Howard Cruse Papers, 1941-2019

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Series I: Correspondence, 1958-2019

Series I is closed to researchers until after cleaning to remove mold.

Series II: Freelance project files, 1967-2010s

Series II contains materials related to Howard Cruse's freelance illustration and graphic design work for newspapers and magazines, LGBTQ+ community and political advocacy organizations, trade publications, and some small businesses and individuals. The series also contains materials related to comics by Howard Cruse which were commissioned by customers outside of the comics industry, such as Adobe—Cruse's "Mark the Art Guy" marketed the company's Creative Suite software—and Topps, to which Cruse contributed Bazooka Joe bubble gum wrapper comics. Finally, a small amount of pitched but never realized work by Howard Cruse is present in this series, such as concept art for children's television shows called Major Weirdo (1990) and Evey on TV (2003).

Series II is arranged alphabetically by the client's name.



Box 1 Folder 1 101 Reasons to Calm Down About College , circa 2005

Book illustration project.


Box 1 Folder 2 ABC Greylock, circa 2000s



Box 88 Item 39 Adobe Fritz Quadrata, circa 1990s-2000s



Box 1 Folder 3 Adobe: Gym Bob, circa 2000s


Box 1 Folder 4 Adobe comic strip, 2005-2006

"Mark the Art Guy Discovers Adobe Creative Suite" commissioned comic


Box 1 Folder 5 Adobe: "Mark the Art Guy" printouts, 2007


Box 1 Folder 6 "Mark the Art Guy" scripts and printed digital sketches, 2005-2006, 1 folders



Box 37 Folder 1-7 "Mark the Art Guy" sketches, 2005-2006, 7 folders



Box 50 Folder 1-7 "Mark the Art Guy" sketches, 2005-2006, 7 folders



Box 1 Folder 7 The Advocate , 1999-2001


Box 1 Folder 8 The Advocate , 1987-1988, 2000-2001

1988 March 15 and 2000 August 15 issues include cover stories on Howard Cruse. Others contain illustrations by Howard Cruse.



Box 49 Folder 1 The Advocate inked illustrations, circa 2000, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 9 The Advocate / Adolescence and Apathy (#905), 2003


Box 1 Folder 10 The Advocate / Baby Bruce (#878), 2002



Box 33 Folder 9 The Advocate / Baby Bruce sketches, 2002, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 11 The Advocate / Dr. Laura (#828), 2000-2001



Box 33 Folder 7 The Advocate / Dr. Laura (#828) sketches, 2000-2001, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 12 The Advocate / Dyke Dog column (#887), 2003


Box 1 Folder 13 The Advocate / Editorial Sex (#869-870), 2002



Box 33 Folder 10 The Advocate / Editorial Sex (#869-870) sketches, 2002, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 14 The Advocate / Gays and Cars, 2003


Box 1 Folder 15 The Advocate / Goldstein's Not A Bear (#913), 2004


Box 1 Folder 16 The Advocate / Heathers in Leathers (#895-896), 2003


Box 1 Folder 17 The Advocate / The L-Word Beautician (#911), 2004


Box 1 Folder 18 The Advocate / Millennium March, 2000



Box 33 Folder 5-6 The Advocate / Millennium March sketches, 2000, 2 folders



Box 1 Folder 19 The Advocate / The Present Danger (Goldstein) #932, 2005


Box 1 Folder 20 The Advocate / Vanishing Gays (#938), 2005


Box 1 Folder 21 The Advocate / Vilanch 2001 Kubrick column (#854-855), 2001


Box 1 Folder 22 The Advocate / Vilanch puppetry column (#852), 2001



Box 33 Folder 8 The Advocate / Vilanch puppetry column (#852) sketches, 2001, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 23 The Advocate / Wendel and Ethan (#817-818), 2000


Box 1 Folder 24 Alice in Rubberland, 1990-1993

Stamp manufacturer



Box 38 Folder 1 Alice in Rubberland inked line art for rubber stamps, 1990, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 25 All American Kink, 2001


Box 1 Folder 26 Allen Young book cover: The Man Who Got Lost, 2011


Box 1 Folder 27 American Camp Association, 2007


Box 1 Folder 28 American Health magazine, 1983-1986

Clippings of art by Cruse



Box 38 Folder 2 American Health magazine full color illustration, 1984, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 29 American Photographer magazine, 1980-1984

Clippings of art by Cruse



Box 37 Folder 8 American Photographer magazine illustration mechanical, circa 1980-1984, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 30 American Showcase, 2000-2001


Box 1 Folder 31 Animation tips, 2000-2003


Box 1 Folder 32 Anti-Defamation League Do The Right Thing essay contest, 1999

Anti-Defamation League Sugihara Do The Right Thing essay contest. Graphic design by Howard Cruse


Box 1 Folder 33 Anti-Defamation League Mosque invitation, 1999

Graphic design by Howard Cruse


Box 1 Folder 34 Artforum , 1990-1991


Box 1 Folder 35 Arthur magazine, 2004 November

With strip by Howard Cruse


Box 1 Folder 36 Bananas magazine, 1983


Box 1 Folder 37 Beacon Press, 2006

Cover art for Out Law.



Box 51 Folder 1-2 Beacon Press book cover sketches and preparatory material, circa 2006, 2 folders

Cover art for Out Law.



Box 1 Folder 38 "Be Afraid" political cartoon, 2005


Box 1 Folder 39 Berkshire media artists (Nicky and Jason), 2008


Box 1 Folder 40 Berserker, "Web of Lives" cover art, 2016 January



Box 40 Folder 9 Berserker, "Web of Lives" cover art sketch, 2016 January, 1 folders



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 7 Birmingham News magazine cover full color art, 1966 April, 1 folders



Box 51 Folder 3 Birmingham News magazine cover art mechanical of the Mamas and the Papas, 1967, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 41 Birmingham-Southern, 2006-2007


Box 1 Folder 42 Birmingham Weekly , 2006-2007


Box 1 Folder 43 Boobyhatched, 2005


Box 1 Folder 44 Boston Gay Men's Chorus, 1990

Poster by Howard Cruse



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 8 Boston Gay Men's Chorus poster sketches, 1990, 1 folders



Box 1 Folder 45 Bound and Gagged Millennium project, 2000


Box 1 Folder 46 Bound and Gagged , 2000 February



Box 2 Folder 1 Boy Meets Boy, 2004


Box 2 Folder 2 Boy Scouts and Gays, 2000-2003

Inclusive scouting project



Box 39 Folder 1 Boy Scouts and Gays sketches, 2000-2003, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 3 Brother Worm, circa 2000s-2010s

Printed digital art


Box 2 Folder 4 Business 2.0, 2002


Box 2 Folder 5 Business Week , 2000



Box 39 Folder 2 Business Week sketches, 2000, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 6 Cartoon Aid, 1987-1988


Box 2 Folder 7 [LGBT Community] Center cartoon show, 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 8 [LGBT Community] Center direct mail piece, 2003


Box 2 Folder 9 [LGBT Community] Center t-shirt (Cruse/Bechdel), 1992



Box 39 Folder 3 [LGBT Community] Center t-shirt (Cruse/Bechdel) sketches, 1992, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 10 Children's Fair logo, circa 2010s


Box 2 Folder 11 Chip Deffaa Invitational Theatre Festival, 2002


Box 2 Folder 12 Choices pro-choice benefit comic, 1989-1991


Box 2 Folder 13 Clip art/Harry Volk Studios, circa 1970s


Box 2 Folder 14-15 Cogitation Revisited, 1996-2004, 2 folders



Box 61 Folder 2-5 Commercial portfolio, circa 1980s, 4 folders



Box 67 Folder 1 Commercial portfolio, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 40 Folder 1 Commissioned illustration of a doctor playing a patient whose head is a lyre, circa 1990s, 1 folders

