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American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
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Book Description
The inspiration for the award-winning movie
from HBO Films and Fine Line Features

AMERICAN SPLENDOR
The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

Two classic comic anthologies in one volume

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

The cl... More
Book Information
PublisherDoubleday Books for Young Readers
BindingPaperback (6 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages150
ISBN-100385231954
ISBN-13978-0385231954
Publication Date03/04/1986
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About Harvey Pekar (Author) : Harvey Pekar is a published author. Published credits of Harvey Pekar include American Splendor, The New Comics Anthology.
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About Gary Dumm (Illustrator) : Gary Dumm is a published illustrator. A published credit of Gary Dumm is American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar.
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About George Budgett (Illustrator) : George Budgett is a published illustrator. A published credit of George Budgett is American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar.
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About Gerry Shamray (Illustrator) : Gerry Shamray is a published illustrator. A published credit of Gerry Shamray is American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar.
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About Kevin Brown (Illustrator) : Kevin Brown is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Kevin Brown include God Thought of Everything Weird and Wacky, God Thou... more
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About R. Crumb (Illustrator, Introduction) : R. Crumb is a published author and an illustrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of R. Crumb include Crumb obras completas: Mis problemas con las mujeres : Crumb Complete Comics: M... more
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