Howard Cruse

Howard Cruse (May 2, 1944Comics Buyer's Guide #1485; May 3, 2002; Page 29 – November 26, 2019) was an American alternative cartoonist. He was known creating gay themes in his comics. He was the founding editor of Gay Comix in 1980. His graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby became his best known work.

Cruse died of lymphoma on November 26, 2019 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts at the age of 75.

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Other websites

No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics - documentary film about five queer artists including Howard Cruse
Reproduced correspondence with Dr. Seuss
Interview with Howard Cruse

Category:1944 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:Deaths from lymphoma
Category:Cancer deaths in Massachusetts
Category:American comics artists
Category:American cartoonists
Category:Gay men
Category:LGBT artists
Category:People from Birmingham, Alabama