Sketches and inked artwork



Box 2 Folder 16 Commonwealth Club of California, 2007


Box 2 Folder 17 The Commonwealth , 2008 May


Box 2 Folder 18 Conrad Shadlen, 1998-2000



Box 49 Folder 2-3 Conrad Shadlen sketches and finished illustrations, 1998-2000, 2 folders



Box 2 Folder 19 Conrad Shadlen birthday card, 1999


Box 2 Folder 20-21 Conrad Shadlen Christmas card, 1999-2000, 2 folders



Box 34 Folder 2 Conrad Shadlen 2000 Christmas card sketches, 2000, 1 folders


Box 34 Folder 1 Conrad Shadlen birthday card sketches and proof, 1999, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 22-23 Conrad Shadlen postcard, 1999-2000, 2003, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 24 Cookbook, 1985


Box 2 Folder 25 Cosmoz.com, 1999


Box 2 Folder 26-27 Cracked magazine, 1985, 2000, 2 folders


Box 2 Folder 28 Crawdaddy, 1977


Box 2 Folder 29 Cyberbusters logo, 2000


Box 2 Folder 30 Cyberbusters/Demo disk package, circa 2000


Box 2 Folder 31 Cyberbusters/Olivier Bernier, circa 2000



Box 39 Folder 4 Cyberbusters/Olivier Bernier sketches, circa 2000, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 32 Cyberbusters/Richard Kavner eyesight CD, 2000


Box 2 Folder 33 Cyberbusters/SM 101, 1999


Box 2 Folder 34 Cyberbusters/Stability ball demo, 1999



Box 39 Folder 5-6 Cyberbusters/Stability ball demo, 1999, 2 folders



Box 2 Folder 35 Cyberbusters/Time sheets and cards, circa 2000


Box 2 Folder 36 Cyberbusters/Vasanta, circa 2000


Box 2 Folder 37 DCA advertising (Camcorder), 1989



Box 39 Folder 7 Details magazine inked line art, 1990, 1 folders

Satirizes proposed laws against flag burning.



Box 2 Folder 38 Dexter Cockburn's "Pippa Crème", 2012


Box 2 Folder 39 Diane Totilo engagement drawing, 2001-2002


Box 2 Folder 40 Distribution Journal / Cool soda, 1999


Box 2 Folder 42 Doric Wilson / A Perfect Relationship logo, 2003


Box 2 Folder 41 Doric Wilson / And He Made A Her, 2006



Box 34 Folder 3 Doric Wilson / And He Made A Her sketches, 2006, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 43 Dorm, 1986


Box 2 Folder 44 Drummer magazine, 1986-1988



Box 49 Folder 4 Drummer magazine art, 1986-1988, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 45 Drury Drama Team logos, 2011



Box 53 Folder 1 Drury Drama Team poster proof, 2007, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 46 Eco-sTuff, 1995


Box 2 Folder 47 Ed Sedarbaum New York State Senate campaign flier mechanicals, 1992



Box 53 Folder 2 Ed Sedarbaum New York State Senate campaign posters, 1992, 1 folders



Box 2 Folder 48 Eddie at the Loft, 2002


Box 2 Folder 49 Eddie's campaign and other designs for Eddie, circa 1990s


Box 2 Folder 50 Empire State Pride Agenda, 1998

Graphic design project


Box 2 Folder 51 Empire State Pride Agenda / 2000 Lobby Day, 2000


Box 2 Folder 52 Empire State Pride Agenda / Lobby Day forms, 1999

Graphic design project


Box 2 Folder 53 Empire State Pride Agenda / Town Meetings, 1998-1999

Graphic design project


Box 2 Folder 54 Enigmaps Books logo, 2007



Box 3 Folder 1-4 Evey on TV , 1998-2005, 4 folders

Children's television show proposal



Box 51 Folder 4 Evey on TV sketches, circa 1998-2005, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 5 Export magazine, 1979-1982


Box 3 Folder 6 Film Moi / Robert Patrick, 2001

Logo design



Box 34 Folder 4 Film Moi / Robert Patrick sketches, 2001, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 7 First Hand magazine, 1984-1985



Box 52 Folder 1 First Hand magazine illustration, 1985, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 8 "Flash the Court" contest announcement, circa 2000s

Sponsored by People for the American Way


Box 3 Folder 9 Fliers by Cruse, 1985-1999


Box 3 Folder 10 Folio magazine, 2001


Box 3 Folder 11 Food Logistics , 1999

Art for U.S. Distribution Journal



Box 52 Folder 2 Food Logistics illustration sketches, line art, and full color proof, 1999, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 12 Food Service Distributor magazine, 1990



Box 39 Folder 8 Food Service Distributor magazine full color illustration, 1990, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 13 Freelance illustrations / miscellaneous, 1980s-1990s


Box 3 Folder 14 Fresh Produce Workshop, 1988

Magazine illustrations


Box 3 Folder 15 Full-Deck Collective, 2004


Box 3 Folder 16 Galleon, 2001


Box 3 Folder 17 Galleon advertisement


Box 3 Folder 18 Galleon alternate logo and hand tags, 2006


Box 3 Folder 19 Galleon catalogs


Box 3 Folder 20 Galleon Home Accents Today ad, 2002 July


Box 3 Folder 21 Galleon photographs, circa 2001


Box 3 Folder 22-24 Galleon TJX ads, 2002-2006, 3 folders


Box 3 Folder 25 Gay publishing, 2003


Box 3 Folder 26 Gay radio, 2003


Box 3 Folder 27 Get Used to It , 1992-1993

Musical by Tom Wilson Weinberg



Box 33 Folder 3-4 Get Used to It sketches, 1992-1993, 2 folders



Box 3 Folder 28 Gillick's Little Jimmy, circa 2000s


Box 3 Folder 29 Glenn Shadix project, "Glenn's Ruminations", 2009


Box 3 Folder 30 Grady's project, circa 2000


Box 3 Folder 31 Greeting cards, 1976-2001



Box 34 Folder 5 Greeting card mocks, 1976-2001, 1 folders

Most are full color



Box 3 Folder 32 Greeting card art, 1983-2013


Box 3 Folder 33 Greeting Card Universe, 2012



Box 39 Folder 10 Unfinished line art for greeting cards, circa 2010s, 1 folders


Box 39 Folder 9 Christmas greeting card design, 2014, 1 folders



Box 38 Folder 3 Santa Claus holiday greeting card original art with red spot color overlay, 1984, 1 folders



Box 40 Folder 2 Snowmen holiday greeting card illustrations, 2005, 2009-2010, 1 folders

Inked artwork and printed proofs



Box 87 Folder 9 Greg Gates project reference images, circa 1990s, 1 folders

For an unfinished comic book on the history of pseudoscience in medicine.



Box 67 Folder 2-4 Greg Gates project sketches and inked line art, circa 1990s, 3 folders

For an unfinished comic book on the history of pseudoscience in medicine.



Box 52 Folder 3-8 Greg Gates project sketches and photocopies, circa 1990s, 6 folders



Box 3 Folder 34 Gutierrez business card, circa 1990s


Box 3 Folder 35 Gutierrez portrait / color-correction stages, circa 1990s


Box 3 Folder 36 Haber (Stuart) project, 1998, 2002

Graphic design for doctor's curriculum vitae


Box 3 Folder 37 Halloween 2008 (Juliana's project), 2008


Box 3 Folder 38 Harpoon magazine, 1998-1999


Box 3 Folder 39 Harpoon / Calvin K-nine, 1999


Box 3 Folder 40-41 Harpoon / Damage Control, 1999, 2 folders

Also used for teaching in Cruse's School of Visual Arts Comic Book Composition and Design class.



