Gathers selections from avant-garde graphic literature by more than seventy-five artists

The New Comics Anthology

Comics & Graphic Novels

Gilbert Hernández

Daniel Clowes

Gary Panter

Harvey Pekar

Peter Bagge

Eddie Campbell

Jaimie Hernandez

Peter Kuper

Chris, Ware

Comic Strips

Collier

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 classic collection of the comics that inspired the movie American Splendor, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival American Splendor is the world’s first literary comic book. Cleveland native Harvey Pekar is a true American original. A V.A. hospital file clerk and comic book writer, Harvey chronicles the ordinary and mundane in stories both funny and touching. His dead-on eye for the frustrations and minutiae of the workaday world mix in a delicate balance with his insight into personal relationships. Pekar has been compared to Dreiser, Dostoevsky, and Lenny Bruce. But he is truly more than all of them—he is himself. “Mr. Pekar has . . . proven that comics can address the ambiguities of daily living, that like the finest fiction, they can hold a mirror up to life.” —The New York Times “[Pekar] has a vision that makes daily city life—a ride on the bus, a run-in with a boss, or simply buying bread—dramatic.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Simply stated, American Splendor is the most superb literary endeavor to come off the streets of Cleveland in decades.” —The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) “Mr. Pekar lets all of life flood into his panels: the humdrum and the heroic, the gritty and the grand.” —The New York Times Book Review

American Splendor and More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar

Graphic Novels

Ballantine Books

In 2006, comics legend Harvey Pekar brought his unflinching tales of ordinary life to Vertigo with an all-new run of AMERICAN SPLENDOR, the comic that, 30 years earlier, rose "from the streets of Cleveland" and changed how we look at comics. Often imitated but never duplicated, Pekar proved that he still has the power to "make mundane reality seem like the highest drama" (Entertainment Weekly) in his critically acclaimed Vertigo series. Now, Harvey Pekar is back with an all-new volume of AMERICAN SPLENDOR, featuring his funniest, most poignant, somber and uplifting stories from the complex life of an ordinary man. Once again, AMERICAN SPLENDOR pairs Harvey with some of the most exciting, innovative artists currently in comics, including David Lapham (YOUNG LIARS, Stray Bullets), Darick Robertson (THE BOYS), Chris Weston (THE FILTH, Fantastic Four), Dean Haspiel (THE QUITTER, THE ALCOHOLIC), Warren Pleece (INCOGNEGRO), longtime Pekar collaborators Greg Budgett and Gary Dumm, and other luminaries from both the mainstream and indie worlds.

American Splendor: Another Dollar

Zachary Baldus

Vertigo

The release of the hit movie American Splendor raised Harvey Pekar's popularity to an entirely new level, and Titan's tie-in graphic novel was a runaway critical and commercial success. Now comes Our Movie Year, a brand new graphic novel, in which Pekar portrays his sudden rise, as seen through his hilariously grumpy point of view: from Sundance, to Cannes, the Oscars and beyond...Once Harvey was content merely to flirt with fame. But now he's become a household name. Sort of. And, to tell you the truth, it's starting to bug the hell out of him. With the succes of the movie, Harvey won awards, accolades and the promise of a bigger paycheck. A lot of funny things can happen in year, and many of them happened to Harvey. And now you can read about them all...

American Splendor : Our Movie Year

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Titan

Bizarro World (no. 1)

Tom Hart

Dave Roman

Tony Millionaire

Paul Grist

Kyle Baker

Evan Dorkin

Leela Corman

Dylan Horrocks

Kurt Wolfgang

TITAN GRAPHIC NOVELS

Best of American Splendor

The Quitter

Dean Haspiel

titan books uk

Quitter

Science Fiction

Titan Books, Ltd.

American Splendor: Another Day

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