Kunka Andrew J. Kunka

Life and Comics of Howard Cruse (eBook, PDF)

Taking Risks in the Service of Truth

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Produktbeschreibung

Nominated for the 2022 Eisner Award - Best Academic/Scholarly WorkThe Life and Comics of Howard Cruse tells the remarkable story of how a self-described preacher s kid from Birmingham, Alabama, became the so-called Godfather of Gay Comics. This study showcases a remarkable fifty-year career that included working in the 1970s underground comics scene, becoming founding editor of the groundbreaking anthology series Gay Comix, and publishing the graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby, partially based on his own experience of coming of age in the Civil Rights era. Through his exploration of Cruse s life and work, Andrew J. Kunka also chronicles the dramatic ways that gay culture changed over the course of Cruse s lifetime, from Cold War-era homophobia to the gay liberation movement to the AIDS crisis to the legalization of gay marriage. Highlighting Cruse s skills as a trenchant satirist and social commentator, Kunka explores how he cast a queer look at American politics, mainstream comics culture, and the gay community s own norms. Lavishly illustrated with a broad selection of comics from Cruse s career, this study serves as a perfect introduction to this pioneering cartoonist, as well as an insightful read for fans who already love how his work sketched a new vision of gay life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 195
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978818897
• Artikelnr.: 72345730

Autorenporträt

ANDREW J. KUNKA is a professor of English and division chair at the University of South Carolina Sumter. He is the author of the book  Autobiographical Comics and has also published articles and book chapters on Will Eisner, Kyle Baker, Doug Moench, Jack Katz, and Dell Comics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1          Critical Biography
2          Autobiographical Fiction/Fictional Autobiography
“The Basic Overview”
“Jerry Mack”
“Unfinished Pictures”
“The Guide”
“I Always Cry at Movies …”
“That Night at Stonewall”
“Then There Was Claude”
3          Commentary and Satire
“Billy Goes Out”
“Dirty Old Lovers”
“Safe Sex”
“Sometimes I Get So Mad. . .”
“The Gay in the Street”
“My Life as a TV Pundit”
“Some Words from the Guys in Charge”
“Death”
4          Parodies
“The Other Side of the Coin”
“The Nightmares of Little L*l*”
“Raising Nancies”
“Hubert the Humorless Ghost”
“Shearwell in ‘The Prodigal Sheep’”
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index