(1988)
Harvey Pekar,
1976 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 3.25 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harvey Pekar
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tsk- tsk - tsk. Think th' country'll last another ten years?
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Mr. Boats; Dr. Gesundheit; Rollins (?)
- Synopsis
- A gloomy prognosis.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Florida
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- 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)
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My Struggle With Corporate Corruption and Network Philistinism
American Splendor / comic story / 12 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Assorted messages left on Harvey's answering machine.
Inky: The Not So Cool Cat
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Inky; Joyce Brabner
- Synopsis
- Inky is a record critic.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Alterations
American Splendor / comic story / 8 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 10 pages
- 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
- Keywords
- autobiography
A Man for the Job
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Elmo; Colleague
- Synopsis
- Elmo is fixing a socket.
I Don't Wanna Seem Judg-Mental, But...
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Harvey's Musician Friend
- Synopsis
- Harvey meets a musician friend.
- Reprints
- in The New American Splendor Anthology (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
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- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
The story is drawn in gray wash rather than traditional pencil and ink.
Public Benefactor
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey retrieves a lump of rubber from the road.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Guilt!
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- 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
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Harvey witnesses bystanders stopping a thief.
- Keywords
- autobiography
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Table of Contents
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["Tsk- tsk - tsk. Think th' country'll last another ten years?"]
American Splendor -
1.
Florida
American Splendor -
2.
Sweet Like 'Oney
American Splendor -
3.
My Struggle With Corporate Corruption and Network Philistinism
American Splendor -
4.
The Answering Machine
American Splendor -
5.
Inky: The Not So Cool Cat
American Splendor -
6.
Alterations
American Splendor -
7.
In A Flush of Excitement I Wrote This
American Splendor -
8.
President's Day
American Splendor -
9.
A Man for the Job
American Splendor -
10.
I Don't Wanna Seem Judg-Mental, But...
American Splendor -
11.
Public Benefactor
American Splendor -
12.
Guilt!
American Splendor -
13.
Say No to Drugs
American Splendor -
14.
New York Street Crime
American Splendor -
15.
["I saw that article on ya in the Plain Dealer, Toby."]
American Splendor
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