American Splendor #6

(1981)

Definitions (Table of Contents: 1)

American Splendor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Michael T. Gilbert

Inks:

Michael T. Gilbert

Letters:

Michael T. Gilbert

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Patient; cleaner

Synopsis:

A friendly greeting solicits a surly response.

Reprints:

• in Michael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1982 series) (December 1982)

Keywords:

autobiography

Ripoff Chick (Table of Contents: 2)

American Splendor / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Freddy; Carla Murray; Biker Guy; Co-worker; Chicago buddy

Synopsis:

Harvey sees a woman and sparks a memory of how they were ten years previously, and the relationship starts again.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Young Ideas (Table of Contents: 3)

American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Michael T. Gilbert

Inks:

Michael T. Gilbert

Letters:

Michael T. Gilbert

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Joe; File clerk

Synopsis:

Joe wants to know how Harvey makes out with women at work.

Reprints:

• in Michael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1982 series) (December 1982)

Keywords:

autobiography

Cold World (Table of Contents: 4)

American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gerry Shamray

Inks:

Gerry Shamray

Letters:

Gerry Shamray

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Sixty-One-Year-Old Man; Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

A 61 year old guy asks Harvey about the chances of a job, and tells his story.

Reprints:

• in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) (September 1991)

Keywords:

autobiography

Working Man's Nightmare (Table of Contents: 5)

American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gerry Shamray

Inks:

Gerry Shamray

Letters:

Gerry Shamray

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey has a nightmare.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Noah's Ark (Table of Contents: 6)

American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gerry Shamray

Inks:

Gerry Shamray

Letters:

Gerry Shamray

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Work colleague

Synopsis:

A colleague believes the actual Noah's Ark has been located.

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

The Pitch Lady at the Supermarket (Table of Contents: 7)

American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gerry Shamray

Inks:

Gerry Shamray

Letters:

Gerry Shamray

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Pitch Lady

Synopsis:

The woman whose job it is to talk to customers about the supermarket specials.

Keywords:

autobiography

Read This (Table of Contents: 8)

American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Record Trader (Lou Kallie)

Synopsis:

Harvey remembers a guy he used to trade records with and helps him move his collection

Reprints:

• in American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar (Doubleday, 1986 series) (1986)
• in American Splendor (Random House, 2003 series) (August 2003)

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

The record trader isn't named in this issue, but there's another story about him in issue 14 (Passport To Pimlico).

Junk Shopping (An Allegory) (Table of Contents: 9)

American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Herschel; Ruth; John

Synopsis:

Herschel bags some bargains at a garage sale.

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Herschel is Harvey Pekar.

Once Again to Oregon (Table of Contents: 10)

American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Chemistry teacher

Synopsis:

Harvey's flight companion to Oregon is far more interesting than he anticpated.

Keywords:

autobiography

Eating Potato Chips in Oregon (Table of Contents: 11)

American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvery Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Different states, different potato chips

Keywords:

autobiography

Prelude, Party & Post-Party (Table of Contents: 12)

American Splendor / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Herschel; Jane Levy; High School Teacher; New Yorker journalists; Ruth

Synopsis:

Harvey puzzles on and off for years about a girl he liked in high school.

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

Herschel is Harvey Pekar.

Talk Show (Table of Contents: 13)

American Splendor / comic story / 2.5 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Michael T. Gilbert

Inks:

Michael T. Gilbert

Letters:

Michael T. Gilbert

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Danny Thompson

Synopsis:

Harvey has Danny tell a story about a teenage prank.

Reprints:

• in Michael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1982 series) (December 1982)

Keywords:

autobiography

Chopin (Table of Contents: 14)

American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Michael T. Gilbert

Inks:

Michael T. Gilbert

Letters:

Michael T. Gilbert

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Dr. Gesundheit; Harvey Pekar

Reprints:

• in Michael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1982 series) (December 1982)

Cyclical Theory (Table of Contents: 15)

American Splendor / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey is glum.

Keywords:

autobiography