The late Harvey Pekar was drawn by a lot of great comic artists and portrayed by a couple of superb actors. Paul Giamatti played him in the movie, American Splendor. And Dan Castellaneta played him in an acclaimed stage play of American Splendor which was authored by my friend Vince Waldron. It opened in September of 1990 and played to capacity crowds for a year…and then a half-hour version was recorded as a radio play for KCRW in Santa Monica.
Tomorrow night, Friday the 16th, KCRW will rebroadcast that play in tribute to Harvey. It airs once (and only once) at 7:30 PM. If you're in Southern California, you can tune in to the station at 89.9 FM. Outside that area, you'll need to go to the station's website. It will not be available for download so if you want to hear it, tune in then. Dan is quite wonderful in the role.