American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar : Stories

by Harvey Pekar

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Meet Harvey Pekar, a true American original. For over 25 years he's been writing comic books about his life, chronicling the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. Working as a hospital file clerk in Cleveland, his dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Illustrating his stories are the cream of the underground comics world, including the legendary Robert Crumb. Pekar has been called 'the blue collar Mark Twain', and compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky and Lenny Bruce. With American Splendor now an award-winning movie, Titan is proud to present this bumper edition of the comics that started it all...
  • ISBN10 0345468309
  • ISBN13 9780345468307
  • Publish Date 29 July 2003 (first published 4 March 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 11 October 2023
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Random House USA Inc
  • Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.
  • Edition Ballantine Books ed
  • Format Paperback (UK Trade)
  • Language English