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Issue: Bob & Harv's Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: September 1996
 
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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFour Walls Eight Windows
Brand: Four Walls Eight Windows
Indicia Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 100
ISBN: 1568581017
UPC/EAN: 978156858101951600
Price: £9.99 GBP
$16.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 47 (31 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Black and White Interiors, Color Covers
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Binding: Trade Paperback
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Disclose Reprinted In1
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From35
reprinted 35 times from Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar
First Line: Eat your hearts out, creeps!
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In Content Item: FlagObras Completas Crumb #12 published January 2004
as ¡Que os den, pringaos! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Mr. Boats; Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Mr. Boats tells Harvey how to deal with his allergy.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Mr. Boats' Miracle Cure [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Title Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
First Line: Lissen, Crumb, you sunnuva bitch!
Synopsis: Harvey questions what kind of friend is Crumb.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story.
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Title Page

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb (illustration)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb (illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
First Line: Now I'm puttin' together a whole book o' my things...
Synopsis: Harvey asks Crumb to do the artwork for one of his projects.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story. Publication, copyright and bibliographical credits just beneath.
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A Mercifully Short Preface

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
First Line: This'd be a new lease on life f'r you...
Synopsis: Robert Crumb agrees to do some artwork for Harvey.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two panels taken from the "A Fantasy" story.
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Crumb

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb (illustration)
Inker(s): Rober Crumb (illustration)
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb
Synopsis: Harvey discusses Robert Crumb.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes most of a panel from the second page of the "A Fantasy" story.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
First Line: I'm glad t'see yer still my friend!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Most of the final panel from the "A Fantasy" story.
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Harvey Pekar Name Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: About Harvey Pekar's name.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #2 published January 1977
was The Harvey Pekar Name Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Hustlin' Sides

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Jack; Fellow Collector; Millie; Olga; Ralph; Mr Wilson; Dominic; Supervisor
Synopsis: Based on commonplace revelations from later strips, Jack is very obviously standing in for Harvey Pekar.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #2 published January 1977
was Hustlin' Sides [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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A Fantasy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Robert Crumb; Aline Kominsky; Terry Zwigoff
Synopsis: Harvey gets Crumb to work on his stories.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #1 published January 1976
was A Fantasy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The filler pages earlier in this issue that have 2 panel strips, those 2 panel strips are taken from this story.
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Standing Behind Old Jewish Ladies in Supermarket Lines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: How old Jewish ladies hold up the rest of the customers waiting to pay at the supermarket tills.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #3 published January 1978
was Standing Behind Old Jewish Ladies in Supermarket Lines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Jack the Bellboy and Mr. Boats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Jack; Mr Boats; Record Buyer
Synopsis: Mr Boats believes you should escape your family and that people don't care about good music.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #3 published January 1978
was Jack the Bellboy and Mr. Boats [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Mr. Lopes' Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Mr Lopes
Synopsis: Mr Lopes describes life in Brazil and offers Harvey a gift.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #3 published January 1978
was Mr Lopes' Gift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Rollins on Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Mr. Rollins
Synopsis: Rollins answers the phone.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #3 published January 1978
was Rollins On Time [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Visualize, Actualize, Realize

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Rollins
Synopsis: Rollins offers some philosophical advice on how to get ahead.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was Visualize, Actualize, Realize [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Young Crumb Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Robert Crumb; Harvey Pekar; Marty Pahls; Buzzy Linhart; Liz; Dana Crumb; Bob Armstrong
Synopsis: Harvey writes about how he met Robert Crumb and how both of them got into underground comics.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was The Young Crumb Story [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
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How I Quit Collecting Records And Put Out A Comic Book With The Money I Saved

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey Pekar explains how he quit collecting Jazz records and how he took the money he saved and used it to publish American Splendor.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was How I Quit Collecting Records and Put Out a Comic Book With the Money I Saved [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Ridin' the Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Sun Ra
Synopsis: Harvey has a conversation on a bus with Sun Ra.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was Ridin' the Dog [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The 'Lamar Washington' who comes up in the conversation is a pseudonym for Albert Ayler.
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Jack the Bellboy meets Stewball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Jack the Bellhop; Stewball
Synopsis: Jack's hustling albums again.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was Jack the Bellboy Meets Stewball [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Walkin' an' Talkin'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Mr. Wright
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was Walkin' an' Talkin' [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Lunch With Carmella

