Film about a guy who writes comics.

simu

The film is called American splendour, the comics are called American Splendour and the guy is called Harvey Pekar and it's the story of his life as a comics writer. It won't be at the mainstream cinemas (I saw it at the Kino in Cork) but look out for it. It's funny and you get to see how this guy went about writing his comics, how he was influenced and so on. Plus, for comic fans, it's really cool that the style of the film is based on comics sometimes - there are frames and speech bubbles and so on.

Here's the site of the film!

I'd be interested to hear what others thought of it if they've seen it. (I could have posted this in the films section but I'm more interested in the views of other comics fans).

sixpack's little hat

I saw it in the Kino last week and was slightly dissapointed in it. Wasn't quite as funny/cutting as it was made out to be in some reviews . Definitely worth watching though as a fan of comics.

honru

I think it is a great movie. And Toby Randolf is the best nerd character I have ever seen portrayed on the screen.

"I am a genuine nerd"

I'll never forget that line.

FreaK_BrutheR

Filem About a guy who writes comics......Crumb"

Great Movie!

herobear

yep both crumb and american splendour are great movies

in case any dubs are interested, american splendour will be showing in the screen
dont know about any other places(in dublin) that are showing it though