(July 1993)
Dark Horse,
1993 Series
- Volume
- [1]
- Price
- 4.95 USD; 6.20 CAD
- Pages
- 60
- On-sale Date
- 1993-07-13
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dark Horse Comics
- Brand
-
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]
- Editing
- Harvey Pekar (credited) (editor); Diana Schutz (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
The numbering is continued from Harvey Pekar's self-published series. On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0003626548.
[no title indexed]
American Splendor / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, ma... this milk looks kinda yellow. Did you put a raw egg in my Wheaties?
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Herschel; Herschel's Mother
- Synopsis
- Herschel doesn't like his wheaties.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Time
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; biography
- Synopsis
- An offhand comment about Phyllis.
Before I Was Born
American Splendor / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Shifra; Laibel; Mrs. Pekar; Mr. Pekar; Ben Stone
- Synopsis
- Harvey discovers how his parents met.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
in Austere Youth
American Splendor / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Herschel; Mrs. Pekar; Mr. Pekar; Willie; Shifra
- Synopsis
- Herschel is ashamed of his parents and of their poverty.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
Red Baited
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Herschel; Mrs. Pekar; Salvatore
- Synopsis
- Herschel's mother asks him to distribute Henry Wallace political posters.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Indexer Notes
Herschel is Harvey Pekar
Sheiboneth Beis Hamikdosh
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; biography
- Characters
- Mr Pekar; Mrs Pekar; Moshe Koussevitzky
- Synopsis
- Harvey's father has a love of cantoral music.
Hitherto Untold
American Splendor / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Harvey Pekar
- Pencils
- Joe Zabel
- Inks
- Gary Dumm; J. R. Stats (ink assists)
- Letters
- Gary Dumm
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Shifra; Harvey's Great-Aunt; Harvey's Great Uncle; Comedian; Cousin; Brother; Hitler; Teacher
- Synopsis
- Harvey visits his Aunt and asks to see her 8th grade autobiography.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Sonny Speaks
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Lennie Tristano; Sonny Berman; Woody Herman
- Synopsis
- Harvey talks about one of his favourite jazz musicians.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Mr. Boats On Longevity
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Mr. Boats; Rollins
- Synopsis
- The retired Mr. Boats comes to visit the hospital.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Distancing....
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar
- Synopsis
- Avoiding an elevator companion.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Call Me Shane
American Splendor / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Building owner
- Synopsis
- Harvey helps a guy with a sign.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Inky Dies
American Splendor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Skipper
- Synopsis
- Joyce's cat is on its last legs.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Cat Scan
American Splendor / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Tim; Joyce Brabner
- Synopsis
- Harvey is concerned about his cancer re-appearing.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Holding On
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Jonita; Clerk
- Synopsis
- Harvey is frustrated at being eased back into work.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
Bringing You Up To Date
American Splendor / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Doctor; Joyce Brabner
- Synopsis
- What's been happening in Harvey's life since American Splendor 16 was published.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autobiography
The Last Word In Answers
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
- Synopsis
- Harvey asks Toby about supermarket bakeries killing off independent bakeries.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Emil Heifetz's Stories of the Great Depression
American Splendor / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- biography; non-fiction
- Characters
- Harvey Pekar; Emil Heifetz; Harry; Emil's Mother-in-Law
- Synopsis
- Harry pulls a fast one.
- Keywords
- autobiography
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hey, ma... this milk looks kinda yellow. Did you put a raw egg in my Wheaties?"]
American Splendor -
1.
Time
American Splendor -
2.
Before I Was Born
American Splendor -
3.
Austere Youth
American Splendor -
4.
Red Baited
American Splendor -
5.
Sheiboneth Beis Hamikdosh
American Splendor -
6.
Hitherto Untold
American Splendor -
7.
Sonny Speaks
American Splendor -
8.
Mr. Boats On Longevity
American Splendor -
9.
Distancing....
American Splendor -
10.
Call Me Shane
American Splendor -
11.
Inky Dies
American Splendor -
12.
Cat Scan
American Splendor -
13.
Holding On
American Splendor -
14.
Bringing You Up To Date
American Splendor -
15.
The Last Word In Answers
American Splendor -
16.
Emil Heifetz's Stories of the Great Depression
American Splendor
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- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Mike Nielsen
- Frank Plowright
- Steven Samuels
- Jim Van Dore
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