What is Howard Cruse?
{{Infobox comics creator | image = Loz howard cruseDSC00473.jpg | caption = Cruse in 2014 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1944|05|2}} | birth_place = [[Springville, Alabama]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|26|1944|05|2}} | death_place = [[Pittsfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. | nationality = American | cartoonist = y | write = | pencil = | ink = | letter = | color = | alias = | signature = <!-- very optional --> | notable works = ''[[Gay Comix]]''<br />''[[Stuck Rubber Baby]]'' | awards = United Kingdom Comic Art Award,<br />[[Prix de la critique]] (France), 2002 | website ={{url|howardcruse.com}} | subcat = American }} '''Howard Cruse''' (May 2, 1944<ref name=CBG1285>''[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]'' #1485; May 3, 2002; Page 29</ref> – November 26, 2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/howard-cruse-dies-at-75-1258209|title=Howard Cruse, Pioneering Comic Book Author, Dies at 75|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=26 November 2019 }}</ref>) was an American [[alternative comics|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/arts/howard-cruse-dead.html|title=Howard Cruse, Whose Cartoons Explored Gay Life, Dies at 75|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 4, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{official website|http://www.howardcruse.com/}} *[http://www.nostraightlinesthefilm.com No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics] - documentary film about five queer artists including Howard Cruse *[http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/12/you-gave-me-valuable-gift-you-took-me.html Reproduced correspondence] with [[Dr. Seuss]] *[htt