Charmed, Joyce suggests they "skip the whole courtship thing" and get married. A concerned Harvey offers her chamomile tea. Back at Harvey's apartment, Joyce is overcome with a bout of nausea and vomiting. The date begins with a handshake and dinner at a local family restaurant. Joyce travels to Cleveland to meet Harvey in person. She writes to Harvey, he responds, and they discover they are kindred spirits.
Meanwhile, in Delaware, Joyce is frustrated with her partner in the comic book store, who has sold her copy of American Splendor #8 out from under her. Harvey leaves their encounter feeling more alone than ever before. They catch up on each other's lives and talk about Theodore Dreiser's novel Jennie Gerhardt. Harvey has published eight issues of American Splendor to critical acclaim but little financial gain he's still a "flunky file clerk." Harvey runs into Alice Quinn, a woman he briefly knew in college. He shows Bob the scripts he's been working on, and Crumb offers to illustrate them for him.Ī montage of classic Pekar quotidian moments culminates with Harvey proudly showing off American Splendor #1 to his VA co-workers. At a diner with Crumb, Harvey makes a pitch for a new kind of comics. An incident at the supermarket revives him, as his animated subconscious goads him: "Are you going to stand there in silence, or are you going to make a mark?" Inspired, Harvey stays up all night writing. Afterward, a sobering moment in the VA hospital's "deceased" files section leads Harvey to try drawing his own stories, but his lack of drawing talent stops him. His marriage over, Harvey is lonely and frustrated he wants to leave a mark on the world. Returning to 1975, a now famous Crumb is back in Cleveland for a visit. A friendship is formed over a shared love of jazz and comic books. While searching for old records at a yard sale, Harvey meets shy greeting card illustrator Robert Crumb. In a documentary scene, the real Harvey Pekar talks about his years as a part-time used-record collector/salesman. Boats comes by to offer advice: the words of an Elinor Wylie poem. A few months later, a depressed Harvey is at his file clerk job for the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at a VA hospital. Harvey's wife decides their " plebeian" lifestyle just isn't working for her anymore without being able to speak, Harvey is powerless to convince her not to leave him.
In 1975, a scratchy-voiced Harvey visits a throat doctor and exhibits hypochondria. Then real Harvey Pekar appears in a documentary-style setup. The scene shifts to an adult, walking the gritty Cleveland streets. ( April 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring Halloween in 1950, an 11-year-old Harvey Pekar refuses to dress up as a superhero while trick-or-treating. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed.
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