Box 36 Folder 1-5 "Damage Control" sketches, 1999, 5 folders



Box 51 Folder 5 "Damage Control" sketch, 1999, 1 folders



Box 27 Folder 1 "Damage Control" proofs, 1999, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 42 Harpoon / Moth story, 1999


Box 3 Folder 43 Harpoon / Pills, 1999


Box 3 Folder 44 Harpoon / Single pagers, 1999


Box 3 Folder 45 Harpoon / Smith & Hawkit, 1999


Box 3 Folder 46 Harpoon / War on Art, 1996, 1999



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 2 "Why Are There Two Versions of 'Why are We Losing the War on Art?'" poster, circa 2000s, 1 folders



Box 3 Folder 47 Harpoon magazine, Nos. 1-3, 1999 February-August


Box 3 Folder 48-49 Heavy Metal magazine, 1979-1985, 1995, 2 folders


Box 3 Folder 50 HomoRadio, circa 2000s


Box 3 Folder 51 Hoot Island interview, 1998


Box 3 Folder 52 Images, circa 1980s-1990s



Box 36 Folder 6-7 Images sketches and photostats, circa 1980s-1990s, 2 folders

Pen and ink sketches and photostats used as examples of illustrations by Howard Cruse



Box 4 Folder 1 Image Factory, 1991-1992


Box 4 Folder 2 iMovie, 2009-2010


Box 4 Folder 3 Indian Springs Glee Club CD, 2005


Box 4 Folder 4 Indian Springs Glee Club CDs (package design), circa 2010


Box 4 Folder 5 Institutional Distribution magazine, 1989-1999



Box 49 Folder 5 Institutional Distribution magazine artwork, 1989-1999, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 6 In Sync (Erie Insurance magazine), 2002



Box 34 Folder 6 In Sync (Erie Insurance magazine) sketches, 2002, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 7 James Alexander portrait, circa 2000


Box 4 Folder 8 Jekyll and Hyde, circa 2000s


Box 4 Folder 10 Jimmy Van Bramer City Council campaign, 2001


Box 4 Folder 11 Job feelers, 2003


Box 4 Folder 12 Kareers/John Anderson, 1999


Box 4 Folder 13 Katie's Constellations (Guerdat and Gendelman), 2006

Children's book illustrated by Cruse


Box 4 Folder 14 Kenpy (t-shirts), 1999



Box 51 Folder 6-9 Kenpy (t-shirts) sketches, 1999, 4 folders



Box 4 Folder 15 Kreicker fundraising project, 1994-1995

Fundraising for Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Greater Kansas City


Box 4 Folder 16 Krupp Mail Order , 1977, 1984-1985


Box 4 Folder 17 Kuznick project, 2001


Box 4 Folder 18 Lambda Book Report , 1990


Box 4 Folder 19 Lambda Legal Defense, 1997

Graphic design pitch


Box 4 Folder 20 Lavender Latkes flier, 2007


Box 4 Folder 21 Left in the Lurch, circa 2000s-2010s


Box 4 Folder 22 Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, 2002-2003


Box 4 Folder 23 The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Letters to Their Younger Selves , 2011



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 1 Liberty's Scene Jeans poster by Howard Cruse (as "Kirk Grunge"), circa 1970, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 24 The Loft, 2002


Box 4 Folder 25 Loonygames, 1998


Box 4 Folder 26 Loony Zoo, circa 2000s


Box 4 Folder 27 Luckie and Forney (South Central Bell), 1987 December-1988 January


Box 4 Folder 28 Mad About the Boy , circa 2000s

Logo art for a Chip Deffaa play.


Box 4 Folder 29 Major Weirdo project, 1990

Proposed children's television show



Box 49 Folder 6 Major Weirdo project sketches, 1990, 1 folders

Proposed children's television show



Box 38 Folder 4-9 Major Weirdo project sketches, 1990, 6 folders

Proposed children's television show



Box 4 Folder 30 Manifest Love, 1994-1997



Box 34 Folder 7 Manifest Love sketch, 1994-1997, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 31 Marriott Hotel, 2004



Box 50 Folder 8 Mechanicals of advertisements for freelance work by Howard Cruse, 1971, 1976, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 32 Mental Floss , 2003


Box 4 Folder 33 Mill City Productions, circa 2000s


Box 4 Folder 34 Mohenz Technology / Wowcomics, circa 2000


Box 4 Folder 35 MOM (Mail Order Meds, Inc.), 1994

Logo design



Box 34 Folder 8 MOM (Mail Order Meds, Inc.) logo sketches, 1994, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 36 Mooning.com, 2000


Box 4 Folder 37 Mother Earth News , circa 1990s


Box 4 Folder 38 New York magazine, 1998


Box 4 Folder 39 New York Press, 2003


Box 4 Folder 40 Nickelodeon magazine, 1996



Box 49 Folder 7 Nickelodeon magazine sketches, 1996, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 41 No Bad News , 1984 December

St. Louis, Missouri gay paper.



Box 34 Folder 9 No Bad News cover art sketches, 1984 December, 1 folders

St. Louis, Missouri gay paper.



Box 4 Folder 42 North Adams Open Studios, 2006-2007


Box 4 Folder 43 North Adams Transcript , 2005


Box 4 Folder 44 Nudes, circa 1980s

Magazine clippings


Box 4 Folder 45 Open Studios 2007, 2007


Box 4 Folder 46 Out in the Mountains , 2004


Box 4 Folder 47 Outbound Press/special assignments, 2002


Box 4 Folder 48 Paper products proposal, 2004


Box 4 Folder 49 Partner and other straight skin magazines, circa 1980s


Box 4 Folder 50 Photoshop coloring (web demo), circa 1990s


Box 4 Folder 51 Planned Parenthood, 1985-1986

Brochures designed by Howard Cruse


Box 4 Folder 52 Plate art for AIDS, 2003


Box 4 Folder 53 Playboy , 1979



Box 35 Folder 1-5 Playboy sketches, 1979, 5 folders



Box 4 Folder 54 Sketchbook prepared at Playboy's request, 1980



Box 54 Folder 2 Portfolio illustration for heterosexual men's magazines, 1977, 1 folders



Box 50 Folder 9 Posters commissioned by LGBTQ+ community organizations and causes, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 67 Folder 5 Posters commissioned by LGBTQ+ community organizations and causes, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 4 Folder 55 Potential markets, 2004-2005



Box 5 Folder 1-2 Pre-Publication critique of Lila Quintero Weaver graphic memoir Eyes, 2009, 2 folders

Subsequently retitled Darkroom. For University of Alabama Press.


