Sentences with phrase «cleveland file clerk»

When a Cleveland file clerk uses his mundane existence as the inspiration for a comic book, he achieves unlikely fame, a berth on the Letterman show, and a following that includes other wage slaves who find daily office life to be as filled with rage and excitement as any action picture.

The Critics» Prize, voted on by journalists at the festival and given independently of the jury, went to the Sundance winner «American Splendor,» inspired by the autobiographical comic books of the redoubtable Cleveland file clerk Harvey Pekar.

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Harvey Pekar also hails from Cleveland, where he worked as a file clerk in a va hospital while writing American Splendor, the comic book series that detailed his daily life.