(December 2004)
Random House,
2004 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 16.95 USD; 23.95 CAD
- Pages
- 180
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
- Ballantine Books
- ISBN
-
978-0-345-47937-2
- Barcode
- 9780345479372 51695
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color cover, Black and White interior
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cardstock cover; White matte interior
- Binding
- Softcover; Trade Paperback
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
American Splendor: Our Movie Year
credits, title page / 3 pages
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
title and publisher page with artist credits; indicia page with copyright info; book title page
The American Splendor Movie
comic story / 18 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Jonathan Demme (cameo); Alan Sacks; Bernt Capra; Leonardo DiCaprio (cameo); George DiCaprio; Dan Castelleneta (cameo); Siobahn Fallon (cameo); Rob Schneider (cameo); Dean Haspiel; Joyce Brabner; Ted Hope; Bob Pulcini; Shari Springer Berman; Maud Nadler; Al Gore (cameo); Paul Giamatti (cameo); Donal Logue (cameo); Hope Davis (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Sundance Film Festival Daily Insider (2004)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Hollywood Reporter
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh'2K]
- Inks
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh'2K]
- Letters
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh'2K]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi! Your Hollywood reporter here.
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Reporter; Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- In a fake entertainment TV segment, Toby discusses his career as an actor in low-budget horror films and plugs his new film TOWNIES.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Illustrated in 2000; not published until this collection.
Waiting For a Jump
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Toby Radloff
- Reprints
- from ? (2000)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Fish Story
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Michael Malice; Harvey Pekar
- Keywords
- autobiography
Blackout
comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Moira; Danielle; Joyce Brabner
- Keywords
- autobiography
Reunion
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- H'lo?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb; Paul Simon; Art Garfunkel
- Synopsis
- Harvey calls Crumb to ask him if he'll illustrate a story to be published in Entertainment Weekly.
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (November 21, 2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Billy Bragg in America
“Popping Off” with Pekar & Crumb / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Billy Bragg (cameo)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Cat Treatment
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh' 04]
- Inks
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh' 04]
- Letters
- Josh Neufeld [as Josh' 04]
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Dr. James; Phoenix; Veterinary Employee; Lady
- Keywords
- autobiography
Birthday
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Danielle; Rob
- Keywords
- autobiography
E Check Day
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Earl
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The artwork for the story was done using 3D computer modeling.
Ralph Carney
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ralph Carney; Chrissie Hynde; Tom Waits
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
Identity Crisis
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
My Movie Year
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb; Bill Ryan; Jonathan Demme (cameo); Danielle; Joyce Brabner; Bernt Capra; Bob Pulcini; Shari Springer Berman; Paul Giamatti (cameo); Hope Davis (cameo); James Urbaniak; Ted Hope
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (August 15, 2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
Comics Are My Thing
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Larry; Robert Crumb
- Reprints
- from New York Times (August 8, 2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
Sundance
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Al Gore; Laura Kim; Bob Pulcini
- Reprints
- from LA Weekly (February 27, 2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
My Journey to Cannes
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Danielle; Roger Ebert; Arturo
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Looking For a Break in Cannes
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Jean-Claude Van Damme (cameo)
- Reprints
- fom ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
My First Visit to Great Britain
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Danielle; Emma Pycroft; Mark Banks; Paul Giamatti; Erin; Howard Stern
- Reprints
- from Empire magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
My Post Collecting Years
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
- Reprints
- from ? (2004)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, Rockefeller Center, the former site of my stimulating conversations with David Letterman.
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from Time Out New York magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which statue did you like the best?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Danielle
- Reprints
- from Time Out New York magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
The New DVD
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2004)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
Selling Out
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Charles
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Harvey used this same title on another story several years before this one. The previous version (from "American Splendor: Odds and Ends" (1997)) was instead drawn by Gerry Shamray.
Sleep
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; George Orwell
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Jack
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Inks
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Letters
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Security Guard
- Reprints
- from ? (2001)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Keys
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
- Keywords
- autobiography
David & Me: My Protest On the Letterman Show
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Segment Producer; David Letterman
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Men
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Marlon Brando; Teresa Wright; Everett Sloane
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
Stephen Crane
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Stephen Crane
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
The Bicycle Thief
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Dion
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Dion and the Belmonts
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
George Ade
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Pink Marsh; George Ade
- Reprints
- from Entertainment Weekly magazine (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- American Splendor got inta Sundance. That means I gotta GO there to try to get any work its showing might generate
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Liner Notes
American Splendor / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joe Maneri; Jay McShann; Robert Crumb; Al Dodge; Bob Armstrong; Lester Young; Marvin Gaye; John Coltrane; Dizzy Gillespie; Mark Suozzo
- Reprints
- from American Splendor Soundtrack CD (2003)
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
B.B. King
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; B.B. King; Jimmy Page; Jeff Beck; Johnny Winter; Jimi Hendrix; Elvis Presley; Bonnie Raitt
- Reprints
- from Gambit Weekly (2001)
Indexer Notes
“Gambit Weekly” is a New Orleans alternative newspaper.
