American Splendor The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar TPB (2003 Ballantine Books Edition) comic books 1970 or later
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Aug 2003 by Ballantine Books.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Ballantine Books Edition - 1st printing. Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray. Introduction by R. Crumb. The inspiration for the award-winning movie from HBO Films and Fine Line Features. AMERICAN SPLENDOR: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar includes two classic comic anthologies in one volume. The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. American Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them-he is himself. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $15.95.
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Issue #1-REP
Published Aug 2003 by Ballantine Books.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Ballantine Books Edition - 2nd and later printings. Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray. Introduction by R. Crumb. The inspiration for the award-winning movie from HBO Films and Fine Line Features. AMERICAN SPLENDOR: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar includes two classic comic anthologies in one volume. The classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. American Splendor is the world's first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them-he is himself. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 320 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $15.95.
