(1979)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U. S.
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
- 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...
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
- Synopsis
- Harvy and Robert trade records, each believing the other has come off worse.
- Reprints
-
in Subliminal Tattoos (Robert DuPree, 1994 series) #6 (Fall 1995) - in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Visualize, Actualize, Realize
American Splendor / 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; Rollins
- Synopsis
- Rollins offers some philosophical advice on how to get ahead.
- Reprints
- in More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) (1987)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
The Young Crumb Story
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Inks
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Letters
- Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar; Marty Pahls; Liz; Dana Crumb; Bob Armstrong; Dave
- Synopsis
- Harvey writes about how he met Robert Crumb and how both of them got into underground comics.
- Reprints
- in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
- in Subliminal Tattoos (Robert DuPree, 1994 series) #6 (Fall 1995)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
How I Quit Collecting Records and Put Out a Comic Book With the Money I Saved
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
- Synopsis
- Harvey Pekar explains how he quit collecting jazz records and used the money he saved to publish American Splendor.
- Reprints
- in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
- in An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories (Yale University Press, 2006 series) #2 ([October 21] 2008)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
An Argument At Work
American Splendor / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gerry Shamray
- Inks
- Gerry Shamray
- Letters
- Gerry Shamray
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Herschel; Librarian; File clerk; Supervisor
- Synopsis
- Herschel lets his anger get the better of him at work after a secretary turns down his request for a date.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar. In early American Splendor stories he frequently uses stand-ins for stories about his workplace.
Out of the Past
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gerry Shamray
- Inks
- Gerry Shamray
- Letters
- Gerry Shamray
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Herschel; Steve Svoboda; Herschel's father; Rudy Svoboda
- Synopsis
- Someone Herschel knows from years ago is to be treated in the hospital where he works.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) (September 1991)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar. In early American Splendor stories he frequently uses stand-ins for stories about his workplace.
Ridin' The Dog
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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; Sun Ra
- Synopsis
- A conversation with Sun Ra on the bus.
- Reprints
- in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
'Lamar Washington' who comes up in the conversation is a pseudonym for Albert Ayler. Pekar later revisited this encounter in Dark Horse Presents #102 in the story titled "Sun Ra."
Jack the Bellboy Meets Stewball
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Keywords
- autobiography
Walkin' an' Talkin'
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) (September 1991)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Comments overheard from co-workers.
Lunch With Carmella
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- 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; John; Carmella; Charlie Graham; Rose Rizzo
- Synopsis
- Harvey recalls Carmella, whom he once worked with, and tells John about her.
- Reprints
- in More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1987 series) (1987)
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12 - We're Livin' in the Lap of Luxury (March 1997)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Sid's Detroit Job Interview
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gary Dumm
- Inks
- Gary Dumm
- Letters
- Gary Dumm
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Sid; Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Sid remembers applying for a job in Detroit.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Going To Work
American Splendor / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gerry Shamray
- Inks
- Gerry Shamray
- Letters
- Gerry Shamray
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Driver
- Synopsis
- Harvey is offered a lift from a guy who is studying welding.
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Kissinger Letter
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- 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 a letter that was sent to Henry Kissinger, and the reply the sender got back.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Library Story
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Michael T. Gilbert
- Inks
- Michael T. Gilbert
- Letters
- Mary Gordon
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Librarian; Poet
- Synopsis
- A frustrated poet tries to have the librarian look at his work
- Reprints
-
in Michael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1982 series) (December 1982)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
This is the same story as that presented in issue 3 drawn by Gary Dumm.
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Hey Bob, how about if I trade you for this scroll-label Jean Goldkette 78 for that old Allen Eager..."]
American Splendor -
1.
Visualize, Actualize, Realize
American Splendor -
2.
The Young Crumb Story
American Splendor -
3.
How I Quit Collecting Records and Put Out a Comic Book With the Money I Saved
American Splendor -
4.
An Argument At Work
American Splendor -
5.
Out of the Past
American Splendor -
6.
Ridin' The Dog
American Splendor -
7.
Jack the Bellboy Meets Stewball
American Splendor -
8.
Walkin' an' Talkin'
American Splendor -
9.
Lunch With Carmella
American Splendor -
10.
Sid's Detroit Job Interview
American Splendor -
11.
Going To Work
American Splendor -
12.
The Kissinger Letter
American Splendor -
13.
Library Story
American Splendor -
14.
Disc Topics
American Splendor
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