(1984)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 2.75 USD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1984-06-27
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Pekar
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0001391383.
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Ed; Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Lentils and Lent
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Any connection between lentils and lent?
- Keywords
- autobiography
A Semi-Bummer Weekend
American Splendor / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Jon; Joey Santorelli; Donna; Newspaper Writer; Mr. Santorelli
- Synopsis
- Jon comes to visit, but Harvey feels his stay doesn't go very well.
- Reprints
-
in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Homestretch
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Clyde
- Synopsis
- Clyde needs a burst of energy
- Keywords
- autobiography
A Short Visit
American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Receptionist; Sam
- Synopsis
- Harvey has neglected to visit a colleague who was taken ill.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Who Are You Kidding?
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Harvey and Toby talk about the Toto song "Rosanna" and the Saturday Night Live character "Rosanna Roseannadanna."
- Keywords
- autobiography
History Repeats Itself
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- What different generations consider harmful.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Free Ride
American Splendor / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Herschel; Mr. Klein; Hustler
- Synopsis
- Herschel starts getting lifts to work from Mr Klein, but comes to dislike him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
A Harvey Pekar Story
American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Jon Goldman; Irving Lapidus
- Synopsis
- Jon has a Harvey Pekar experience.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
One of Life's Pleasures
American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Mary; Dr Reynolds
- Synopsis
- Harvey asks which hospital in Cleveland has the best cafeteria.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Garfield Monument
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Custodian
- Synopsis
- Harvey takes Joyce to the Garfield Monument and they meet a unusually informed custodian.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Hypothetical Quandary
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- What would it be like if Harvey could support himself as a writer?
- Reprints
- in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
- in The New Comics Anthology (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 series) (1991)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15 - Mode O'Day and Her Pals (August 2001)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
-
in Rocky (Bladkompaniet / Schibsted, 2003 series) #5/2006 ([juli] 2006) - in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #[1] ([October] 2006)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Advertising
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Good slogans.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Katherine Mansfield
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey ponders on how so many writers made the most of their time and died young.
- Reprints
-
in Wavemakers (Blind Bat Press [Mark Innes], 1990 series) #2 (Summer 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Editing
This Issue is currently being edited by
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(since 2024-04-19,
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Table of Contents
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American Splendor -
1.
Lentils and Lent
American Splendor -
2.
A Semi-Bummer Weekend
American Splendor -
3.
The Homestretch
American Splendor -
4.
A Short Visit
American Splendor -
5.
Who Are You Kidding?
American Splendor -
6.
History Repeats Itself
American Splendor -
7.
Free Ride
American Splendor -
8.
A Harvey Pekar Story
American Splendor -
9.
One of Life's Pleasures
American Splendor -
10.
The Garfield Monument
American Splendor -
11.
Hypothetical Quandary
American Splendor -
12.
Advertising
American Splendor -
13.
Katherine Mansfield
American Splendor
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