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The New American Splendor Anthology #[nn]

Sep 1991 · Four Walls Eight Windows · 18.95 USD; 10.95 GBP
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This anthology collects Harvey Pekar's seminal American Splendor stories, originally published from the 1970s onward, focusing on his gritty, autobiographical tales of working-class life in Cleveland. Featuring collaborations with artists like R. Crumb, it showcases Pekar's unvarnished, slice-of-life narratives that defined the series.

In "Pa-ayper-Reggs!!," Harvey Pekar navigates a series of small, frustrating misplacements—keys, a book by Italo Svevo, even comics—amid everyday encounters that take unexpected turns. When he and Joyce find a wallet and return it, they’re rewarded with a surprising discovery: the lost charm and lottery tickets, all on the same day. Written by Harvey Pekar and illustrated by Joe Zabel with inks by Gary Dumm, this slice-of-life tale captures quiet moments of connection and coincidence. Drew Friedman’s cover captures the story’s wry, observational tone.

Contains 61 stories
Pa-ayper-Reggs!!
2 pp · Biography
Jewish guyHarvey PekarRag PeddlersBig Fat Loudmouth SilverKrazny
Broken Window
4 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarHarvey's AuntHarvey's FatherHarvey's Mother
Hysteria
15 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerEditorCaroline
Jack Dickens' Comic Kingdom
14 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerJack DickensEd BrubakerState Department Man
Late Night with David Letterman
14 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerSteveLaurieRobert MortonDave Letterman
New York: City with a Heart
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarDale
Florida
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarLouie
Sveet Like 'oney
4 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarFrank
My Struggle with Corporate Corruption and Network Philistinism
12 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce Brabner (cameo)Dave LettermanAdeline
Alterations
8 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarHarvey's FriendFemale ClerkMale Salesman
President's Day
10 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerBilly
I Don't Wanna Seem Judg-Mental, But...
6 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarHarvey's Musician Friend
Say No to Drugs
1 pp · Biography
Toby RadloffHarvey Pekar
Rabbi's Vife
1 pp · Biography
Dr. GesundheitHarvey Pekar
The L.A. Performance Scene (as Described by George DiCaprio)
1 pp · Biography
John
Adam Pukes on Halloween
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarGeorge DiCaprioAdam DiCaprio
Lost and Found
22 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerMan Who Lost WalletBook Store Clerk
Free Association
1 pp · Biography
Man With Short Sleeve ShirtBen
Passport to Pimlico
11 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarLou KallieSupervisorLindaBarbaraJoyce BrabnerJim Prohaska
Pre-Dawn Ride
7 pp · Biography
Pencils Laura Darnell DummInks Laura Darnell DummLetters Laura Darnell Dumm
Harvey Pekar
The Grand Finale
8 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarDavid Letterman
Bob Wachsman Tummler
1 pp · Biography
Bob WachsmanHarvey Pekar
The Man Who Came to Dinner and Lunch and Breakfast
1 pp · Humor, Satire-Parody
Zigmund DobrowolskiHerschel Schnorrer
Squirrel
8 pp · Biography
Joyce BrabnerHarvey Pekar
Wounded In Action
1 pp · Biography
Man with GlassesMan Wearing T-Shirt
Weekend
8 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoeBook DealerPoliceman
The Greenhouse Effect
1 pp · Biography
Man in Short Sleeve ShirtHarvey PekarMan with Mustache
Short Changed
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarProduce Man
Disjunctions
6 pp · Biography
Joyce BrabnerHarvey Pekar
A Lull at the Convention
6 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarFrank
Explosion
1 pp · Biography
VitoPuerto Rican Guy's WifePuerto Rican GuyVito's Wife
Toby Saves the Day
3 pp · Biography
Female Co-Worker #1Female Co-Worker #2Harvey PekarMan with GlassesEddyToby Radloff
Festering
14 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJackAl CohenPaMrs. Pekar
Short Story - Long Money
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarDevese
War Baby
1 pp · Biography
Harvey Pekar
Time Flies... Time Drags
11 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce BrabnerDaveGas Station AttendantMechanic
Double Feature part 1: Footloose
6 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarToby Radloff
Double Feature part 2: Revenge of the Nerds
7 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarToby Radloff
Obsessive-Compulsive (Lost Glasses)
10 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJoyce Brabner
A Semi-Bummer Weekend
11 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarJonJoeyDonnaNewspaper Writer
A Harvey Pekar Story (As Told by Jon Goldman)
5 pp · Biography
Jon GoldmanHarvey PekarIrving Lapidus
The Last Supper
1 pp · Biography
Rudy
Cold World
4 pp · Biography
Sixty-One-Year-Old ManHarvey Pekar
Excerpt
1 pp · Biography
ManHarvey Pekar
Out of the Past
7 pp · Biography
HerschelHerschel's FatherReceptionistStephen Svoboda
Walkin' an' Talkin'
2 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarMr. Wright
Traditional Male Chauvinism
1 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarFreddy
The End of Innocence
2 pp · Biography
HerschelHerschel's Mom
Dance Lines
1 pp
ManWoman
Provincial Life
1 pp
ComedianHeckler
It Pays to Advertise
3 pp · Humor
Man with GlassesBlonde-Haired Man
A Good Shit is Best
2 pp · Humor
Ain' It The Truth
2 pp · Humor
RollinsRollin's Friend
The Champ
5 pp · Drama, Historical
Francis PellegrineThe FerrarLittle Teddy JacopettiNazier DicilloFreddieOld Guy from BarbershopCarmine RinieriMonica de VitoBobbie DurandoMr. Beonarski
Don't Rain on My Parade
2 pp · Biography
Harvey Pekar [Herschel]Thin GuyMan with BeretMa
Say That You Care
2 pp · Biography
Harvey PekarRay
A Notable Among Those Present
2 pp · Biography
RayHarvey PekarDon the Burp
How This Foreword Got Written
4 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals, Biography
Harvey PekarChester BrownMan with PonytailBill MarksZany Doctor
A Tribute to Bill Marks
1 pp · Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals, Biography
Harvey PekarBatman (cameo)Chester Brown
Introducing Dennis Eichhorn
1 pp · Biography
Dennis EichhornHarvey PekarAline Kominsky-Crumb (cameo)
Meet – Colin Upton
1 pp · Biography
Colin's MotherColin UptonHarvey Pekar

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Full credits

writer Harvey Pekar
artist Joe Zabel
inker Gary Dumm
cover pencils, inks Drew Friedman

Reprints

↩ Reprints The People's Comics #[nn] (1972), The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] (1974), Flamed Out Funnies #1 (1975), Comix Book #4 (1976), Snarf #6 (1976), American Splendor #3 (1978), American Splendor #4 (1979), American Splendor #5 (1980), American Splendor #6 (1981), American Splendor #8 (1983), American Splendor #9 (1984), American Splendor #10 (1985), American Splendor #11 (1986), American Splendor #12 (1987), American Splendor #13 (1988), Strip AIDS U.S.A. #[nn] (1988), Aargh! #[nn] (1988), American Splendor #14 (1989), Ed the Happy Clown #[nn] (1989), Colin Upton's Big Thing #1 (1990), American Splendor #15 (1990), Real Stuff #1 (1990)

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