Lennie Comes to Visit (Our Cancer Year)

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Name/Title

Lennie Comes to Visit (Our Cancer Year)

Entry/Object ID

2012.03.03

Description

The piece is titled, "Our Cancer Year (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994)" and it was written by Joyce Brabner and Harvey Pekar. This is a non-fiction comic that tells the story of Harvey overcoming cancer and his journey with his wife Joyce. Our Cancer Year was illustrated by Frank Stack (he also goes by Foolbert Sturgeon). Purdue owns 3 of the original sheets of this comic. In this piece it is the latest in date from the other 2 Purdue holds. This page describes Harvey's brother Lennie visiting Harvey himself. Harvey is delighted to be united with his brother again. Later in the evening he imagined a life playing basketball with his brother and others. Harvey finally finishes his chemotherapy and they all celebrate.

Type of Print

Comic

Artwork Details

Medium

Pen and Ink

Subject

Harvey Pekar and Lennie Pekar

Acquisition

Accession

2012.03

Source or Donor

Frank Stack

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Frank Stack

Date made

1994

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Print number and run

Location

Bottom of page

Transcription

11-2 / pannels 933-936 / Book page faces p. 204-205 / 204

Language

English

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Colors

Color

Black, Gray, White

Color Notes

All done in large strokes and cross hatching. The gray tone is created from the dashes in the piece.