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• American Splendor. More American Splendor

  the Life and Times of Harvey Pekar : Stories

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Two classic comic anthologies in one volume, originally published 1976-1987. Stories by Harvey Pekar. Introduction by R. Crumb. Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, Sean Carroll, Sue Cavey, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Val Mayerik, and Gerry Shamray.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Splendor. Unsung Hero

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Graphic biography published 2002-2003. Illustrated by David Collier. Documented the Vietnam War experience of Robert McNeill, one of Pekar's African-American coworkers at Cleveland's VA hospital.

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  2003 biographical comedy drama film written and directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film, which chronicles the life of comic book writer Harvey Pekar, is a hybrid production featuring live actors, documentary, and animation. It…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Students for a Democratic Society

  a Graphic History

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Published 2008. In 1962 at a United Auto Workers' camp in Michigan, Students for a Democratic Society held its historic convention and prepared the famous Port Huron Statement, drafted by Tom Hayden. This statement, criticizing the U.S. government's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Studs Terkel's Working

  A Graphic Adaptation: A Graphic Adaptation

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Published 2009. Pekar served as the principal writer and adaptor — collaborating with multiple artists — of a comics treatment of Studs Terkel's seminal 1974 oral history book Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yiddishkeit

  Pekar, Harvey • Buhle, Paul

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  Published 2011. Pekar contributed a substantial portion of the book's comics and essays — roughly sixty pages — alongside work by numerous writers and artists, including Dumm and contributors such as Dan Archer and Peter Kuper. The anthology surveys…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Huntington, West Virginia "on the Fly"

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Published 2011. Huntington, West Virginia “On the Fly” is prime Pekar, recounting the irascible everyman’s on-the-road encounters with a cross section of characters—a career criminal turned limo-driving entrepreneur, a toy merchant obsessed with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Published 2012. Written with and illustrated by J. T. Waldman. Pekar combines personal narrative with historical and political analysis to examine his changing views on Israel.

• Harvey Pekar's Cleveland

  Pekar, Harvey

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  Pekar's final graphic memoir published in 2012. Illustrated by Joseph Remnant. Tracing Pekar's lifelong relationship with his hometown, the book blends personal anecdotes with local history and cultural commentary.

• Genuine Nerd

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  Underground filmmaker Wayne Alan Harold profiles his friend and collaborator Toby Radloff ("Killer Nerd") in this truly unique, truly nerdy documentary!

• Circus Parade

  Tully, Jim

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  Circus Parade, originally published in 1927, presents the sordid but albeit fascinating side of life traveling with a small-time circus life during the 1920s in America. This edition features a foreword by Harvey Pekar.

• Graphic Biography: Life, in Pictures

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  A graphic biography is a book that tells the story of another person's (or people's) life in the form of comics. Enjoy these illustrated life narratives, and check out our Graphic Memoirs list for more life stories in the subjects' own words &…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Graphic Memoir: Drawing from Memory

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  A graphic memoir is an autobiography in the form of comics. Enjoy these narrative self-portraits, and check out our Graphic Biographies list for more life stories told by creators other than the books' subjects.