Issue Details

Issue	#13
Published	1988
Cover Price	3.25 USD
Pages	60

Cover Details

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Mr Boats; Dr Gesundheit; Rollins (?)
Synopsis	A gloomy prognosis.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Colors	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "Florida"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Louie
Synopsis	Louie loses the thread.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Drew Friedman
Inks	Drew Friedman
Letters	Drew Friedman

4 page American Splendor story "Sweet Like 'Oney"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Frank
Synopsis	Frank and Harvey discuss Ollie North.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Frank Stack
Inks	Frank Stack
Letters	Frank Stack

12 page American Splendor story "My Struggle With Corporate Corruption And Network Philistinism"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Adeline; David Letterman
Synopsis	Harvey has been invited back on the David Letterman show and is determined to turn the discussion to political matters.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "The Answering Machine"

Synopsis	Assorted messages left on Harvey's answering machine.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

3 page American Splendor story "Inky: The Not So Cool Cat"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Inky; Joyce Brabner
Synopsis	Inky is a record critic.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Paul Mavrides
Inks	Paul Mavrides
Letters	Paul Mavrides

8 page American Splendor story "Alterations"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Freddy (?); Cleaner receptionist; Suit salesman
Synopsis	The trials of clothes shopping.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Val Mayerik
Inks	Val Mayeril
Letters	Val Mayerik

6 page American Splendor story "In A Flush Of Excitement I Wrote This"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Gibby Wilkins
Synopsis	Harvey is visited by a fan who's hitching across the USA.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

10 page American Splendor story "President's Day"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Billy
Synopsis	Mentioning he has to work on President's Day leads Harvey into literary criticism. The day itself is extremely cold.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "A Man For The Job"

Characters	Elmo; Colleague
Synopsis	Elmo is fixing a socket.
Genre	Drama
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Donald Simpson
Inks	Donald Simpson
Letters	Donald Simpson

6 page American Splendor story "I Don't Wanna Seem Judg-Mental, But..."

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey meets a musician friend.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Rebecca Harrington
Inks	Rebecca Harrington
Letters	Rebecca Harrington?
Notes	The story is drawn in gray wash rather than traditional pencil and ink.

2 page American Splendor story "Public Benefactor"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey retrieves a lump of rubber from the road.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Ed Wesolowski
Inks	Ed Wesolowski
Letters	Ed Wesolowski?

2 page American Splendor story "Guilt!"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey has to be reminded that it's bad form to enter a corner shop with a supermarket bag.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Don Simpson
Inks	Don Simpson
Letters	Don Simpson

1 page American Splendor story "Say No To Drugs"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Toby's White Castle preference.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	v
Pencils	Ed Wesolowski
Inks	Ed Wesolowski
Letters	Ed Wesolowski?

1 page American Splendor story "New York Street Crime"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey witnesses bystanders stopping a thief.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Val Mayerik
Inks	Val Mayerik
Letters	Val Mayerik?

1 page American Splendor story

Characters	Toby Radloff; Nurse
Synopsis	Toby is congratulated by a nurse.
Genre	Drama
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm
Colors	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm