Bob & Harv's Comics #[nn]

(September 1996)

Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Mr. Boats; Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Mr. Boats tells Harvey how to deal with his allergy.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

[Title Page] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

["Lissen, Crumb, you sunnuva bitch!"] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Harvey questions what kind of friend is Crumb.

Indexer Notes

Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story.

[Title Page] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Inks:

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Letters:

Typeset

["Now I'm puttin' together a whole book o' my things..."] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Harvey asks Crumb to do the artwork for one of his projects.

Indexer Notes

Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story.

A Mercifully Short Preface (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

["This'd be a new lease on life f'r you..."] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Robert Crumb agrees to do some artwork for Harvey.

Indexer Notes

Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story.

Crumb (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Inks:

Rober Crumb (illustration)

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Synopsis:

Harvey discusses Robert Crumb.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Indexer Notes

One-panel illustration.

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

The Harvey Pekar Name Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 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

Synopsis:

About Harvey Pekar's name.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #2 (1977)

Keywords:

autobiography

Hustlin' Sides (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5 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:

Jack; Fellow Collector; Millie; Olga; Ralph; Mr Wilson; Dominic; Supervisor

Synopsis:

Based on commonplace revelations from later strips, Jack is very obviously standing in for Harvey Pekar.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #2 (1977)

Keywords:

autobiography

A Fantasy (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 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; Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky; Terry Zwigoff

Synopsis:

Harvey gets Crumb to work on his stories.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #1 (1976)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

The filler pages earlier in this issue that have 2 panel strips, those 2 panel strips are taken from this story.

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

comic story / 5 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

Synopsis:

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

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #3 (1978)

Keywords:

autobiography

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

comic story / 6 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:

Jack; Mr Boats; Record Buyer

Synopsis:

Mr Boats believes you should escape your family and that people don't care about good music.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #3 (1978)

Keywords:

autobiography

Mr. Lopes' Gift (Table of Contents)

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:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #3 (1978)

Keywords:

autobiography

Rollins on Time (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (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:

Mr. Rollins

Synopsis:

Rollins answers the phone.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #3 (1978)

Keywords:

autobiography

Visualize, Actualize, Realize (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (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; Rollins

Synopsis:

Rollins offers some philosophical advice on how to get ahead.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Young Crumb Story (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 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:

Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar; Marty Pahls; Buzzy Linhart; Liz; Dana Crumb; Bob Armstrong

Synopsis:

Harvey writes about how he met Robert Crumb and how both of them got into underground comics.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

How I Quit Collecting Records And Put Out A Comic Book With The Money I Saved (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 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

Synopsis:

Harvey Pekar explains how he quit collecting Jazz records and how he took the money he saved and used it to publish American Splendor.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

Ridin' the Dog (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 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; Sun Ra

Synopsis:

Harvey has a conversation on a bus with Sun Ra.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

The 'Lamar Washington' who comes up in the conversation is a pseudonym for Albert Ayler.

Jack the Bellboy meets Stewball (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 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:

Jack the Bellhop; Stewball

Synopsis:

Jack's hustling albums again.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

Walkin' an' Talkin' (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 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. Wright

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

Lunch With Carmella (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 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:

John; Charlie Graham; Carmella; Rose Rizzo; Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey recalls Carmella, whom he once worked with, and tells John about her.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Kissinger Letter (Table of Contents)

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; Companion

Synopsis:

The story of a letter that was sent to Henry Kissinger, and the reply the sender got back.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Keywords:

autobiography

["I'm wracking my prain tryink to find chokes zat you can poot in your book but you don't like..."] (Table of Contents)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar [as Pekar] (signed)

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Doctor

Synopsis:

A doctor wants to submit jokes for Harvey's comic.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

Excerpt (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (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

Synopsis:

The story of how a guy made $800 in one phone call to his broker.

Reprints:

• from Cleveland Magazine (City Magazines, Inc., 1972 series) (?, 1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

This also in American Splendor #5.

Freddy Visits for the Weekend (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 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; Freddy; Sharon; Morris

Synopsis:

Harvey's friend Freddy is in town and nobody wants him to stay at their house.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

Hospital Fun (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.33 page (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:

Humor

Characters:

Receptionist

Synopsis:

How not to get what you want.

Reprints:

• from The Village Voice (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)

Indexer Notes

This also appeared in American Splendor #5.

Hospital Fun No. 2 (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.66 page (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:

Humor

Characters:

Patient; Receptionist

Synopsis:

A patient demands some of a sandwich.

Reprints:

• from The Village Voice (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)

Indexer Notes

This also appeared in American Splendor #5.

Vox Populi (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.67 page (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; British guy

Synopsis:

A view on the problem of drugs.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

Untitled (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.33 page (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

Synopsis:

So much is said in silence.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

The title is actually "untitled", that is not a made up title.

A Compliment (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey buys all his clothes second hand.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #7 (1982)

Keywords:

autobiography

Miracle Rabbis (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Doctor Gesundheit

Synopsis:

Doctor Gesundheit tells Harvey a funny story.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #7 (1982)

The Maggies (Oral History) (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey Pekar gets the story of "The Maggies" a Jewish group in Cleveland's past.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #7 (1982)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Last Supper (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Rudy

Synopsis:

Rudy explains why he was late for work.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #8 (1983)

Pickled Okra (Okry) (Table of Contents)

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

Synopsis:

A man tries to sell some pickled okra.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #8 (1983)

American Splendor Assaults the Media (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey discusses how the Village Voice jerked him around.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #8 (1983)

Keywords:

autobiography

Hypothetical Quandary (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey wonders what life would be like if he was a famous writer.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #9 (1984)

Keywords:

autobiography

Pa-ayper-reggs! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey interviews a man about the old rag-merchants in Cleveland in the 1920's.

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #12 (1987)

Keywords:

autobiography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb

Inks:

Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Superman

Synopsis:

An excerpt of one panel of a story done by Pekar and Gary Dumm in which Robert Crumb did part of the illustration, including his version of Superman as an old Cleveland Jew.

["I tell ya, Irv, if anybody'd a' tole me a coupla years ago when I...."] (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Irv

Reprints:

• from American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) #[nn] (1986)

["How's yer book sellin,' Harv?"] (Table of Contents)

American Splendor / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Letters:

Robert Crumb

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats

Reprints:

• from More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) #[nn] (1987)

Crazy Ed (Table of Contents)

Brilliant American Maniacs Series / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Crazy Ed

Synopsis:

Harvey meets Crazy Ed.

Reprints:

• from The People's Comics (Golden Gate Publishing Company, 1972 series) #[nn] (September 1972)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. This is Pekar's comic book writing debut from 1972.

["Hey Bob, how about if I trade you for this scroll-label Jean Goldkette 78 for that old Allen Eager..."] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Pekar; ?

Pencils:

Robert Crumb

Inks:

Robert Crumb

Colors:

?

Letters:

Robert Crumb ?; Typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Reprints:

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #4 (1979)

Indexer Notes

Back Cover. Most of the cover is a reprint of the cover of American Splendor #4, the rest of the cover is standard promo copy for the book.