American Heroes!!!

Everytime i hear the word, "American Hero", i have too laugh . Call me unpatriotic if you want but i think it's a joke cuz all i can think of is G.I. Joe or some right wing douche bag yelling about 'them homos, communists, blah.bla.blah." . My point is, i consider true "American heroes" too be people like Harvey Peckar and Mark Borchardt .
Check out the films AMERICAN SPLENDOR( as well as the comic-book by the same name!) about the life and times of Harvey, who is still alive despite some harrowing experiences( that mostly being cancer he had wayyyy back!) and AMERICAN MOVIE which is a documentary film about a guy named Mark who is trying too make a movie, then 2 years into the project, he quits and starts working on a shorter film project he began a couple years before . The trials and tribulations this guy goes thru is just amazing! Along the way, you meet many of his friends and associates are total characters( especially Mike"Vodka" Schank - a lovable slow neat super talented guitarist and very hilarious!!!) . The smae thing for AMERICAN SPLENDOR . Harvey Peckar is just a regular guy going thru a 2nd divorce, has a dead end job and is very gloomy and always seeming too find the worst in anything( gee, kinda like me!) but one day he started doing stick figure illustrations about his life and people around him, situations,etc. and too make a lomng stort short, he gets some pretty dman famous people too illustrate his stuff and he became semi-famous after this . There IS a happy ending too all this, despite what Mr. Peckar will tell you in the beginning of this great flick! Same thing with AMERICAN MOVIE . These guys are such characters, and you know what makes them REAL AMERICAN HEROES??? Well, becuase they are just regular "American" guys working too survive and along the way they are doing something special and tho they may not realize it, they are INSPIRING other REAL people with their creativity! I think these guys are great and are amongst a few other people that have inspired me in my life recently( tho i did check out one of the AMERICAN SPLENDOR graphic novles back in '94 - frikking GREAT stuff!!!) along with William S, Burroughs(r.i.p.), Charles Bukowski(r.i.p.), H.P. Lovecraft(r.i.p.),etc.etc. I wish i would get off my lazy ass and do more tho .
My pal Tim is doing a documentary film about me and we did a ton of stuff for it last May . When it is eventually out, i hope that it inspires someone out there?
I highly recommend the 2 above mentioned films . Oh yeah, and one of the real cool things about AMERICAN SPLENDOR is that the real Harvey Peckar narrates it and shows up off the set off and on along with his wife Joyce, friend Toby and a few others! What else? I never cared for GI JOE, COBRA IS WAY COOLER!!!! DESTRO#1!!!!!!! The Baroness is HOT and i'm outta here so raise the flag of the Cobra Empire, throw poop at people and have a fine day! Na-noo na-noo . THE BIZARRE ALIEN. OUTERSPACE. GYNGER RULES - EARTHGIRLS, eat poo!!!