Box 5 Folder 3 Publisher's mock of Lila Quintero Weaver, Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White, circa 2010


Box 5 Folder 4 Pretty Ugly, 2001



Box 34 Folder 10 Pretty Ugly sketches, 2001, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 5 Promo packets for illustration, circa 2005



Box 61 Folder 6 Proofs and photostats of commissioned work for political campaigns, 1985, 1 folders


Box 61 Folder 7 Proofs and photostats of commissioned work for telecom companies, 1976-1982, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 6 Public Access TV (NBCTC), circa 2005



Box 87 Folder 5 Purchaser's Clearinghouse jingle photostat and color proof by M.L. and Howard Cruse, 1976, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 24 Purchaser's Clearinghouse jingle, circa 1976, 1 audiocassettes



Box 5 Folder 7 Purchaser's Clearinghouse animation, circa 2000



Box 67 Folder 6 Queens Pride 25th Anniversary unfinished art, 2017, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 8 Queer Queens, 2001-2002


Box 5 Folder 9 Queerstock stock illustrations, 2002


Box 5 Folder 10 Railway Café, circa 2010s



Box 36 Folder 8 Railway Café sketches, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 11 Raineyfootz (Mark Rainey/"Sir Real"), 2005


Box 5 Folder 12 The Rat Shop, 2009



Box 28 Folder 17 Reference photographs for art, 1990s



Box 5 Folder 13 Reference images from past jobs (i.e. commissions), circa 2000s


Box 5 Folder 14 REPTYLS, 1999-2000

Political campaign involving Ed Sedarbaum


Box 5 Folder 15 Rudikoff ad, 1990


Box 5 Folder 16 Ryan Drossman and Partners, 1998


Box 5 Folder 17 Screen shots, circa 2000s


Box 5 Folder 18 The Seven Little Foys , 2008

Musical by Chip Deffaa


Box 5 Folder 19 Show Intell (Kim's company), circa 1990s


Box 5 Folder 20 Soap Mountain, 2005


Box 5 Folder 21 Solomita website, 1998


Box 5 Folder 22 South Central Bell, 1990


Box 5 Folder 23 Spannbauer project, 1998

Graphic design for a clinical social worker


Box 5 Folder 24 Strategies for Survival , 1987

Book illustration project.



Box 33 Folder 1-2 Strategies for Survival sketches and photostats, 1987, 2 folders



Box 5 Folder 25 Strub Media Group project, 1992



Box 38 Folder 10 Strub Media Group project sketches, 1992, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 26 Success magazine, 1986



Box 37 Folder 9 Success magazine full color illustration, 1986, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 27 "Suzy Stem Cell" (Ray Barclow), circa 2000s


Box 5 Folder 28 Tardy Little Angel / Grady Clarkson, circa 2000s


Box 5 Folder 29 Tell the Truth Pictures, 2003 December 5


Box 5 Folder 30 Textbook illustrations, 1984-1985


Box 5 Folder 31 Thacker resume, 1999-2001

Graphic design for a lighting designer


Box 5 Folder 32 Theater Boys , 2013

Chip Deffaa play.


Box 5 Folder 33 Theatre graphics, circa 1990s


Box 5 Folder 34 Think magazine, 1980


Box 5 Folder 35 Tim Thomas tribute drawing, 2015

Commissioned artwork for Indian Springs School


Box 5 Folder 36 Toon Zone, 2003


Box 5 Folder 37 Topps, 2005


Box 5 Folder 38 Topps / Bazooka Joe, 1981-2005



Box 53 Folder 3 Topps / Bazooka Joe photostat, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 35 Folder 6 Topps / Bazooka Joe sketches, 1981-2005, 1 folders



Box 26 Folder 10 Bazooka Joe and His Gang 60th Anniversary Collection , 2013



Box 5 Folder 39 Topps / Garbage Pail Kids, 1986, 2005


Box 5 Folder 40 Garbage Pail Kids fan sketches, 2009


Box 5 Folder 41 Topps / miscellaneous, 1985-1986

Correspondence and photocopies of comics


Box 5 Folder 42 TOSOS, 2009-2012


Box 5 Folder 43 TOSOS 2 / Doric Wilson, 2001-2003


Box 5 Folder 44 TOSOS 2 / Young Stowaways in Space, circa 2000s


Box 5 Folder 45 TPLW logo, 2015


Box 5 Folder 46 True to My Zoo , 1997

Children's book proposal



Box 36 Folder 9 Unidentified sketches, circa 1990s-2000s, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 47 University of Alabama at Birmingham Bodylove project, 2005 December 3

Script for radio drama episode.


Box 5 Folder 48 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 2005-2007


Box 5 Folder 49 University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 2006 Fall

Featuring comics by Howard Cruse



Box 52 Folder 9 University of Alabama School of Public Health The Handle magazine cover proof, 2006, 1 folders



Box 50 Folder 10 "Neighborhood Secrets" comic for University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, 2006, 1 folders



Box 5 Folder 50 Unzipped Monthly , 2001


Box 5 Folder 51 U.S. Air magazine, 1984 March-May

Illustrations by Howard Cruse



Box 51 Folder 10 U.S. Air magazine illustration, 1984, 1 folders



Box 55 Folder 1 Video Invaders illustration, 1982, 1 folders



Box 6 Folder 1-2 Village Voice , 1981-1996, 2 folders


Box 6 Folder 3 Village Voice / "A Zoo of Our Own", 2001



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 12 "A Zoo of Our Own" poster print, circa 2001



Box 37 Folder 10 Village Voice illustration mechanical, 1982, 1 folders



Box 54 Folder 3 Village Voice illustration, 1999, 1 folders



Box 6 Folder 4 Villa Resort, Palm Springs, 2005-2006


Box 6 Folder 5 Visionary Health Concepts / Dosing Matters, 2002-2003


Box 6 Folder 6 Visionary Health Concepts / Fat in the Blood, 2002


Box 6 Folder 7 Visionary Health Concepts / Hand in Hand, 2002


Box 6 Folder 8 Visionary Health Concepts / Lipodystrophy, 2002


Box 6 Folder 9 Visionary Health Concepts / Look Before You Leap, 2002


Box 6 Folder 10 Visionary Health Concepts / Mutant Invasion, 2004


Box 6 Folder 11 Visionary Health Concepts / What's New, 2003



Box 49 Folder 8-10 Visionary Health Concepts sketches and inked art, circa 2000s, 3 folders



Box 6 Folder 12 Walt Whitman art, 2005


Box 6 Folder 13 Walt Whitman tea, 2009


Box 6 Folder 14 The Washington Blade , 1997


Box 6 Folder 15 Webtrends, 2000



Box 35 Folder 7-10 Webtrends sketches, 2000, 4 folders



Box 6 Folder 16 The Week "Best Books" list, 2004

Selected by Howard Cruse


Box 6 Folder 17 We've Got Today (John Wall's play), 1990


Box 6 Folder 18 Wharton magazine, 1979-1980


Box 6 Folder 19 Who's Hiding in Fido?, circa 2000s


Box 6 Folder 20 Williamstown Theatre Festival, 2005



Box 36 Folder 10 Y2K bug sketches, circa 1999, 1 folders



Box 6 Folder 21 Yellow Dog Tales , 2007



Box 52 Folder 10 Yellow Dog Tales cover art, 2007, 1 folders

Reference images, printed digital sketch, and inked artwork

Series III: Comics, 1956-2018

Series III is the largest series in the collection. It contains materials related to underground comix and comic strips by Howard Cruse, including correspondence, sketches and original artwork, proofs, and published works. These include the underground comix Barefootz and Gay Comix, as well as the comic strips Tops and Button, Count Fangor, Doctor Duck, and Wendel. The series also documents Cruse's other roles within the comics industry: art directing Starlog, writing a column for Comics Scene, and editing Gay Comix #1-#4. Significant events and controversies within the comics industry documented in the collection include the 1971-1980 Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates court case, which Cruse's 1981-1983 Comics Scene column addressed, and the 2000-2004 Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada censorship case, for which Cruse provided expert testimony (Subseries III.4).

Records of sales and exhibitions of Cruse's work are located in Subseries III.2 and III.3, respectively. Cruse's appearances at events including San Diego Comic Con International, readings and guest lectures at universities and community organizations, and press coverage of Cruse's work and career are documented in subseries III.5. Subseries III.6 contains files from courses in comic arts and cartooning taught by Howard Cruse at the School of Visual Arts, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Mildred Elley College. Cruse's teaching drew on his own past work, and some materials throughout Series II, III, and IV show evidence of having been used in classes at a later date.

