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American Splendor Presents: Bob and Harv's Comics

by Harvey Pekar · 1996

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Gathered here are the collected works of the titans of adults comics legendary underground cartoonist R. Crumb and the "high priest of comic-book naturalism" (Newsweek) Harvey Pekar. The comic collision of these underground luminaries is funny, obsessive, ever-so-slightly neurotic, but always biting and honest.

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humorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 100 pages
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graphic novelsgraphic novelsMore like thisLess of thisshort storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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