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In Appreciation of… Harvey Pekar and American Splendor

Posted by Douglas Anderson June 2, 2010 American Splendor, comic book, Film, Harvey Pekar, Literature Comments (5)

Like many I had never heard of Harvey Pekar before watching the film American Splendor. I went to see it on a cold and grey January afternoon in 2004 after scouring the cinema listings in the hope there would …

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