Issue Details

Issue	#2
Published	1977
Cover Price	1.15 USD
Pages	60

Cover Details

Synopsis	Is average dumb?
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "Rollins On Mars (July 21, 1976)"

Characters	Rollins
Synopsis	The Viking probe is about to land on Mars.
Genre	Drama
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Brian Bram
Inks	Brian Bram
Letters	Brian Bram

4 page American Splendor story "The Harvey Pekar Name Story"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	About Harvey Pekar's name.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Reprinted	In Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn]; in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12

18 page American Splendor story "Guerilla Theatre July '74 On The Corner"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Nora; Janie; Freddy; Sid
Synopsis	Sid needs help moving.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm

4 page American Splendor story "On The Corner... A Sequel June, 1976"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Freddy; Sid; Driver
Synopsis	Sid remembers hitching a lift.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm

12 page American Splendor story "May 4-5 ,1970"

Characters	Mr Lucarelli; Carl Alosci; Dr Gand
Synopsis	Why Leo didn't make it show business, what happened at Kent State and the complexities of Italian-American society.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Brian Bram
Inks	Brian Bram
Letters	Brian Bram

5 page American Splendor story "Hustlin' Sides"

Characters	Jack; Millie; Olga; Ralph; Mr Wilson; Dominic; Supervisor
Synopsis	Music fanatic Jack scrimps on everything but records and needs to find $150 to cover auction winnings.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Inks	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Letters	Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Notes	Based on commonplace revelations from later strips, Jack is very obviously standing in for Harvey Pekar.
Reprinted	In Bob & Harv's Comics (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996 series) #[nn]; in Complete Crumb Comics, The (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #12

Half page American Splendor story "Vignettes #1: The Keep On Truckin' Orchestra Debuts In Cleveland"

Characters	Keep on Truckin' Orchestra;' Neighbour
Synopsis	On The Beach At Waikiki isn't everyone's favourite.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm

Half page American Splendor story "Vignettes #2"

Synopsis	Bitchy comments on the street.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm

6 page American Splendor story "Roller-Coaster To Nowhere"

Characters	Rocco Tolocco; Little Teddy Jacopetti; Tall T
Synopsis	An unsuccessful night on the pull at the fairground.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

3 page American Splendor story "A Memony"

Characters	Harvye Pekar; Customer
Synopsis	Harvey recalls an incident from his youth.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

3 page American Splendor story "Ozzie Nelson's Open Letter To Crumb"

Characters	Ozzie Nelson
Synopsis	How Ozzie Nelson might view his life.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	DAry Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

1 page American Splendor story "Zoology"

Synopsis	Are a deer's horns made of wood?
Genre	autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Brian Bram
Inks	Brian Bram
Letters	Brian Bram

1 page American Splendor story "His most Catholic Majesty..."

Synopsis	How the exiled Rodiguez family might have plotted to return to power in Spain while in Buffalo.
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm