American Splendor #3

(1978)

Chicago's Great Restaurants #1 (Table of Contents)

American Splendor; Travel Tips / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Synopsis:

A review of Chicago's Hamburger King diner with illustration of the front.

Indexer Notes

As of 2010 this diner still exists in the same location!

Standing Behind Old Jewish Ladies in Supermarket Lines (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

How old Jewish ladies hold up the rest of the customers waiting to pay at the supermarket tills.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)
• in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn] (September 1996)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - Working With People: Co-Evolution Quarterly, Winds of Change, American Splendor, Zap Comics (March 1997)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Awaking to the Terror of a New Day (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Ex-Wife

Synopsis:

Harvey is depressed about life and his job.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Awaking to the Terror of the Same Old Day (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Ex-girlfriend; Ex-wife; Ex-Teacher; Receptionist; Sue; Co-worker

Synopsis:

Harvey interprets a dream as his being lonely, but comes to realise others have worse problems.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Short Weekend: A Story About the Cosmic and the Ordinary (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey's weekly treat is emptying his P.O. Box, but there's no new mail.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Getting Adjusted (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Jeff; George's Wife

Synopsis:

Harvey chats with a friend's wife about Vietnam M.I.A's typesetting, his friend George and Cleveland

Keywords:

autobiography

Vignettes #3: The Boys Kid Good-Natured Leon In The Locker Room After Practice (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Leon

Synopsis:

Leon goes through hell.

Vignettes #4: For Boppers Only (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey gives Bob Armstrong a joke.

Keywords:

autobiography

Vignettes #5: "But see if you don't put those nickels down..." (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Characters:

Vending Machine women.

Synopsis:

Should the nickels be on the sheet?

[Vignettes #6: "Take good care a' that guy."] (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Drama

Synopsis:

A good customer is at the petrol station.

Jack the Bellboy and Mr. Boats (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Jack; Mr. Boats; Man with Headphones

Synopsis:

Mr. Boats tells Jack that people should escape their families and that people don't care about good music.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)
• in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn] (September 1996)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - Working With People: Co-Evolution Quarterly, Winds of Change, American Splendor, Zap Comics (March 1997)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)
• in The New Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Stories: From Crumb to Clowes (Smithsonian Institution / New College Press, 2004 series) #[nn] (2004)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Jack is stand-in for Harvey Pekar.

Overheard In The Cleveland Public Library March 23, 1977 (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Librarian; Poet

Synopsis:

A frustrated poet wants the librarian to look at his work.

Keywords:

autobiography

Stetson Shoes (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Neighbourhood Bore; Thrift Store Woman

Synopsis:

Harvey finds a pair of Stetson shoes in a thrift shop.

Reprints:

• in More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) #[nn] (1987)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Traditional Male Chauvinism (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Freddy

Synopsis:

Freddy's been trying to pick up women at church.

Reprints:

• in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) #[nn] (September 1991)

Keywords:

autobiography

Mr Lopes' Gift (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Mr Lopes

Synopsis:

Mr Lopes describes life in Brazil and offers Harvey a gift.

Reprints:

• in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn] (September 1996)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - Working With People: Co-Evolution Quarterly, Winds of Change, American Splendor, Zap Comics (March 1997)

Keywords:

autobiography

Rollins On Time (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]

Content Information

Characters:

Rollins

Synopsis:

Rollins answers the phone.

Reprints:

• in More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) #[nn] (1987)
• in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn] (September 1996)
• in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - Working With People: Co-Evolution Quarterly, Winds of Change, American Splendor, Zap Comics (March 1997)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) #[nn] (August 2003)

Chicago's Great Restaurants #2 (Table of Contents)

Travel Tips; American Splendor / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Colors:

Gary Dumm?

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Content Information

Synopsis:

A review of Chicago's El Taco Loco restaurant with illustration of the front.

Indexer Notes

Also still in business in 2010.