose control as the speeds go in excess of 30 mph. It has to be the most thrilling high speed scene in any film i have seen. just as the hunt for peckars reading glasses can take on search for the golden fleece proportions, farnsworths descent seemed like the 'fast and the furious - ohio drift. beta band then splendour, any chance of a review of atlas shrugged and you will have the hat-trick

don’t know if you have seen ‘straight story’ but peckers thrilling mundanity reminds of farnsworth going down the hill on his lawnmower, he begins to lose control as the speeds go in excess of 30 mph. It has to be the most thrilling high speed scene in any film i have seen. just as the hunt for peckars reading glasses can take on search for the golden fleece proportions, farnsworths descent seemed like the ‘fast and the furious – ohio drift.

]]> By: David Robertson http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-33 David Robertson Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:12:58 +0000 http://mrdouglasanderson.com/?p=450#comment-33 Interesting article. I'm glad the movie has made Pekar some new fans. When I first read him in 1990, I was struck by just how ... boring the stories were. But there is something about the stories. The events stay with you. I like that he is getting into doing longer narratives nowadays. I enjoyed The Quitter and Unsung Hero. The movie was like "American Splendor's Greatest Hits". It really did him justice. In the late 80s Pekar appeared in the movie Comic Book Confidential. Well worth checking out if you've not seen it before... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5GvpVECxU Cheers! Interesting article.

I’m glad the movie has made Pekar some new fans. When I first read him in 1990, I was struck by just how … boring the stories were. But there is something about the stories. The events stay with you.

I like that he is getting into doing longer narratives nowadays. I enjoyed The Quitter and Unsung Hero.

The movie was like “American Splendor’s Greatest Hits”. It really did him justice.

In the late 80s Pekar appeared in the movie Comic Book Confidential. Well worth checking out if you’ve not seen it before…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI5GvpVECxU

Cheers!

]]> By: Milo http://mrdouglasanderson.com/2010/06/02/in-appreciation-of-harvey-pekar-and-american-splendor/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Milo Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:58:58 +0000 http://mrdouglasanderson.com/?p=450#comment-32 Really good article Dougie. I agree that his discovery of his unique talent was very inspirational and the mundane details he relates can be extraordinarily touching because so few people acknowledge those moments. Really good article Dougie. I agree that his discovery of his unique talent was very inspirational and the mundane details he relates can be extraordinarily touching because so few people acknowledge those moments.

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