American Splendor

Comedy, Drama, Biography

Chris Ambrose	Superman
Joey Krajcar	Batman
Josh Hutcherson	Robin
Cameron Carter	Green Lantern
Daniel Tay	Young Harvey
Paul Giamatti	Harvey Pekar
Mary Faktor	Housewife
Hope Davis	Joyce Brabner
Harvey Pekar	Real Harvey
Shari Springer Berman	Interviewer
Larry John Meyers	Throat Doctor
Nick Baxter
Vivienne Benesch
Earl Billings

Director	Shari Springer Berman; Robert Pulcini
Producer	Ted Hope; Lamia Guellati; Julia King
Writer	Robert Pulcini; Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
Cinematography	Terry Stacey
Musician	Mark Suozzo

Harvey Pekar is a file clerk at a Cleveland Veterans' Affairs hospital who doesn't have much of a social life other than discussing minutia with fellow record buffs. He reads, writes, and listens to jazz when he’s not bemoaning his life or the decline of society. One day he discusses an off-handed idea for a comic book with friend Robert Crumb (James Urbaniak). The artist draws pictures for Harvey’s jottings and “American Splendor” is born. The comic unexpectedly achieves a cult following. One of the devotees is Joyce (Hope Davis), a neurotic comic store clerk who establishes an unlikely relationship with Pekar after tracking him down to find a missing issue.