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Issue: American Splendor #6
Publication Date: January 1981
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagHarvey Pekar
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Pekar
On Sale Date: 08/14/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date (shipping) from the Public Catalog of the U.S. Copyright Office, Registration Number TX0000759811.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover; Black and White interior
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Socialist
It's hard enough to convince people that Socialism is a good thing without basing your argument....
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Miscellaneous
1
Definitions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Mental Patient; cleaner
A friendly greeting solicits a surly response.
Reprinting
FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Definitions [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Indicia at bottom.
Ripoff Chick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Freddy; Carla Murray; Biker Guy; Co-worker; Chicago buddy
Harvey goes with Freddy to a deli and sees a woman he last saw over a decade ago. He sees her again at the same deli and gradually starts a relationship with her against his better judgement, admittedly out of desperation and loneliness.
Reprinting
FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Ripoff Chick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Ripoff Chick [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
12
Young Ideas (Idee Giovanne)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Joe; File clerk
Joe wants to know how Harvey makes out with women at work after asking him how life's treating him.
Reprinting
FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Young Ideas (Idee Giovane) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
3
Cold World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Sixty-One-Year-Old Man
A 61 year old guy asks Harvey about the chances of a job, and tells his story.
Reprinting
FlagThe New American Splendor Anthology #[nn] published September 1991
as Cold World [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
4
Both characters are done in silhouette for the entire story.
Working Man's Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Harvey has a nightmare and can't wake up due to sleep paralysis.
Reprinting
FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Working Man's Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Working Man's Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
Noah's Ark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Work colleague
A colleague believes the actual Noah's Ark has been located.
Reprinting
FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Noah's Ark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Noah's Ark [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Pitch Lady at the Supermarket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Supermarket Pitch Lady; Jim
The woman whose job it is to talk to customers about the supermarket specials.
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Miscellaneous
3
Read This

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Unnamed Record Trader (Lou Kallie)
Harvey remembers a guy he used to trade records with and how they both helped each other move their large record collections to new apartments. A statement on the nature of true friendships.
Reprinting
FlagAmerican Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar #[nn] published January 1986
as Read This [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAmerican Splendor #[nn] published August 2003
as Read This [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
The record trader isn't named in this issue, but there's another story about him in issue 14 (Passport To Pimlico).
Junk Shopping (An Allegory)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Herschel; Ruth; John
Herschel bags some bargains at a garage sale.
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Miscellaneous
6
Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
Once Again to Oregon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Kozo (Japanese Chemistry teacher)
Harvey's flight companion to Oregon is far more interesting than he anticipated.
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Miscellaneous
4
Thanks to Flashjay for the page count correction.
Eating Potato Chips in Oregon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Girl from the house
Different states, different potato chips.
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Miscellaneous
2
Prelude, Party & Post-Party

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Herschel; Jane Levy; High School Teacher; New Yorker journalists; Ruth
Harvey puzzles on and off for years about a girl he liked in high school who found success in New York before coming back to Cleveland. A story spanning over twenty years.
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Miscellaneous
10
Herschel is Harvey Pekar.
Talk Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Danny Thompson
Harvey has Danny tell a story about the time he urinated on the Cleveland statue of 19th Century robber baron Mark Hanna.
Reprinting
FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Talk Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
2.5
Chopin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Dr. Gesundheit
Dr. Gesundheit tells Harvey a joke involving Chopin and Lenin.
Reprinting
FlagMichael T. Gilbert's Strange Brew #[nn] published December 1982
as Chopin [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Cyclical Theory

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
autobiography, biography
Harvey is glum.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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