Clifton Chenier
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Clifton Chenier; Little Richard; Etta James; Lightnin' Hopkins
- Reprints
- from Gambit Weekly (2001)
Stars of Music Makers: The Snake Lady
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Willa Mae Buckner
- Reprints
- from Music Maker Relief Foundation (2003)
Preston Fulp
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Preston Fulp
- Reprints
- from Music Maker Relief Foundation (2003)
Ornette Coleman
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Ornette Coleman
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
Albert Ayler and Joe Lovano: A Study In Contrasts
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Albert Ayler; Joe Lovano; Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
King Oliver
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- King Oliver
- Reprints
- from Gambit Weekly (2003)
Ride, Red, Ride
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Red Allen; King Oliver; Louis Armstrong; Dizzy Gillespie
- Reprints
- from Gambit Weekly (March 20, 2001)
Jimmy Scott
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Jimmy Scott; Lionel Hampton; Ruth Brown; Nancy Wilson; Frankie Valli; Marvin Gaye; Ray Charles
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
Early Elvis
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Elvis Presley; Harvey Pekar; Bill Haley; Scotty Moore; Bill Black; D.C. Fontana; Judy Tyler
- Reprints
- from Cleveland Scene (2001)
Indexer Notes
Cleveland Scene is a weekly alt newspaper.
Sockmonkeys Story
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Chuck Ellis; Bill Fury; Steve Frieg; Rich Ellis
- Reprints
- from ? (2002)
The Search for Soul
comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Larry Hancock; DJ Mazi
- Reprints
- from ? (2001)
Jubilee
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Inks
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Letters
- Gary Dumm [as G. Dumm]
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Mel Arnoff
- Reprints
- from ? (2000)
A Cautionary Baseball Tale
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- sports
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; The Yankee Clipper; The Splendid Splinter; Lou Boudreau; Dale Mitchell; Bill Veeck; Larry Doby; Satchell Paige; Joe Gordon; Kenny Keltner; Bob Feller; Bob Lemon; Gene Bearden; Willie Mays; Jose Mesa
- Reprints
- from The SCENE Magazine (2000)
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What're those reliefs? You guys worship Egyptian gods in Cleveland?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2001)
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What am I, Harvey Pekar, a sixty-three year old retired U.S. Government file clerk, doing on the cover of this prestigious publication?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Welcome, welcome to the one and only, official American Splendor party.
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- August, 15, 2003, the eve of American Splendor's premiere and the first day of the giant power failure.
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Reprints
- from ? (2003)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Originally appeared with color by Laura Dumm. Her credit was left in this reprint even though it's in black & white.
Around the World and Back to Earth
comic story / 24 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Danielle; Joyce's Sister; John; Tohko Nishimuro; Maki Haku; Michael Leunig; Salam Pax; Richard Taylor; Dana; Ari; Alan Moore; Melinda Gebbie
- Reprints
- from ? (2004)
- Keywords
- autobiography
Editing
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hey Harvey... the actors look better than we do!"]
-
1.
American Splendor: Our Movie Year
-
2.
The American Splendor Movie
-
3.
Hollywood Reporter
-
4.
Waiting For a Jump
-
5.
Fish Story
-
6.
Blackout
-
7.
Reunion
-
8.
Billy Bragg in America
“Popping Off” with Pekar & Crumb -
9.
Cat Treatment
-
10.
Birthday
-
11.
Befuddled
-
12.
E Check Day
-
13.
Ralph Carney
-
14.
Identity Crisis
-
15.
My Movie Year
-
16.
Comics Are My Thing
-
17.
Sundance
-
18.
My Journey to Cannes
-
19.
Looking For a Break in Cannes
-
20.
My First Visit to Great Britain
-
21.
My Post Collecting Years
-
22.
["Ah, Rockefeller Center, the former site of my stimulating conversations with David Letterman."]
-
23.
["Which statue did you like the best?"]
-
24.
The New DVD
-
25.
Selling Out
-
26.
Sleep
-
27.
The Jack
-
28.
Keys
-
29.
David & Me: My Protest On the Letterman Show
-
30.
The Men
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found -
31.
Stephen Crane
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found -
32.
The Bicycle Thief
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found -
33.
Dion
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found -
34.
George Ade
Harvey Pekar's Lost and Found -
35.
["American Splendor got inta Sundance. That means I gotta GO there to try to get any work its showing might generate"]
-
36.
Liner Notes
American Splendor -
37.
B.B. King
-
38.
Clifton Chenier
-
39.
Stars of Music Makers: The Snake Lady
-
40.
Preston Fulp
-
41.
Ornette Coleman
-
42.
Albert Ayler and Joe Lovano: A Study In Contrasts
-
43.
King Oliver
-
44.
Ride, Red, Ride
-
45.
Jimmy Scott
-
46.
Early Elvis
-
47.
Sockmonkeys Story
-
48.
The Search for Soul
-
49.
Jubilee
-
50.
A Cautionary Baseball Tale
-
51.
["What're those reliefs? You guys worship Egyptian gods in Cleveland?"]
-
52.
["What am I, Harvey Pekar, a sixty-three year old retired U.S. Government file clerk, doing on the cover of this prestigious publication?"]
-
53.
["Welcome, welcome to the one and only, official American Splendor party."]
-
54.
["August, 15, 2003, the eve of American Splendor's premiere and the first day of the giant power failure."]
-
55.
Around the World and Back to Earth
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- Josh Neufeld
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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