Issue Details

Issue	#6
Published	1981
Cover Price	2.25 USD
Pages	60

Cover Details

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Socialist
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gerry Shamray
Inks	Gerry Shamray
Colors	Gerry Shamray?
Letters	Gerry Shamray

1 page American Splendor story "Definitions"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Patient; cleaner
Synopsis	A friendly greeting solicits a surly response.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Michael T. Gilbert
Inks	Michael T. Gilbert
Letters	Michael T. Gilbert

12 page American Splendor story "Ripoff Chick"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Freddy; Carla Murray; Biker Guy; Work collegaue; Chicago buddy
Synopsis	Harvey sees a woman and sparks a memory of how they were ten years previously, and the relationship starts again.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

3 page American Splendor story "Young Ideas"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Joe; File clerk
Synopsis	Joe wants to know how Harvey makes out with women at work.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Michael T. Gilbert
Inks	Michael T. Gilbert
Letters	Michael T. Gilbert

4 page American Splendor story "Cold World"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	A 61 year old guy asks Harvey about the chances of a job, and tells his story.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gerry Shamray
Inks	Gerry Shamray
Letters	Gerry Shamray

2 page American Splendor story "Working Man's Nightmares"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey has a nightmare.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gerry Shamray
Inks	Gerry Shamray
Letters	Gerry Shamray

2 page American Splendor story "Noah's Ark"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Work colleague
Synopsis	A colleague believes the actual Noah's Ark has been located.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gerry Shamray
Inks	Gerry Shamray
Letters	Gerry Shamray

3 page American Splendor story "The Pitch Lady At The Supermarket"

Characters	Pitch Lady
Synopsis	The woman whose job it is to talk to customers about the supermarket specials.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gerry Shamray
Inks	Gerry Shamray
Letters	Gerry Shamray

6 page American Splendor story "Read This"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Record Trader (Lou Kallie)
Synopsis	Harvey remembers a guy he used to trade records with and helps him move his collection
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	The record trader isn't named in this issue, but there's another story about him in issue 14 (Passport To Pimlico).

6 page American Splendor story "Junk Shopping (An Allegory)"

Characters	Herschel; Ruth; John
Synopsis	Herschel bags some bargains at a garage sale.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	Herschel is Harvey Pekar.

6 page American Splendor story "Once Again To Oregon"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Chemistry teacher
Synopsis	Harvey's flight companion to Oregon is far more interesting than he anticpated.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

2 page American Splendor story "Eating Potato Chips In Oregon"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Different states, different potato chips
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvery Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm

10 page American Splendor story "Prelude, Party & Post-Party"

Characters	Herschel; Jane Levy; High School Teacher; New Yorker journalists; Ruth
Synopsis	Harvey puzzles on and off for years about a girl he liked in high school.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Gary Dumm
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm
Notes	Herschel is Harvey Pekar.

2 page American Splendor story "Talk Show"

Characters	Harvey Pekar; Danny Thompson
Synopsis	Harvey has Danny tell a story about a teenage prank.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Michael T. Gilbert
Inks	Michael T. Gilbert
Letters	Michael T. Gilbert

Half page American Splendor story "Chopin"

Characters	Dr Gesundheit; Harvey Pekar
Genre	Humour
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Michael T. Gilbert
Inks	Michael T. Gilbert
Letters	Michael T. Gilbert

1 page American Splendor story "Cyclical Theory"

Characters	Harvey Pekar
Synopsis	Harvey is glum.
Genre	Autobiography
Script	Harvey Pekar
Pencils	Greg Budgett
Inks	Gary Dumm
Letters	Gary Dumm