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): John; Charlie Graham; Carmella; Rose Rizzo; Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey recalls Carmella, whom he once worked with, and tells John about her.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was Lunch With Carmella [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Kissinger Letter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Companion
Synopsis: The story of a letter that was sent to Henry Kissinger, and the reply the sender got back.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was The Kissinger Letter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar [as Pekar] (signed)
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Doctor
First Line: I'm wracking my prain tryink to find chokes zat you can poot in your book but you don't like...
Synopsis: A doctor wants to submit jokes for Harvey's comic.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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Excerpt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: The story of how a guy made $800 in one phone call to his broker.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Excerpt [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Freddy Visits for the Weekend

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Freddy; Sharon; Morris
Synopsis: Harvey's friend Freddy is in town and nobody wants him to stay at their house.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Freddy Visits for the Weekend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Hospital Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Receptionist
Synopsis: How not to get what you want.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Hospital Fun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Hospital Fun No. 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Patient; Receptionist
Synopsis: A patient demands some of a sandwich.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Hospital Fun No. 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.66
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Vox Populi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; British guy
Synopsis: A view on the problem of drugs.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was Vox Populi [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Untitled

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Synopsis: So much is said in silence.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #5 published January 1980
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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A Compliment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey buys all his clothes second hand.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #7 published January 1982
was A Compliment [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Miracle Rabbis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Doctor Gesundheit
Synopsis: Doctor Gesundheit tells Harvey a funny story.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #7 published January 1982
was Miracle Rabbis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Maggies (Oral History)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey Pekar gets the story of "The Maggies" a Jewish group in Cleveland's past.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #7 published January 1982
was The Maggies (Oral History) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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The Last Supper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Rudy
Synopsis: Rudy explains why he was late for work.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #8 published January 1983
was The Last Supper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Pickled Okra (Okry)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man tries to sell some pickled okra.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #8 published January 1983
was Pickled Okra (Okry) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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American Splendor Assaults the Media

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey discusses how the Village Voice jerked him around.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #8 published January 1983
was American Splendor Assaults the Media [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Hypothetical Quandary

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey wonders what life would be like if he was a famous writer.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #9 published January 1984
was Hypothetical Quandary [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Pa-ayper-reggs!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Genres: autobiography
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
Synopsis: Harvey interviews a man about the old rag-merchants in Cleveland in the 1920's.
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #12 published January 1987
was Pa-ayper-Reggs!! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Gary Dumm; Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Superman
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: From Snarf #12- An excerpt of a single panel from Pekar and Gary Dumm's "What Superman Means To Me" story. Robert Crumb did part of the illustration which showed his version of Superman as an old Cleveland Jew.
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Irv
First Line: I tell ya, Irv, if anybody'd a' tole me a coupla years ago when I....
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From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
Feature(s): American Splendor
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats
First Line: How's yer book sellin,' Harv?
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMore American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1987
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crazy Ed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inker(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Brilliant American Maniacs Series
Character(s): Harvey Pekar; Crazy Ed
Synopsis: Harvey meets Crazy Ed.
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From Content Item: FlagThe People's Comics #[nn] [50¢ Cover Price] published September 1972
was Crazy Ed [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. This is Pekar's comic book writing debut from 1972.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harvey Pekar; ?
Penciller(s): Robert Crumb
Inker(s): Robert Crumb
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Robert Crumb ?; Typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Harvey Pekar
First Line: Hey Bob, how about if I trade you for this scroll-label Jean Goldkette 78 for that old Allen Eager...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAmerican Splendor #4 published January 1979
was [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back Cover. Most of the cover is a reprint of the cover of American Splendor #4, the rest of the cover is standard promo copy for the book.

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