Series III is arranged into six subseries. Subseries III.1 is arranged alphabetically by folder title. Subseries III.2 through III.6 are arranged chronologically.


Subseries III.1: Original art and general files, 1956-2017



Box 87 Folder 18 50 Representative Examples of Stand Alone Art by Howard Cruse drawn between 1977 and 2013, 2013

Identifies original artwork in collection



Box 7 Folder 1-2 AARGH, 1988-1989, 2 folders

Artists Against Rampant Goverment Homophobia benefit comic by Mad Love publishing



Box 53 Folder 4 ACME Novelty Book of Jokes , 1996, 1 folders



Box 68 Folder 1 "The Adventures of George Duck" inked original art, 1972, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 3 Alan Moore book, 2002


Box 7 Folder 4 Alexander Street Press underground comix database for libraries, 2009-2019


Box 7 Folder 5 All Man and Unzipped, 1987 Summer, 2001 June

Featuring comics by Howard Cruse.



Box 25 Folder 6 Amara, Philip, ed. All-American Hippie Comix (Northampton, MA: Kitchen Sink Press), 1994



Box 87 Folder 2 The Alternate , 1972

Birmingham, Alabama alternate paper in which Howard Cruse's cartoons appeared



Box 7 Folder 6 Anything Goes! No. 3, 1986 March

Featuring comics by Howard Cruse



Box 59 Folder 1 "A Seventies Retrospective" full color mechanical, 1980, 1 folders



Box 69 Folder 1 "A Seventies Retrospective" line art mechanicals, 1980, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 7 ATDNSIN issues, 2006

The Apazine that Dares Now Speak Its Name


Box 7 Folder 8 ATDTSIN # 11, 1991 February



Box 55 Folder 2 ATDTSIN # 11 original cover art, 1991 February, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 9-10 ATDTSIN contributions, 1989-1991, 2006, 2 folders

The Apazine that Dares To Speak Its Name



Box 40 Folder 3 ATDTSIN contributions inked art, 1989-1991, 1 folders



Box 87 Folder 13 "Auntie Moo's Typewriters" scripts, print outs, and publishing contract, 1998-2005



Box 44 Folder 1 "Auntie Moo's Typewriters" sketches, 1998-2003, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 11 "Bagboy", circa 2000



Box 42 Folder 1 "Bagboy" sketches, circa 2000, 1 folders



Box 71 Folder 1-3 Barefootz inked comic strips, 1970s, 3 folders



Box 55 Folder 3 Barefootz inked panel, circa 1970s, 1 folders



Box 72 Folder 1-9 Barefootz mechanicals, 1970s, 9 folders

Includes "Gravy on Gay," 1976.



Box 53 Folder 5 Barefootz photostats, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 folders



Box 87 Folder 1 Barefootz photostats, circa 1970s-1980s



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 3 Barefootz inked panel, 1971, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 12 Barefootz , 1971-1979


Box 7 Folder 13 Barefootz: backgrounds and logos, 1971-circa 1978


Box 7 Folder 14 Barefootz photostats, 1983, undated


Box 7 Folder 15 Early Barefootz replica master, 1971-circa 1990



Box 25 Folder 4 Cruse, Howard. Early Barefootz (Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books), 1990



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 3 Early Barefootz full color cover art, 1990, 1 folders



Box 60 Folder 1 Early Barefootz title lettering, circa 1990, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 16 Barefootz Funnies #3 , 1978-1979


Box 7 Folder 17 Barefootz Funnies and Barefootz: The Comix Book Stories, 1975-1979, 1986

Published comics


Box 7 Folder 18 Barefootz Online , 2001-2003


Box 7 Folder 19 Barefootz: Renegade Press, 1985-1986


Box 7 Folder 20 Barefootz Variations , 1975-1978

Includes excerpts of correspondence with R. Crumb



Box 71 Folder 4 Barefootz Variations title lettering photostat with redrawing, circa 1975-1978, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 21 Barefootz Variations: photocopies, 1974-1975, undated

Includes letters from R. Crumb


Box 7 Folder 22 Barefootz Variations: scans (prospectus), circa 1970s


Box 7 Folder 23 Barefootz Variations: printouts of digital archives, circa 2010s



Box 87 Folder 3 Paperman , 1973

Birmingham, AL alternate paper in which Barefootz appeared



Box 67 Folder 7 "The Basic Overview" inked panel, 2017, 1 folders

An abbreviated memoir in comic form.



Box 7 Folder 24 Bat-Maloy (What's Left of Bob Kane) - Shane O'Shaughnessy, 2005



Box 44 Folder 2 "BeamBack" sketches, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 25 Bechdel project, 1988-1989, 1997



Box 60 Folder 2 Beelzebub and Tony inked art, undated, 1 folders



Box 26 Folder 11 The Best of Comix Book , 2013



Box 56 Folder 1 "Big Marvy", 1977, 1 folders



Box 68 Folder 2 "Big Marvy" mechanicals, 1980, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 26 "Billy Goes Out" Spanish translation, 2005-2006



Box 61 Folder 8 "Bill Stump's Stone" photostat, undated, 1 folders



Box 40 Folder 4 Black and white illustrations, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 27 Folder 2 Black and white illustration photostats, 1970-1990, 1 folders



Box 40 Folder 5 Black and white illustration photostats with some redrawing, 1990, 1 folders



Box 44 Folder 3 Black and white single panel cartoon of a computer making a deal with the devil, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 7 Folder 27 Boy Trouble , 2008



Box 25 Folder 15 Kirby, Robert and David Kelly, eds. The Book of Boy Trouble Volume 2 (Green Candy Press), 2008



Box 87 Folder 6 Bondage themed illustration photostats and photocopies, 1985-1995



Box 8 Folder 1 [Jennifer] Camper project, 1992-2000



Box 69 Folder 2 "Can't Help Lovin' that Sam of Mine" work in progress, 2006, 1 folders

Lettered; first panel drawn and inked



Box 8 Folder 2-6 Cartooning book proposal, 1996-1997, 2003, 5 folders


Box 8 Folder 7 Cartooning life, 2010

Unfinished autobiographical comic script



Box 61 Folder 9 "Cartoonist's Confessional" featuring Howard Cruse photostat, 1985, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 8 Cartoonists' Confidential/Craig Yoe, circa 1990s


Box 8 Folder 9 Cartoonists' Guild/Graphic Artists' Guild, 1983-1990


Box 8 Folder 10 Cerberus/Dave Sim controversy, 1992


Box 8 Folder 11 Cliff art, 1995


Box 8 Folder 12 Comic Art Now submissions, 2006


Box 8 Folder 13 Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 2000, 2002, 2011-2013



Box 25 Folder 5 Wiater, Stanley and Stephen R. Bissette. Comic Book Rebels (New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc.), 1993



Box 8 Folder 14 Comic strip scripts and ideas, undated



Box 56 Folder 2 Comic strip scripts and ideas, undated, 1 folders



Box 87 Folder 14 Comics and illustration proofs, 1995, 2002-2003, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 15 Comics Journal/Fantagraphics, 1986-1997



Box 27 Folder 3 Comics photostats, 1978-1991, 1 folders

Includes collaboration with Alison Bechdel


Box 27 Folder 4 Comics! full color proof, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 16 "Coming Out with the Bunksteads", 2013

For anthology


Box 8 Folder 17 Comix World , 1974-1980

Underground comix zine/newsletter by Clay Geerdes


Box 8 Folder 18 Copyright records, 1967-1977, 1996-1997


Box 8 Folder 19 Count Fangor , 1979-1980



Box 41 Folder 1 Count Fangor sketches, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 69 Folder 3 Count Fangor hand colored mechanicals, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 61 Folder 10 Count Fangor proofs, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 40 Cruse on Charles Schulz, circa 1990s-2000s

Input in QuarkXpress



Box 8 Folder 20 Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels , 1986-1995

Publishing materials: contract, correspondence with publishers, royalties statements, etc.



