Issue Details

Issue	#15
Published	1990
Cover Price	3.50 USD
Pages	60

Cover Details

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey steps up to the plate.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Colors	Joe Zabel
Letters	Gary Dumm?

1 page American Splendor story "Bob Wachsman Tummler"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Bill Wachsman
Synopsis	Bill tells how he's nagged to close the window.
Genre	Humour
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Alan Moore
Inks	Alan Moore
Letters	Alan Moore
Notes	Artist Alan Moore is better known for his writing.

1 page American Splendor story "The Man Who Came To Dinner And Lunch And Breakfast"

Characters	Zigmund Dobrowolski; Herschel
Synopsis	Herschel knows he's onto a good thing.
Genre	Humour
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Carol Sobocinski
Inks	Carol Sobocinski
Letters	Carol Sobocinski?
Notes	The story is drwan in the style of Art Spiegelman's Maus.

1 page American Splendor story "A Tribute To Bill Marks"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Chester Brown
Synopsis	Harvey talks with Chester Brown on the phone about the reputation of publisher Bill Marks.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Chester Brown
Inks	Chester Brown
Letters	Chester Brown

8 page American Splendor story "Squirrel"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
Synopsis	Harvey and Joyce come across a squirrel that's been severely wounded by a car.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "Twilight Zone"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Sue; Customer
Synopsis	Harvey and another guy chat after exiting the second hand book store.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Bill Knapp
Inks	Bill Knapp
Letters	Bill Knapp

8 page American Splendor story "Weekend"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joe Book dealer; Policeman
Synopsis	And the weekend was going so well.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	The story is told with the panels going across two pages.

1 page American Splendor story "The Greenhouse Effect"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey's friend grows dope.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Mark Zingarelli [as M.A. Zingarelli]
Inks	Mark Zingarelli [as M.A. Zingarelli]
Letters	Mark Zingarelli [as M.A. Zingarelli]

1 page American Splendor story "Short Changed"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Greengrocer
Synopsis	Harvey is almost over-charged.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Mark Zingarelli
Inks	Mark Zingarelli
Letters	Mark Zingarelli

6 page American Splendor story "Dis-Junctions"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner
Synopsis	The contrast between Harvey's concerns and a letter he receives.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "Explosion"

Characters	Spain; Vito; Super; Super's wife; Vito's wife
Synopsis	Vito's a creative guy.
Genre	Drama
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Spain
Inks	Spain
Letters	Spain

1 page American Splendor story "Wounded In Action"

Characters	Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Toby hurts his hand.
Genre	Drama
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Spain
Inks	Spain
Letters	Spain

6 page American Splendor story "A Lull At The Convention"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Frank
Synopsis	Harvey chats with a comic dealer taken to court by the city on charges of selling obscene material.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Frank Stack
Inks	Frank Stack
Letters	Frank Stack

1 page American Splendor story "Intermission"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	A restroom encounter
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Robert Stack
Inks	Robert Stack
Letters	Robert Stack

3 page American Splendor story "Toby Saves The Day"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Toby Radloff
Synopsis	Harvey's keys get stuck in the elevator lock.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Ed Wesolowski
Inks	Ed Wesolowski
Letters	Ed Wesolowski?

14 page American Splendor story "Festering"

Characters	Herschel; Jack; Whitey; Al Cohen; Mr Pekar; Mrs Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey's college days.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	Herschel is Harvey Pekar. The stroy reads across two pages rather than one.

2 page American Splendor story "Sour Grapes"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; John Zubal
Synopsis	Harvey is annoyed about hearing of a bargain picked up by another book collector.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Richard G. Taylor
Inks	Richard G. Taylor
Letters	Richard G. Taylor
Notes	Richard G. Taylor is more commonly credited as Rick Taylor.

1 page American Splendor story "Somewhere In Pennsylvania"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey joins in a bookstore conversation.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	The art is printed landscape rather than portrait.

1 page American Splendor story "Short Story - Long Money"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Devese
Synopsis	Harvey alomost loses a cheque.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	The art is printed landscape rather than portrait.

1 page American Splendor story "War Baby"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey meets someone who recognises him from Late Night With Letterman.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Joe Zabel
Inks	Gary Dumm
Colors	Joe Zabel
Letters	Gary Dumm