Mills conceived 2016’s 20th Century Women, also semiautobiographical, as a companion piece to that earlier film: Annette ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook The movie American Splendor (2003) adapts Pekar’s comics of the same (which were released between ...

Harvey Pekar, the Cleveland cartoon writer whose "American Splendor" inspired a film of the same name, died early Monday. Pekar, who had battled cancer, was found dead just before 1 am by his wife, ...

Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his unglamorous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was ...

Harvey Pekar — blue-collar scholar, retired file clerk, television celebrity, journalist, observer of life and creator of the 25 year-old comic series “American Splendor” — can now add “movie star” to ...

Joyce Brabner, the comic book writer who helped, with late husband and fellow author Harvey Pekar, bring everyday Cleveland life to the world, died last week after a lengthy battle with cancer, a ...

It sounds like it wouldn't work: a film about a shlub who works as a file clerk at a Cleveland VA hospital by day and writes comic books about his pathetic life by night. He's not terribly ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- He seems so easygoing as Martin Lawrence's goofy cop buddy in "Big Momma's House," Jim Carrey's prank partner in "Man on the Moon" or the aim-to-please orangutan in "Planet of the ...