American Splendor: Our Movie Year

Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor: Our Movie Year (2004, Random House) is a single-issue comic that captures the surreal aftermath of the 2003 film adaptation of his life. Written by Pekar and illustrated by Josh Neufeld, it chronicles the author’s unexpected brush with Hollywood fame, offering his signature blend of wry, everyday observation and gritty self-reflection. A unique coda to the American Splendor saga, it matters as a firsthand account of how a curmudgeonly Cleveland file clerk navigated the strange territory of being turned into a movie character.