- 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
Herschel is Harvey Pekar. In early American Splendor stories he frequently uses stand-ins for stories about his workplace.
- 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:
- Keywords:
- autobiography
Herschel is Harvey Pekar. In early American Splendor stories he frequently uses stand-ins for stories about his workplace.
- 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:
- Keywords:
- autobiography
'Lamar Washington' who comes up in the conversation is a pseudonym for Albert Ayler.
- 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:
- Keywords:
- autobiography
Comments overheard from co-workers.
- 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:
- Keywords:
- autobiography
This is the same story as that presented in issue 3 drawn by Gary Dumm.