Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	1984
Cover Price	2.75 USD
Pages	60

Cover Details

Characters	Ed; Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Colors	Sean Carroll?
Letters	Sean Carroll

1 page American Splendor story "Lentils And Lent"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Any connection between lentils and lent?
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Letters	Sean Carroll

11 page American Splendor story "A Semi-Bummer Weekend"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Jon; Joey Santorelli; Donna; Writer; Mr Santorelli
Synopsis	Jon comes to visit, but Harvey feels his stay doesn't go very well.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Letters	Sean Carroll

1 page American Splendor story "The Homestretch"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Clyde
Synopsis	Clyde needs a burst of energy
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	May Midwest
Inks	May Midwest
Letters	May Midwest

5 page American Splendor story "a Short Visit"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Receptionist; Sam
Synopsis	Harvey has neglected to visit a colleague who was taken ill.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Barry Hoffman
Inks	Barry Hoffman
Letters	Barry Hoffman

3 page American Splendor story "Who Are You Kidding?"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Harvey and Toby talk about the Toto song Rosanna and the Saturday Night Live character Rosanna Roseannadanna.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Letters	Sean Carroll

2 page American Splendor story "History Repeats Itself"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	What different generations consider harmful.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Letters	Sean Carroll

15 page American Splendor story "Free Ride"

Characters	Herschel; Moishe; Mr Klein; Hustler
Synopsis	Herschel starts getting lifts to work from Mr Klein, but comes to dislike him.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	Herschel is Harvey Pekar.

5 page American Splendor story "A Harvey Pekar Story"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Jon; Irving Lapidus
Synopsis	Jon has a Harvey Pekar experience.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Val Mayerik
Inks	Val Mayerik
Letters	Val Mayerik

5 page American Splendor story "One Of Life's Pleasures"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Mary; Dr Reynolds
Synopsis	Harvey asks which hospital in Cleveland has the best cafeteria.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Philip Fried
Inks	Bill Knapp

6 page American Splendor story "The Garfield Monument"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Custodian
Synopsis	Harvey takes Joyce to the Garfield Monument and they meet a unusually informed custodian.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	M. Sonoda
Inks	M. Sonoda
Letters	M. Sonoda

3 page American Splendor story "Hypothetical Quandary"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	What would it be like if Harvey could support himself as a writer?
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb]
Reprinted	in Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn]; in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #15; in New Comics Anthology, The (Macmillan Publishing, 1991 Series) #[nn]

1 page American Splendor story "Advertising"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Good slogans.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Sean Carroll
Inks	Sean Carroll
Letters	Sean Carroll

1 page American Splendor story "Katherine Mansfield"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey ponders on how so many writers made the most of their time and died young.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Colors	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Reprinted	in Wavemakers (Blind Bat Press [Mark Innes], 1990 Series) #2