"American Splendor," DVD, Color, 101 minutes, 2003, directed by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis.

Harvey Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital.  He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life.  Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller.  This film weaves commentary by the real Pekar and Joyce throughout.

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This program is FREE and subject to last-minute change or cancellation.