Box 26 Folder 1 Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels , 1987



Box 87 Folder 8 Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels cover proof, 1987



Box 41 Folder 2 Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels cover subtitle lettering mechanical, 1986, 1 folders



Box 56 Folder 3 Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels photostats, circa 1987, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 21 Diana, Mike, 1994-1995

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund material


Box 8 Folder 22 "Digging the Underground: A Special Report on Underground Comix", 1980

for the Cartoonists Guild, by Howard Cruse


Box 8 Folder 23 Disk archive printouts, 2008



Box 68 Folder 3 Doctor Duck inked original art, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 69 Folder 4 Doctor Duck hand colored art, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 27 Folder 5 Doctor Duck proofs, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 45 Folder 1 Doodles salvaged from Howard's wastebasket by Denis Kitchen, 1977 July, 1 folders



Box 41 Folder 3-4 Early inked art and mechanicals, before 1977, 2 folders



Box 8 Folder 24 Eclipse magazine, 1981 May


Box 8 Folder 25 Edmonton Small Press Association, 1999, 2001


Box 8 Folder 26 Eisner Tribute Art, 2005



Box 87 Folder 16 "Elevator Hilarity" printed sketches and scripts, circa 2010s

No original art



Box 44 Folder 4 "Elevator Hilarity" sketches, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 67 Folder 8 "Elevator Hilarity" inked panels, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 31 Folder 1-3 Famous Artists mail order cartooning course material, 1956, 3 folders



Box 8 Folder 27 "Flag Fuzz", 1990


Box 8 Folder 28 Friction magazine, 1991

Wendel reprint



Box 53 Folder 6 Fritz and Cruse collaboration proof, 1974, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 29 From Headrack to Claude , 2012



Box 42 Folder 2-5 Full color illustrations, circa 1980s-1990s, 4 folders

Various themes, mostly comix-related


Box 42 Folder 6 "Fuchsia" single panel comic, 2006, 1 folders



Box 8 Folder 30 Been There, Done That anthology, 2013

Published "Funny Dork"



Box 87 Folder 19 "Funny Dork" preparatory material, 2015

Scripts, computer printouts, reference images; no original art



Box 45 Folder 2-6 "Funny Dork" preparatory material, 2015, 5 folders



Box 58 Folder 1-5 "Funny Dork" preparatory material, 2015, 5 folders



Box 42 Folder 7-8 "Tying the Knot" sketches and full color proof, circa 2000s-2010s, 2 folders



Box 8 Folder 31 Fusion Graphic Culture: "Tying the Knot", 2015 July


Box 8 Folder 32 Gag cartoons, 1976-1982



Box 9 Folder 1 Gay Comix and Gay Heartthrobs, 1980-1986, 1998

Nos. 1-7, 10, and 25


Box 9 Folder 2-3 Gay Comix correspondence, 1983-1999, 2 folders


Box 9 Folder 4 Gay Comix promotional material (articles and reviews), 1980-1985



Box 56 Folder 4 "Gay Dorks in Fezzes" multipanel comic line art, 1990, 1 folders



Box 68 Folder 4-6 King Plentywaist inked strips, probably for Granny, circa 1970, 3 folders



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 4-5 "The King's Plot" inked strips, probably for Granny, circa 1970, 2 folders



Box 86 Folder 1-2 Muddlebrow mechanicals for Granny, 1969, 2 folders



Box 9 Folder 5 Happy Boys and Girls (Italy) publishing agreement, 2005-2006



Box 25 Folder 13 Elfodiluce, Valeriano, ed. Happy Boys & Girls (Rome: Coniglio Editore), 2006



Box 43 Folder 1 "Having the Lesbian In-Laws to Dinner" sketch, undated, 1 folders



Box 28 Folder 9 Howard Cruse head shots, 1970s-1980s



Box 69 Folder 5 "How'm I Doin?" line art mechanicals, 1980, 1 folders



Box 59 Folder 2 "How'm I Doin?" hand colored mechanicals, 1980, 1 folders



Box 9 Folder 6 Hippy comix, 1995-1999



Box 40 Folder 6 "Hung Out to Dry" illustration, 2011, 1 folders



Box 25 Folder 8 Bell, Blake, ed. I Have to Live With This Guy! (Raleigh, NC: TwoMorrows Publishing), circa 2002

Book about partners of comics artists, including Ed Sedarbaum (Howard Cruse).



Box 60 Folder 3 Illustration of several kinds of families sitting on a couch, 1985, 1 folders

Sketches, inked artwork, and photostat


Box 60 Folder 4 Inked line art illustrations, 2010s, 1 folders

Includes 2013 revision of a circa 1970s illustration in Box 51. 2013 revision published in The Mammoth Book of Skulls.



Box 41 Folder 5-6 Inked line art illustrations and single panel mechanicals, 1970s-2010s, 2 folders



Box 87 Folder 12 "It's in the Mail" scripts, photocopies, and correspondence with Lee Marrs, 1992-1994



Box 58 Folder 6-11 "It's in the Mail" sketches, 1993-1994, 6 folders



Box 68 Folder 7 "It's in the Mail" inked original art, 1993, 1 folders



Box 61 Folder 11 "It's Orwell and Good" photostat, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 9 Folder 7 "Jerry Mack", 1981



Box 59 Folder 3 "Jerry Mack" French translation lettering, 2016, 1 folders



Box 26 Folder 2 The Best Comics of the Decade: 1980-1990 , 1990

Includes "Jerry Mack" by Howard Cruse



Box 25 Folder 11 Camper, Jennifer, ed. Juicy Mother nos. 1 and 2, 2005, 2007



Box 9 Folder 8 Juicy Mother Jam , 2007


Box 9 Folder 9-10 Kitchen Sink pipeline, 1986-1998, 2 folders


Box 9 Folder 11 Konig project, 1998

Kitchen Sink Press Konrad and Paul book cover design



Box 54 Folder 1 "The Last Hiccup", circa 1960s, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 14-22 Interviews with comix artists, circa 1980s, 9 audiocassettes

Tape 1 is missing. Tape 2: Sam Viviano and Harvey Kurtzman (with humidifier noise in background). Tape 3: Gary Hallgren. Tape 4: Gary Hallgren, Jerry Robinson, Mike Lane, Paul Szep. Tape 5: Dan O'Neill. Tape 6: Dan O'Neill, Henry Beard, WBAI interview with Howard Cruse. Tape 7: Timothy Jensen of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Tape 8: Ted Richards. Tape 9: Ted Richards, Dan O'Neill addendum. Tape 10: Ted Richards, Keker.

Many of the artists interviewed were Air Pirates Collective members or otherwise involved with Walt Disney Productions v. Air Pirates.



Box 70 Folder 1 "Let's Make Books More Like Web Sites" inked original line art with color proof, 1999, 1 folders



Box 69 Folder 6 "Li'l Mo" unfinished comic, circa 2000s-2010s, 1 folders



Box 70 Folder 2 Line art for single panels, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 folders



Box 9 Folder 12-15 "Loose Cruse", 1981-1983, 4 folders

Comics Scene column by Howard Cruse



Box 43 Folder 2 "Loose Cruse" illustrations, 1981-1982, 1 folders

One full color, one with red spot color overlay.



