Howard Cruse is the first biography to tell the life story of one
of the most important figures in LGBTQ+ comics. A preacher's kid
from Alabama who became "the godfather of queer comics," Cruse
(1944-2019) was a groundbreaking underground cartoonist, a wicked
satirist, an LGBTQ+ activist, and a mentor to a vast network of
queer comics artists. His comic strip Wendel, published in The
Advocate throughout the 1980s, is considered a revolutionary moment
in the development of LGBTQ+ comics, as is his inaugurating the
editorship of Gay Comix with Kitchen Sink Press in 1979, which
furthered the careers of important artists like Jennifer Camper and
Alison Bechdel. Cruse's graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby, published
in 1995, fictionalizes his own coming out in the context of the
civil rights movement in 1960s Birmingham and was a significant
forerunner to contemporary graphic novels and memoirs. Howard Cruse
draws on extensive archival research and interviews and covers
Cruse's entire body of work: the cute and zany Barefootz, the
unexpected innovations of the Gay Comix stories, the domestic
intimacies of Wendel, and the complexity and power of Stuck Rubber
Baby. The book places Cruse's art in the context of his life and
his times, including the historic movements for gay rights and
against the AIDS crisis, and it celebrates this extraordinary and
essential figure of LGBTQ+ comics and American comics art more
broadly.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(2)
(4)
