Howard Cruse

by Janine Utell

Howard Cruse tells 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149684355X
• ISBN13: 9781496843555
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"