”Man, Average is Dumb”
I only ever saw a couple of American Splendor comics, but they stuck with me in a way even the X-Men never have, so when M. said she really, really wanted to see the movie, I was more than happy to go. I’m very glad I did. Although it is a sort of anti-Dogma movie, in that it uses fictional techniques to tell a true story, it is also as unpretentious as the comics and their author. Harvey Pekar’s masterwork deserves the attention it garners as a result of this movie’s success, so get right out and ensure it is successful. They may be slobs, but they care about life, man.