1980 Harvey Pekar's American Splendor #5 CGC 9.2 NM- w/ White Pgs R. Crumb Cover

Description: 1980 Harvey Pekar's American Splendor #5 CGC 9.2 NM- with White Pages R. Crumb Cover Cover art by Robert Crumb. Freddy Visits for the Weekend, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Robert Crumb. Harvey's friend Freddy is in town and nobody wants him to stay at their house. Emil, script by Harvey Pekar, pencils by Greg Budgett, inks by Gary Dumm. Harvey remembers a guy who used to live in his neighbourhood. Leonard & Marie, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Gary Dumm. Harvey tries to bring two single friends together. An Everyday Horror Story, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Gerry Shamray. Harvey's voice goes on his honeymoon, and it's diagnosed as a vocal cord nodule. ABOUT THE BOOK: American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). These issues I have for sale are the ORIGINAL comics that Harvey Pekar published himself with a new issue coming out every year. Eventually other publishers like Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics published his stories. Despite comic books in the United States being traditionally the province of fantasy-adventure and other genre stories, Pekar felt that the medium could be put to wider use: "When I was a little kid, and I was reading these comics in the '40s, I kind of got sick of them because after a while, they were just formulaic. I figured there was some kind of a flaw that keeps them from getting better than they are, and then when I saw Robert Crumb's work in the early '60s, when he moved from Philadelphia to Cleveland, and he moved around the corner from me, I thought, 'Man, comics are where it's at'." Pekar's philosophy of the potential of comics is also expressed in his often repeated statement that "comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures." In an interview with Walrus Comix, Pekar described how the idea of producing his own comic book developed. In 1972 when Crumb was visiting him in Cleveland, Pekar showed him his story ideas. Not only did Crumb agree to draw some of them but also offered to show them to other artists to draw. The stories in American Splendor concern the everyday life of Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio, told in a brutally frank style akin to the writing of Henry Miller. Pekar's stories eschew traditional narrative structure, focusing on small moments and observations. As Robert Pulcini, co-writer and co-director of the American Splendor movie, said, "The whole point of the American Splendor comics is that life doesn’t really organize itself well." It was a labor of love and duty causing him to lose thousands of dollars a year keeping issues available (a new concept) but it paid off eventually with movie rights and many, many more illustrated stories of this new style with other publishers handling the property moving forward after Harvey's death. ABOUT THE BOOK: American Splendor is a series of autobiographical comic books written by Harvey Pekar and drawn by a variety of artists. The first issue was published in 1976 and the last one in September 2008, with publication occurring at irregular intervals (Pekar died in 2010). These issues I have for sale are the ORIGINAL comics that Harvey Pekar published himself with a new issue coming out every year. Eventually other publishers like Dark Horse Comics and DC Comics published his stories. Despite comic books in the United States being traditionally the province of fantasy-adventure and other genre stories, Pekar felt that the medium could be put to wider use: "When I was a little kid, and I was reading these comics in the '40s, I kind of got sick of them because after a while, they were just formulaic. I figured there was some kind of a flaw that keeps them from getting better than they are, and then when I saw Robert Crumb's work in the early '60s, when he moved from Philadelphia to Cleveland, and he moved around the corner from me, I thought, 'Man, comics are where it's at'." Pekar's philosophy of the potential of comics is also expressed in his often repeated statement that "comics are words and pictures. You can do anything with words and pictures." In an interview with Walrus Comix, Pekar described how the idea of producing his own comic book developed. In 1972 when Crumb was visiting him in Cleveland, Pekar showed him his story ideas. Not only did Crumb agree to draw some of them but also offered to show them to other artists to draw. The stories in American Splendor concern the everyday life of Pekar in Cleveland, Ohio, told in a brutally frank style akin to the writing of Henry Miller. Pekar's stories eschew traditional narrative structure, focusing on small moments and observations. As Robert Pulcini, co-writer and co-director of the American Splendor movie, said, "The whole point of the American Splendor comics is that life doesn’t really organize itself well." It was a labor of love and duty causing him to lose thousands of dollars a year keeping issues available (a new concept) but it paid off eventually with movie rights and many, many more illustrated stories of this new style with other publishers handling the property moving forward after Harvey's death. Harvey was the MAN! 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