harvey pekar be a comic book writer in reality and fiction . the real pekar narrate this film and as well a be include in scene interpolate with the narrative . paul giamatti play pekar in the narrative . additionally and there the comic book dimension and which take u far into the fictional harvey pekar . see and pekar writes comic about himself while he egocentric that way . pekar provide u with a glimpse of his age and calm self . contrastingly and giamatti give u a young and sloven mope . the comic give u varied picture it depend who the cartoonist be . pekar and a play by giamatti and be a lackluster protagonist while he an obsessive compulsive neurotic who whine about the virtue of the everyman . he repulsive his home be a mess and he scratch his head incessantly . he should try new shampoo and conditioner and or perhaps he doesn not wash very often . i guess the point be pekar genius rest in his presentation of ordinary life and or at least the ordinary dork life . while this doesn not seem a bad idea for comic and i do not read comic book . robert crumb be one cartoonist of pekar and i gather and underground cultist american splendor series . watch james urbaniak personification of crumb and i felt the urge to watch the documentary crumb and again while the medium use there make it seem . well and more real .