Box 9 Folder 16 "Love Among the Pheromones", 2015

Adapted for alphabet anthology for "The Stage Direction"


Box 9 Folder 17 "Lubejob", 2005



Box 43 Folder 3 "Lubejob" sketches, 2005, 1 folders



Box 59 Folder 4 "Lubejob" unfinished line art, circa 2005, 1 folders



Box 9 Folder 18 "The Magic Throw Rug", circa 2000s



Box 70 Folder 3-5 "Man About Town in 'The Stage Direction'" unfinished multi-panel comic, 2012, 3 folders



Box 9 Folder 19 "Man About Town: The Stage Direction", 2012-2013


Box 9 Folder 20 Masters of strips for reproduction, circa 1980s-1990s



Box 71 Folder 5-7 Mary Bean inked comic strips, circa 1960s, 3 folders

Also includes one strip in pencil



Box 9 Folder 21 "Mister Bug Has His Say", circa 2000


Box 9 Folder 22 Ms. Tree and Billy Bob, 1992


Box 9 Folder 23 Museums/cartooning, circa 2000

Contains Cartoon Art Museum membership brochure


Box 9 Folder 24 "My Hypnotist" commission for Young Bottoms in Love, 2005



Box 69 Folder 7-8 "My Hypnotist" inked panels, 2005, 2 folders



Box 56 Folder 5-6 "My Hypnotist" sketches, circa 2005, 2 folders



Box 43 Folder 4 "My Hypnotist" sketches, circa 2005, 1 folders



Box 86 Folder 7 "My Life as a Pundit" inked panels, 1999, 1 folders



Box 9 Folder 25 Negatives for cartoons, 1960s-1980s



Box 25 Folder 3 Groth, Gary and Robert Fiore, eds. The New Comics (New York: Berkley Books), 1988



Box 9 Folder 26 New Nekkid Comix, circa 1990s


Box 9 Folder 27 Next Visions (web comix), circa 2000



Box 10 Folder 1 Nifty Kink, circa 2000s


Box 10 Folder 2-3 Nifty Kitsch, 1998-1999, 2 folders



Box 70 Folder 6 "The Nightmares of Little L*l*" mechanicals, 1978, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 4 North County Perp Nos. 1-2, 2007 August, 2008 December

Satirical magazine by Howard Cruse


Box 10 Folder 5-8 North County Perp , 2007-2010, 4 folders

Satirical magazine by Howard Cruse


Box 10 Folder 9 No Straight Lines anthology, 2011



Box 70 Folder 7 "On Continuity in Dreams" inked original art, 2013, 1 folders


Box 70 Folder 8 One-off comix and art photostats and proofs, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 10 Boom Town: publishing The Other Sides of Howard Cruse, 2011-2012



Box 26 Folder 9 The Other Sides of Howard Cruse , 2012



Box 10 Folder 11 Out in Comics (San Diego Con booklet), circa 2000s


Box 10 Folder 12 Papyri Books, 2008-2009


Box 10 Folder 13 "The Paramecium Dance", circa 2000s

Comic script



Box 68 Folder 8 "The Passer-By" mechanical, circa 1970s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 14 Photocopies of graphics, 1986-1989

Mostly Wendel characters



Box 87 Folder 11 Photocopied sketches, circa 1990s-2000s



Box 28 Folder 6 Photographs with other cartoonists, 1976-1995

Includes a series of photographs taken by Clay Geerdes on May 1, 1976 in Berkeley, California.



Box 10 Folder 15 Photostats of comics and art, circa 1970s-1980s


Box 10 Folder 16 Photostats of stray art, 1980s-1990s



Box 60 Folder 5 "Pit Stops on the Road to Dementia" unfinished comic, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 17 "Playboy: In the Maw of the Great White Rabbit", circa 2000s

Comic by Howard Cruse about his experience pitching cartoons to the magazine.



Box 55 Folder 6 Political cartoon: Democratic Party abandoning LGBTQ+ constituents, circa 2000s, 1 folders

Sketches, unfinished inked artwork, and printed proof



Box 54 Folder 4 Political cartoons: unfinished, 2012-2017, 1 folders



Box 44 Folder 5 Political cartoons: unfinished line art, 2017, 1 folders



Box 59 Folder 5-6 "Poor Willoughby" inked comic strips, circa 1960s, 2 folders



Box 10 Folder 18 Portfolio, circa 1990

Reproductions of adult themed artwork and comics.



Box 43 Folder 5 Pre-Wendel gay-themed gag cartoons: inked line art, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 folders

Published in The Advocate



Box 56 Folder 7 Print of crowd scene with person throwing brick, circa 1990s, 1 folders



Box 61 Folder 12 Print of dotwork tall man, undated, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 19-20 "Private Entries", 1982-1983, 2 folders

Comics about everyday life with Ed Sedarbaum



Box 28 Folder 4 Professional photographs, 1970s-2004



Box 10 Folder 21 Puck , circa 2000s


Box 10 Folder 22 Queer Cartoonists pin-up cards, 2014


Box 10 Folder 23 Q-Syndicate, circa 2000



Box 25 Folder 19 Kirby, Rob, ed. Qu33r: New Comics from 33 Creators (Northwest Press), 2014



Box 88 Item 36 "Raising Nancies", circa 1990s-2000s



Box 27 Folder 6 "Safe Sex" first generation copies with screen, 1983, 1 folders



Box 59 Folder 7 "Santa's Final Days" full color mechanical, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 6 "Santa's Final Days" mechanical with acetate overlays, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 61 Folder 13 "Santa's Final Days" photostats, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 24 Self-publishing info, 1997, 2009



Box 59 Folder 8-9 Shades Valley Sun mechanicals, 1964-1965, 2 folders

Early political cartoons by Howard Cruse


Box 59 Folder 10 Shades Valley Sun photostats mounted on board, 1964-1965, 1 folders

Early political cartoons by Howard Cruse



Box 10 Folder 25 Shades Valley Sun cartoons, 1964-1965

Early political cartoons by Howard Cruse



Box 68 Folder 9-10 Shearwell inked original art, 1976, 2 folders



Box 10 Folder 26 Silverfish project, circa 1998



Box 55 Folder 4 Single panels in full color, circa 1970s-1980s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 27 "SkankySex", 2005



Box 44 Folder 6-7 Sketches and doodles on tracing paper, circa 2010s, 2 folders



Box 60 Folder 6 Sketches and unfinished work, circa 1990s-2000s, 1 folders



Box 42 Folder 9 Sketches for fans, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders

Wendel and Barefootz characters



Box 41 Folder 7 Sketches from cartoonist friends, circa 1980s-1990s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 28 "Slang and Profanity", 1958, 2015



Box 43 Folder 6-7 "Slang and Profanity" preparatory material, 2015, 2 folders



Box 10 Folder 29 Slummerstock, 2002

Mostly correspondence with Lee Nordling



Box 71 Folder 8 "Sometimes I Get So Mad…" and "The Gay in the Street" mechanicals, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 30 Spanish translations, 2005-2006


Box 10 Folder 31 Spitfire Services, 1997

Comics creators' agency


Box 10 Folder 32 Splat! , 1986-1987


Box 10 Folder 33 Squirly and Earl , 2006

Retitled Tops & Button



Box 42 Folder 10 Stalagmite comic, 2014, 1 folders



Box 40 Folder 7 Starlog Communications Handbook illustration, 1979, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 34 Starlog and sister magazines, 1981-1984



Box 56 Folder 8 Starlog and sister magazines, 1981-1984, 1 folders



Box 55 Folder 5 Gray ink panel of man throwing a typewriter, for Starlog magazine, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 35 Star Reach , 1976-2000



Box 61 Folder 14 "Stop Playing, Grandpa" proofs, 1982, 2013, 1 folders



Box 43 Folder 8 Superman Gallery sketch, 1993, 1 folders

Not used



Box 10 Folder 36 Syndication, 1986, 1989-1990


Box 10 Folder 37 Syndication / Lee Nordling, 2002-2003



Box 67 Folder 9 "Tales of the Quicksand Kid" inked panels, circa 2000s, 1 folders



Box 87 Folder 17 "Things to Do When You're Pissed!" scripts and printed sketches, circa 2010s



Box 60 Folder 7 "Things to Do When You're Pissed!" unfinished multi-panel comic, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 38 Three-D comix, 1982

In Starlog, with 3-D glasses.



