American Splendor #13

(1988)

Florida (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Drew Friedman

Inks:

Drew Friedman

Letters:

Drew Friedman

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Louie

Synopsis:

Louie loses the thread.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

Sweet Like 'Oney (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Frank Stack

Inks:

Frank Stack

Letters:

Frank Stack

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Frank

Synopsis:

Frank and Harvey discuss Ollie North.

Reprints:

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

My Struggle With Corporate Corruption And Network Philistinism (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Joe Zabel

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Adeline; David Letterman

Synopsis:

Harvey has been invited back on the David Letterman show and is determined to turn the discussion to political matters.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

The Answering Machine (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Gary Dumm

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Synopsis:

Assorted messages left on Harvey's answering machine.

Inky: The Not So Cool Cat (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Paul Mavrides

Inks:

Paul Mavrides

Letters:

Paul Mavrides

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Inky; Joyce Brabner

Synopsis:

Inky is a record critic.

Keywords:

autobiography

Alterations (Table of Contents: 6)

American Splendor / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Val Mayerik

Inks:

Val Mayerik

Letters:

Val Mayerik

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Freddy (?); Cleaner receptionist; Suit salesman

Synopsis:

The trials of clothes shopping.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

In A Flush Of Excitement I Wrote This (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Joe Zabel

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Gibby Wilkins

Synopsis:

Harvey is visited by a fan who's hitching across the USA.

Keywords:

autobiography

President's Day (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Joe Zabel

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Billy

Synopsis:

Mentioning he has to work on President's Day leads Harvey into literary criticism. The day itself is extremely cold.

Reprints:

• in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) (September 1991)
• in Yiddishkeit: Jewish Vernacular and the New Land (Harry N. Abrams, 2011 series) (2011)

Keywords:

autobiography

A Man For The Job (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Donald Simpson

Inks:

Donald Simpson

Letters:

Donald Simpson

Genre:

drama

Characters:

Elmo; Colleague

Synopsis:

Elmo is fixing a socket.

I Don't Wanna Seem Judg-Mental, But... (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Rebecca Huntington

Inks:

Rebecca Huntington

Letters:

Rebecca Huntington

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey meets a musician friend.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

Indexer Notes

The story is drawn in gray wash rather than traditional pencil and ink.

Public Benefactor (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Ed Wesolowski

Inks:

Ed Wesolowski

Letters:

Ed Wesolowski

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey retrieves a lump of rubber from the road.

Keywords:

autobiography

Guilt! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Don Simpson

Inks:

Don Simpson

Letters:

Don Simpson

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey has to be reminded that it's bad form to enter a corner shop with a supermarket bag.

Keywords:

autobiography

Say No to Drugs (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Ed Wesolowski

Inks:

Ed Wesolowski

Letters:

Ed Wesolowski

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff

Synopsis:

Toby's White Castle preference.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

autobiography

New York Street Crime (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Val Mayerik

Inks:

Val Mayerik

Letters:

Val Mayerik

Genre:

biography

Characters:

Harvey Pekar

Synopsis:

Harvey witnesses bystanders stopping a thief.

Keywords:

autobiography

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script:

Harvey Pekar

Pencils:

Greg Budgett

Inks:

Gary Dumm

Colors:

Gary Dumm

Letters:

Gary Dumm

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

I saw that article on ya in the Plain Dealer, Toby.

Genre:

drama; non-fiction

Characters:

Toby Radloff; Nurse

Synopsis:

Toby is congratulated by a nurse.