American Splendor #6

(1981)

Definitions (Table of Contents)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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