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November 02, 2005
Harvey
I was in the drawing group also. I think Katie did a good job explaining our process of coming up with what to draw and when, so I won't say anything on that. When I looked at the words and the drawings together, I was confused. But after taking it all in, I thought that it was possible, just having a man standing there doing different hand gestures and facial expressions while talking. That's how everyday life really is, so it is kind of real, unlike a lot of other comics. When you look at the words and the pictures together I thought about the expressions and gestures and if they really did go with the words, and they really did.
After seeing the movie, nothing really changed my mind. I imagined Harvey to sound somelike like his character in the movie and to look like that. Also, after seeing the comic drawing, I imagined him to act the way he did, goofy and weird-like.
After seeing the real people that the comic, movie, and story are about, it was just weird to me. It was different having a real life person as a comic, a comic in a movie, and so on. Nothing really changed my mind about anything, it just opened it up further to understand the whole comic and the person.
Posted by lcisnelson at November 2, 2005 09:01 AM
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Rachel, I think it's interseting how you say that the Harvey Pekar comic is more "real" than other comics. I have never thought about this before, but now that you mentioned it, I agree with you. This is more like every day life than most comics and it still manages to be funny, even though it is closer to what we do everyday.
Posted by: Katie at November 4, 2005 07:29 PM