Links and Resources
Helpful Harvey Pekar / American Splendor links
- Stream American Splendor on Amazon Prime (via HBO Now)
- Watch American Splendor on YouTube (free)
- Harvey Pekar on Wikipedia
- Joyce Brabner on Wikipedia
- American Splendor on Wikipedia
- Our Cancer Year on Wikipedia
- American Splendor film on Wikipedia
- American Splendor film on IMDb
- American Splendor: a graphic novel analysis
- American Splendor artists list
- American Splendor artist timeline on Wikipedia
- The Pekar Project, original Pekar-written webcomics on Smith magazine (edited by Jeff Newelt)
- @PekarProject — actual tweets from Harvey Pekar (archived)
- Return to Splendor, a video about Harvey Pekar by American Splendor illustrator Gerry Shamray
- Toby Radloff on Wikipedia
- “The Unfinished Tale of an Unlikely Hero,” New York Times (Sept. 1, 2010)
- American Splendor on stage, a look at the Los Angeles stage production of 1990
- “Pekar’s Splendor,” by comics historian Peter Sanderson — a comprehensive overview of the film, the comics that inspired it, and other highlights from American Splendor
- “Proletarian Formalism,” an essay by Michael Barrier about Pekar’s comics (and a little bit about the movie)
