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A review by anttirask
Best Of American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
4.0
I knew of Harvey Pekar way before I read any of his work. In fact, I had borrowed this same book from the library a few years ago, but for some reason I didn’t end up reading it until now.
Perhaps I thought the book to be too wordy and about too heavy subject matters, accompanied by somewhat harsh black-and-white illustration. Now, I was right about all this, but the book is not just that. It’s that and much more.
The parts that I did enjoy the most were the times he was writing about jazz. You could tell that it was a real passion of his and that he had a lot of original thoughts about the matter. And although I did also like his rants about various things, I have to say it was a pleasure to read about the more positive aspects of his life.
A lot could be said about the art and the various artists involved, but I’ll just say that I liked some more than the others. And had the art been more consistently good, I would’ve given this the fifth star.
Perhaps I thought the book to be too wordy and about too heavy subject matters, accompanied by somewhat harsh black-and-white illustration. Now, I was right about all this, but the book is not just that. It’s that and much more.
The parts that I did enjoy the most were the times he was writing about jazz. You could tell that it was a real passion of his and that he had a lot of original thoughts about the matter. And although I did also like his rants about various things, I have to say it was a pleasure to read about the more positive aspects of his life.
A lot could be said about the art and the various artists involved, but I’ll just say that I liked some more than the others. And had the art been more consistently good, I would’ve given this the fifth star.