BASED on the comic-book strip of the same name, American Splendor stars Paul Giamatti as Harvey Pekar, a middle-aged loser who spends his days working as a file clerk, collecting jazz records and moaning about everything and anything under the sun.

More than 30,000 people are expected to flock to Kilkenny to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Ireland’s main comedy festival over the coming bank holiday weekend.