publication date: Monday, May 2, 2016 (part of Spring 2016)

category: Comics

clue: Cleveland came alive in his splendid works.

explanation: Pekar was a comic writer known for American Splendor, a long-running autobiographical tale of his life in Cleveland. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Joanna Woods


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