(1981)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 2.25 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar
- Color
- Color cover; Black and White interior
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U. S.
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Definitions
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 12 pages
- 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
- Keywords
- autobiography
Young Ideas
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Gerry Shamray
- Inks
- Gerry Shamray
- Letters
- Gerry Shamray
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey has a nightmare.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Noah's Ark
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Pitch Lady at the Supermarket
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
- 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)
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 2.5 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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American Splendor -
1.
Definitions
American Splendor -
2.
Ripoff Chick
American Splendor -
3.
Young Ideas
American Splendor -
4.
Cold World
American Splendor -
5.
Working Man's Nightmare
American Splendor -
6.
Noah's Ark
American Splendor -
7.
The Pitch Lady at the Supermarket
American Splendor -
8.
Read This
American Splendor -
9.
Junk Shopping (An Allegory)
American Splendor -
10.
Once Again to Oregon
American Splendor -
11.
Eating Potato Chips in Oregon
American Splendor -
12.
Prelude, Party & Post-Party
American Splendor -
13.
Talk Show
American Splendor -
14.
Chopin
American Splendor -
15.
Cyclical Theory
American Splendor
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