bWith an appreciation by Anthony Bourdain p HAVE ATTITUDE, WILL TRAVELbr bbr Harvey Pekar changed the face of comics when his iAmerican Splendori series replaced traditional slam-bang superhero action with slice-of-life tales of his own very ordinary existence in Cleveland, Ohio, as a file clerk, jazz-record collector, and philosophical curmudgeon. Much as iSeinfeldi famously transcended sitcom conventions by being a show about nothing, Pekar's deadpan chronicles of regular life--peppered with wry and caustic reflections--have transformed comics from escapist fantasy into social commentary with voice balloons. piHuntington, West Virginia On the Flyi is prime Pekar, recounting the irascible everyman's on-the-road encounters with a cross section of characters--a career criminal turned limo-driving entrepreneur, a toy merchant obsessed with restoring a vintage diner, comic-book archivists, indie filmmakers, and children of the sixties--all of whom have stories to tell. By turns funny, poi