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November 05, 2005
Harvey Pekar Transformation
I thought that our project with the words and images of the Harvey Pekar comic "The Name Story" was very interesting. It was really fun trying to create words to go along with the images of the comic. This showed how you can think that an image means one thing, but find out that it really means something else when you see the true story.
Harvey Pekar seems like a very interesting man, even though he basically portrays himself as a somewhat dull person throughout his comics. He seems sort of dissatisfied with himself and his life, but he really captures the comic readers interest by explaining his grief.
The Harvey Pekar movie did in some ways relate to the comic that we studied in class, but because it was a movie the actors sort of overdid the actions that were in the comic. This sometimes ruined the idea that I had in my mind about Harvey Pekar, like how he looked, behaved, and sounded like. It pretty much like when I have read books and then saw the movie, which completely distorted my idea of the characters in the book.
--Yasmin
Posted by lcisperez at November 5, 2005 07:56 PM