FROM THE PUBLISHER

SEE Harvey Pekar, file clerk extraordinaire, wrestle with mortality.

DREAM with Harvey as he plots to re-sell his used books and records for absurdly inflated prices.

FEAR for your sanity as Harvey takes you deep into the bowels of a Cleveland veteran's hospital.

RAGE with Harvey at the aggression and general obtuseness of people around him. He's a reasonable guy.

American Splendor: the series that sparked a revolution in comics, that brought graphic novels to the attention of post-adolescent readers everywhere. All stories written by Harvey Pekar. With drawings by Chester Brown, Greg Budgett, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, William Fogg, Drew Friedman, Rebecca Huntington, Paul Mavrides, Val Mayerik, Alan Moore, Spain Rodriguez, Gerry Shamray, Carole Sobocinski, Frank Stack, J.R. Stats, Colin Upton, Ed Wesolowski, Jim Woodring, Joe Zabel, and Mark Zingarelli.