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Our Cancer Year
by Harvey Pekar ; Frank Stack ; Joyce Brabner
ISBN: 1568580118
ISBN-13: 9781568580111
Format: Paperback
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"Pekar and Brabner allowed the artist, Frank Stack, inside their lives as intimately as a television documentary where the participants forget the cameras are there. The visceral artwork presents the drama at an emotional pitch that a straight narrative might miss." -- Patricia J. Wagner
-- Bloomsbury Review
"'Our Cancer Year' displays the graphic novel medium at its sophisticated best, and, eschewing the uplifting cliches of the 'disease novel', Pekar, Brabner, and Stack have demonstrated that comics created with intelligence and unflinching candor can be deeply moving literature."
-- Review of Contemporary Fiction
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub
Published date: 1994
Size: 8 x 10.25 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Publisher's Notes
It was the year of Desert Storm that Harvey Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner, discovered Harvey had cancer. Pekar, a man who has made a profession out of chronicling the Kafkaesque absurdities of an ordinary life - if any life is ordinary - suddenly found himself incapacitated. But he had a better-than-average chance to beat cancer and he took it - kicking, screaming and complaining all the way. The Pekar/Brabner coalition draws upon this and other trials to paint a portrait of a man beset with fears real and imagined - who survives. Our Cancer Year, Pekar and Brabner's first book-length comic, is the most human of stories. It is a true and unflinching account of two people battling cancer. But it is also a record of what happened to seven teenagers - young activists from Cambodia and the Middle East, friends of Joyce's - and two difficult adults, as Operation Desert Shield turned into Operation Desert Storm.
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Our Cancer Year
Brabner, Joyce;Stack, Frank;Pekar, Harvey
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thunder's Mouth Pr, 1994. edge wear o/w clean book. 2nd Printing. Large Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. ( more information) Offered by Redbrick Books (United States)
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Our Cancer Year
Brabner, Joyce; Stack, Frank; Pekar, Harvey
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1994 #Graphic Novels#. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Pazzo Books (United States)
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Pekar, Harvey; Brabner, Joyce
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Running Press. PAPERBACK. 1568580118 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information) Offered by Robin Pugh's Nest of Treasures (United States)
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OUR CANCER YEAR (COMICS)
Pekar, Harvey
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994 Near fine in wrappers with a small crease to the front bottom corner and a tiny spot to the top corner of the pages. Autobiographical Full legth Graphic Novel.. 1st. Soft Cover. Illus. by Frank Stack. ( more information) Offered by Cobblestone books (United States)
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Our Cancer Year [Paperback] by Pekar, Harvey; Brabner, Joyce; Stack, Frank
Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Illustrator-Frank Stack
Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994-09-22. Paperback. Very Good. Collectible 1st Edition (1994 HC), 1st printing with 10 full numberline. Ex. Library copy. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Minor shelfwear. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! Shipping within 24 hours! ( more information) Offered by XYZBOOK (United States)
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OUR CANCER YEAR
Pekar, Harvey & Joyce Brabner, Illustrated by Frank Stack
Four Walls Eight Windows. Fine. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. 1568580118 . Fine paperback stated: First printing September 1994, complete number line. ; D1d; 0.6 x 10.01 x 8.05 Inches; Unpaginated pages . ( more information) Offered by m.l. granlund - bookseller (United States)
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Harvey Pekar; Joyce Brabner; Illustrator-Frank Stack
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New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994 Quarto (8" x 9 7/8"), glossy pictorial wrapper w/red & black lettering on yellow spine, b/w illustrations, unpaginated. From wrapper notes: "Pekar and Brahner's first book-length comic is... a true and unflinching account of two people battling cancer. But it is also a record of what happened to seven teenagers -- young activists from Cambodia and the Middle East....". First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Stack, Frank. ( more information) Offered by Brand Bookstore (United States)
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Our Cancer Year
Joyce Brabner
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Our Cancer Year
Pekar, Harvey and Joyce Brabner illustrated by Frank Stack
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Joyce Brabner; Harvey Pekar; Illustrator-Frank Stack
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