Bob & Harv's Comics

(September 1996)

Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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)

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: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Lissen, Crumb, you sunnuva bitch!

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: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Inks

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Letters

Typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now I'm puttin' together a whole book o' my things...

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. Publication, copyright and bibliographical credits just beneath.

A Mercifully Short Preface (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This'd be a new lease on life f'r you...

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: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb (illustration)

Inks

Rober Crumb (illustration)

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb

Synopsis

Harvey discusses Robert Crumb.

Indexer Notes

Includes most of a panel from the second page of the "A Fantasy" story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm glad t'see yer still my friend!

Characters

Harvey Pekar

Indexer Notes

Most of the final panel from the "A Fantasy" story.

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents: 10)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

Typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

The Harvey Pekar Name Story (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 14)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 15)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 17)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 19)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 20)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 21)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 22)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 23)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 24)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 25)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 26)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar [as Pekar] (signed)

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm wracking my prain tryink to find chokes zat you can poot in your book but you don't like...

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: 28)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Genre

biography

Characters

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis

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

Reprints

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)
which is reprinted
• from Cleveland Magazine (City Magazines, Inc., 1972 series) (1980)

Keywords

autobiography

Freddy Visits for the Weekend (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 30)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Receptionist

Synopsis

How not to get what you want.

Reprints

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)
which is reprinted
• from Village Voice, The (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)

Hospital Fun No. 2 (Table of Contents: 31)

comic story / 0.66 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Genre

humor

Characters

Patient; Receptionist

Synopsis

A patient demands some of a sandwich.

Reprints

• from American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, 1976 series) #5 (1980)
which is reprinted
• from Village Voice, The (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)

Vox Populi (Table of Contents: 32)

comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 33)

comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 34)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 35)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 36)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 37)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 38)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Inks

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

Letters

Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)

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: 39)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 40)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 41)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

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: 42)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb

Inks

Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb

Letters

?

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Superman

Indexer Notes

From Snarf #12- An excerpt of a single panel from Pekar and Gary Dumm's "What Superman Means To Me" story. Robert Crumb did part of the illustration which showed his version of Superman as an old Cleveland Jew.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I tell ya, Irv, if anybody'd a' tole me a coupla years ago when I....

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Irv

Reprints

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Letters

Robert Crumb

First Line of Dialogue or Text

How's yer book sellin,' Harv?

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats

Reprints

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

Crazy Ed (Table of Contents: 45)

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

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)

Genre

humor

Characters

Harvey Pekar; Crazy Ed

Synopsis

Harvey meets Crazy Ed.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Harvey Pekar; ?

Pencils

Robert Crumb

Inks

Robert Crumb

Colors

?

Letters

Robert Crumb ?; Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hey Bob, how about if I trade you for this scroll-label Jean Goldkette 78 for that old Allen Eager...

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.