HOWARD CRUSE (1944-2019) "Auntie Moo's Typewriters." Cartoon published in the cartoon anthology Juicy Mother: Number One - Celebration edited by Jennifer Camper (Brooklyn, N.Y.: Soft Skull Press, 2004). Pen and ink with collaged text on thin board. 510x385 mm; 20x15 1/4 inches, on 22x16-inch sheet. Signed "H. Cruse" and dated 1998 [copyright], 1999 in second panel. Dedication in final panel "For Irma Cruse, taken by Alzheimer's in 2002." Tipped to foam core with double-sided tape at upper corners.
Cruse, the American alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics, first gained attention in the 1970s during the underground comix movement and was the founding editor of Gay Comix in 1980. He created "Wendel," a gay-themed strip during the 1980s but reached a more mainstream audience in 1995 when an imprint of DC Comics published his graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby.
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