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Sunday Nov 1 | Aspen Times Weekly

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Some years ago, New Yorker Winifred Horan set her mind to becoming a classical violinist, even attended the Aspen Music School for a summer.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

Midwood Paper

King Con is living up to its name

7 and 8 - legends like "American Splendor" author Harvey Pekar, "Mad" magazine's Al Jaffee, and ubiquitous creators Mort Todd and Cliff Chiang will appear before hoards of Brooklyn fanboys and girls.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Eugene Weekly

Cold Souls

COLD SOULS: Written and directed by Sohpie Barthes. Cinematography, Andrij Parekh.

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Related Topix: Cold Souls, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Paul Giamatti

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: 'A.D.: New Orleans After the Flood' by Josh Neufeld

Graphic novelist Josh Neufeld grapples with the destruction of New Orleans in his gripping new book, A.D.: New Orleans After the Flood .

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Sports, Entertainment

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Cleveland.com

Cleveland comics legend Harvey Pekar toasted with 70th birthday `Harvey Heads' collection

Cleveland's dystopian dynamo Harvey Pekar is hero in the comic-book biz thanks to his groundbreaking work with R. Crumb and other artists in the autobiographical "American Splendor" series.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Cleveland, OH, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Wed Oct 07, 2009

FindingDulcinea

Happy Birthday, Harvey Pekar, Author of the 'American Splendor' Comic Books

Harvey Pekar has made a career out of being an ordinary man. As a comic book writer, he documented the most mundane details of his life.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Metro

Sun Oct 04, 2009

SF Site

Nexus Graphica: a column by Rick Klaw and Mark London Williams

You Are There by Jacques Tardi and Jean Claude-Forest ) Originally serialized beginning in 1978 for the French magazine SUIVRE , the groundbreaking You Are There showcased the singular talents of Barbarella creator Claude-Forest and legendary artist Tardi.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Texas

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Bookgasm

Comment on The Best American Comics 2006 by The Best American Comics 2009

On the other side of the world, comics and graphic novels are seen as legitimate works of art and forms of entertainment, read by all ages, in public and out in the open.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Forward

Drawn to The Beat of a Generation

The Beats: A Graphic History Written by Harvey Pekar, et al. Illustrated by Ed Piskor, et al.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies

Fri Sep 25, 2009

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Giamatti portrays himself 'trying to be believable'

In "Cold Souls," actor Paul Giamatti stars as - well - actor Paul Giamatti. He lives in Brooklyn.

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Related Topix: Cold Souls, John Adams, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Entertainment, Television, Paul Giamatti, Arts, Cinema, Movies

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Honolulu Weekly

Being Paul Giamatti

C old Souls posits that the soul can be removed from the human body, thus, alleviating any psychic burdens the person is suffering.

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Related Topix: Cold Souls, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Paul Giamatti, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Sep 16, 2009

Film.com

Women Directors Rule Toronto Film Fest

Editor's Note: This column comes to us courtesy of Ashley Lindstrom and LillyLikes.com . Now this is what I like to hear: The New York Times is reporting that the 34th annual Toronto Film Festival, which began last Thursday, is overrun with highly anticipated work from female directors.

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Jennifer's Body, Thirteen, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Bright Star, An Education

Mon Sep 14, 2009

The Star Press Muncie News

Underground comic book writer Harvey Pekar to visit Ball State

Join comic book fanatics, artists, and readers of all kinds when underground comic book writer and social commentator Harvey Pekar gives a talk on life, writing, and comic books Sept.

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Thu Sep 10, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

COMICS: Harvey Pekar adapts Studs Terkel's 'Working'

Studs Terkel was known for his oral histories. His most famous collection was "Working," an oral history dedicated to the working American.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Studs Terkel

IGN FilmForce

American Splendor

Comics in Context #73: My Comics Week - February 25, 2005 Pekar's Splendor . And the Nominees Are... - January 27, 2004 Rings leads list of Oscar noms.

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Mon Sep 07, 2009

PilotOnline.com

Seriously - where Is Giamatti's soul?

"Cold Souls," as in cold storage, is a little bit of science fiction, a little bit of existentialism and a whole lot of Paul Giamatti.

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Related Topix: Cold Souls, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Paul Giamatti, Ingmar Bergman, Synecdoche, New York, Being John Malkovich

Sat Sep 05, 2009

Laughing Squid

The Pekar Project on SMITH Magazine

Harvey Pekar's been mining the mundane for magic for more than 30 years in his autobiographical American Splendor comics.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Salon.com

Critics' Picks: The Hurricane Katrina comic book

You don't have to be a fan of graphic novels to fall under the spell of "A.D.," Josh Neufeld's haunting chronicle of Hurricane Katrina.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies

Tue Sep 01, 2009

Book TV

Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle, "Studs Terkel's 'Working': A Graphic Adaptation"

From the 2009 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest, a discussion of Studs Terkel's book "Working." Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle have published a graphic adaptation of Mr.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Comedy Movies, Studs Terkel

Sun Aug 30, 2009

Valdosta Daily Times

Comics: a.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Graphic novels and comic books aren't all superheroes and cosmic battles. During the past several years, there have been several critically acclaimed graphic novels taking on real-world issues.

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Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini

Starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis

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