(1980)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1980-08-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Pekar
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0000546312.
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar (signed as Pekar)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed as Crumb)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed as Crumb)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed as Crumb)
- 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
-
in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996) - in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Excerpt
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- The story of how a guy made $800 in one phone call to his broker.
- 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) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
- from Cleveland Magazine (City Magazines, Inc., 1972 series) (1980)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Freddy Visits for the Weekend
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- 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
- 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) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Vox Populi
American Splendor / comic story / 0.66 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; British Guy
- Synopsis
- A view on the problem of drugs.
- Reprints
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / comic story / 0.34 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats
- Synopsis
- So much is said in silence.
- Reprints
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
-
- Keywords
- autobiography
Hospital Fun
American Splendor / comic story / 0.34 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Receptionist
- Synopsis
- How not to get what you want.
- Reprints
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
- from Village Voice, The (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)
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Hospital Fun No. 2
American Splendor / comic story / 0.66 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Patient; Receptionist
- Synopsis
- A patient demands some of a sandwich.
- Reprints
- in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) (September 1996)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
- from Village Voice, The (?, 1955 series) #25 (1980)
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Emil
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Emil
- Synopsis
- Harvey remembers a guy who used to live in his neighbourhood.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Scenes from Star Books
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; George Costakis; William; Sports Customer; College Kids
- Synopsis
- Harvey remembers the owner of a book store he used to frequent.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Leonard & Marie
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Leonard; Marie
- Synopsis
- Harvey tries to bring two single friends together.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Mrs. Roosevelt and the Young Queen of Greece
American Splendor / comic story / 1.5 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Louie; Old Guy
- Synopsis
- Harvey overhears a conversation.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Busman's Holiday
American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Gabe; Barbershop Customer
- Synopsis
- Gabe talks about what he did when he went to L.A.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Coventry Night
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey listens in to an immigrant's conversation.
An Everyday Horror Story
American Splendor / comic story / 25 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Lark; Art Lande (cameo); April; Doctor; Parrington's Secretary; Retired Professor; Seattle Doctor; Harvey's Chicago Buddy; Dr X; Miss Watson; Conservative Doctor; Head of ENT Dept.; Dr. Y
- Synopsis
- Harvey's voice goes on his honeymoon, and it's diagnosed as a vocal cord nodule.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Kaparra
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
- Characters
- Jewish man
- Synopsis
- A story from a concentration camp survivor.
- Reprints
Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Mr Boats
- Synopsis
- Mr Boats' cold cure.
- 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) #13 - The Season of the Snoid (April 1998)
- in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I'm wracking my prain tryink to find chokes zat you can poot in your book but you don't like..."]
American Splendor -
1.
Excerpt
American Splendor -
2.
Freddy Visits for the Weekend
American Splendor -
3.
Vox Populi
American Splendor -
4.
[no title indexed]
American Splendor -
5.
Hospital Fun
American Splendor -
6.
Hospital Fun No. 2
American Splendor -
7.
Emil
American Splendor -
8.
Scenes from Star Books
American Splendor -
9.
Leonard & Marie
American Splendor -
10.
Mrs. Roosevelt and the Young Queen of Greece
American Splendor -
11.
Busman's Holiday
American Splendor -
12.
Coventry Night
American Splendor -
13.
An Everyday Horror Story
American Splendor -
14.
Kaparra
American Splendor -
15.
Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure
American Splendor
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