American Splendor

Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young... (more)

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. (less)