(1990)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Price
- 3.50 USD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1990-06-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Pekar
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar
Issue Notes
On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, (typo on issue #) Registration Number TX0002849699.
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the 90s I'm gonna be harder on everybody... the vast inert masses ain't buying my comics...
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey steps up to the plate.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Bob Wachsman Tummler
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Bob Wachsman
- Synopsis
- Bob tells how he's nagged to close the window.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Artist Alan Moore is better known for his writing.
The Man Who Came to Dinner and Lunch and Breakfast
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar (credited as Harvey “Ahmayid” Pekar)
- Pencils
- Carole Sobocinski (credited as Carole “Paczki” Sobocinski)
- Inks
- Carole Sobocinski (credited as Carole “Paczki” Sobocinski)
- Letters
- Carole Sobocinski (credited as Carole “Paczki” Sobocinski)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Zigmund Dobrowolski; Herschel Schnorrer
- Synopsis
- Herschel knows he's onto a good thing.
- Reprints
-
in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991) - in The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics, 1977 series) #213 (June 1999)
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in Jewish Comix Anthology (Alternate History Comics Inc., 2014 series) #[1] ([July] 2014)
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Indexer Notes
The story is drawn in the style of Art Spiegelman's Maus.
A Tribute to Bill Marks
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Batman (cameo); Chester Brown
- Synopsis
- Harvey talks with Chester Brown on the phone about the reputation of publisher Bill Marks.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Squirrel
American Splendor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
- Synopsis
- Harvey and Joyce come across a squirrel that's been severely wounded by a car.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Twilight Zone
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Sue; Customer
- Synopsis
- Harvey and another guy chat after exiting the second hand book store.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Weekend
American Splendor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joe; Book Dealer; Policeman
- Synopsis
- And the weekend was going so well. An aggressive motorcycle driver threatens Harvey. The following day, he goes with Joe to a book dealer. Later on, a cop pulls him over for speeding.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The story is told with the panels going across two pages.
The Greenhouse Effect
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Man in Short Sleeve Shirt; Harvey Pekar; Man with Mustache
- Synopsis
- Harvey's friend grows dope.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Short Changed
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Greengrocer
- Synopsis
- Harvey is almost over-charged.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Disjunctions
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
- Synopsis
- The contrast between Harvey's concerns and a letter he receives.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Explosion
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Spain; Vito; Super; Super's wife; Vito's wife
- Synopsis
- Vito's a creative guy.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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Wounded In Action
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Toby hurts his hand.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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A Lull at the Convention
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Frank
- Synopsis
- Harvey chats with a comic dealer taken to court by the city on charges of selling obscene material.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The case referenced is the one against the Friendly Frank's store outside of Chicago.
Intermission
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- A restroom encounter
- Keywords
- autobiography
Toby Saves the Day
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Female Co-Worker #1; Female Co-Worker #2; Harvey Pekar; Man with Glasses; Eddy; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Harvey's keys get stuck in the elevator lock.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Festering
American Splendor / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Herschel; Jack; Whitey; Al Cohen; Mr. Pekar; Mrs. Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey's college days.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar. The story reads across two pages rather than one.
Sour Grapes
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; John Zubal
- Synopsis
- Harvey is annoyed about hearing of a bargain picked up by another book collector.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Somewhere In Pennsylvania
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey joins in a bookstore conversation.
- Reprints
- from Northwest Extra! #10 ?
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The art is printed landscape rather than portrait.
Short Story - Long Money
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Devese
- Synopsis
- Harvey almost loses a cheque.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The art is printed landscape rather than portrait.
War Baby
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey meets someone who recognises him from Late Night With David Letterman.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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["In the 90s I'm gonna be harder on everybody... the vast inert masses ain't buying my comics..."]
American Splendor -
1.
Bob Wachsman Tummler
American Splendor -
2.
The Man Who Came to Dinner and Lunch and Breakfast
American Splendor -
3.
A Tribute to Bill Marks
American Splendor -
4.
Squirrel
American Splendor -
5.
Twilight Zone
American Splendor -
6.
Weekend
American Splendor -
7.
The Greenhouse Effect
American Splendor -
8.
Short Changed
American Splendor -
9.
Disjunctions
American Splendor -
10.
Explosion
American Splendor -
11.
Wounded In Action
American Splendor -
12.
A Lull at the Convention
American Splendor -
13.
Intermission
American Splendor -
14.
Toby Saves the Day
American Splendor -
15.
Festering
American Splendor -
16.
Sour Grapes
American Splendor -
17.
Somewhere In Pennsylvania
American Splendor -
18.
Short Story - Long Money
American Splendor -
19.
War Baby
American Splendor
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Frank Plowright
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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