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 6 The Toasters! album art proof by Bob Fingerman, 1985, 1 folders



Box 10 Folder 39 Tops and Button , 1966-1972

Correspondence and sample pages from syndication inquiries.



Box 43 Folder 9-10 Tops and Button mechanicals, 1970-1971, 2 folders



Box 10 Folder 40 Tops and Button for Circles, 2001



Box 11 Folder 1 Translations, 1981-2016

Translations of comics by Howard Cruse


Box 11 Folder 2 Trev , 1982

Comic strip proposal sent to the Village Voice



Box 53 Folder 7 "True Gay Male Adventures" photostats, 1987, 1 folders



Box 11 Folder 3 UK Comics, 2001



Box 71 Folder 9 Underground Comix Hall of Fame induction ceremony poster, 1993, 1 folders

Howard Cruse was among the inductees.



Box 87 Folder 15 Unfinished comics scripts and sketches, circa 2000s-2010s



Box 44 Folder 8 Unfinished line art for multi-panel comics, circa 2010s, 1 folders


Box 44 Folder 9 Unfinished line art for single panel cartoons, circa 2010s, 1 folders


Box 44 Folder 10 Unfinished line art illustrations, circa 2010s, 1 folders



Box 60 Folder 8 Unfinished, partially inked comics, circa 2000s-2010s, 1 folders



Box 54 Folder 5 Unfinished, partially inked illustrations, circa 2000s-2010s, 1 folders



Box 87 Folder 4 Unidentified photostat, 1974



Box 61 Folder 15 Untitled art negative screen and photostats, circa 1980, 1 folders

Psychedelia, featuring characters from Tops and Button, Barefootz, and Shearwell.


Box 61 Folder 1 Untitled art photostats with some redrawing, 1989-1990, 1 folders

Abstract psychedelic creature



Box 69 Folder 9 Untitled color artwork of a nude male figure, 1990, 1 folders



Box 11 Folder 4 Vertigo, 1998


Box 11 Folder 5 Web Comics Nation, 2005


Box 11 Folder 6 Wendel (general), 1983-1989



Box 41 Folder 8 Wendel sketches, 1983-1989, 1 folders



Box 54 Folder 6 Wendel sketches, 1983-1989, 1 folders



Mapcase 15-L-7 Wendel inked original art, 1985, 1 folders

2 complete panels



Box 70 Folder 9 Wendel inked original art, 1989, 1 folders

One incomplete panel, another complete strip



Box 56 Folder 9 Wendel: March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights photograph by Eileen Hyland, 1987, 1 folders

Used in October 11, 1987 Wendel strip.



Box 87 Folder 7 Wendel photostats, 1986-1992



Box 70 Folder 10 Wendel photostats, circa 1980s, 1 folders



Box 11 Folder 7 Wendel out-of-print material, 1984-1988


Box 11 Folder 8 Wendel correspondence, 1986-1991


Box 11 Folder 9 Wendel clippings from Series 1 (tabloid), 1987-1989



Box 88 Item 37-38 Wendel and Ollie, circa 1990s-2000s

Disc 1: 3.4" inch, 200 dpi. Disc 2: 2.5" high, 266 dpi.



Box 11 Folder 10 Wendel comic strip proposal, 1998-1999


Box 11 Folder 11 Wendel All Together / LPC Group, 1982-2004


Box 11 Folder 12 Wendel All Together reviews and interviews, 1986-1989, 2001-2002


Box 11 Folder 13 Wendel All Together business and correspondence (post-publication), 2000-2008



Box 25 Folder 7 Cruse, Howard. Wendel All Together (Milford, CT: Olmstead Press), 2001



Box 11 Folder 14 Wendel All Together promotion, 2001


Box 11 Folder 15 Wendel All Together promotion (clippings), 2001-2002


Box 11 Folder 16 Wendel All Together Book Expo 2002, 2002



Box 25 Folder 17 Cruse, Howard. The Complete Wendel (New York: Universe Publishing), 2011



Box 11 Folder 17 The Complete Wendel: Rizzoli/Universe preface and promotional materials, 2010-2011, 2014


Box 11 Folder 18 Wendel in French, 1998-1999


Box 11 Folder 19 Wendel in French: Vertige Graphique, 2001, 2003



Box 25 Folder 10 Cruse, Howard. Wendel (Barcelona: Ediciones La Cúpula), 2004



Box 11 Folder 20 Wendel in Spanish: Ediciones la Cúpula publishing contract and correspondence, 2003



Box 25 Folder 12 Cruse, Howard. Wendel: Sus Primeras Aventuras (Barcelona: Ediciones La Cúpula), 2005



Box 11 Folder 21 Wendel the book (The Complete and Collected Wendel), 1985-1986



Box 25 Folder 1 Cruse, Howard. Wendel (New York: The Gay Presses of New York), 1986

Inscribed, with sketch of Wendel, to Ed Sedarbaum



Box 11 Folder 22 Wendel on the Rebound , 1988-1993



Box 25 Folder 2 Cruse, Howard. Wendel on the Rebound (New York: St. Martin's Press), 1988



Box 11 Folder 23 Sheedy, Charlotte: publishing Wendel on the Rebound, 1996



Box 56 Folder 10 Wendel on the Rebound cover proofs, 1989, 1 folders



Box 11 Folder 24 Wendel the Comic Book , 1989-1990


Box 11 Folder 25 Wendel on TV, 2002-2004


Box 11 Folder 26-27 Wendel the musical, circa 2012, 2 folders



Box 60 Folder 9 "What Are We to Make of This Fellow Named Phelps?" inked comic strip, 2010, 1 folders



Box 71 Folder 10 "Wilbur and Oscar" mechanicals, 1972, 1 folders



Box 61 Folder 16 "The Woeful World of Winnie and Walt" photostats, 1988, 1 folders



Box 11 Folder 28-29 Woofnwarp Productions, 1975-1978, 2 folders


Subseries III.2: Art sales, circa 1983-2017



Box 55 Folder 7 Original art for sale inked advertisement, circa 1983, 1 folders

Published in Comics Buyers Guide



Box 12 Folder 1 Comics Buyer's Guide advertisement, 1987-1989


Box 12 Folder 2-5 Original art for sale, 1989-1997, 4 folders

Art sales advertisement and responses


Box 12 Folder 6-7 Basement Gallery show, London, 1990, 2 folders



Box 40 Folder 8 Original art for sale advertisement mechanicals and photostats, 1990, 1992, 1 folders



Box 12 Folder 8 Auction donations, 1994-2007


Box 12 Folder 9 Original art for sale: Criminal Records project, 1995-1996


Box 12 Folder 10 Original art for sale: Marcus Lusk's Cartoon Gallery, 1996-1997


Box 12 Folder 11 Original art for sale: Mark Cohen project, 1996-1997


Box 12 Folder 12 Ebay, circa 2000


Box 12 Folder 13 Next Planet Over auction, 2000


Box 12 Folder 14 Advertisements (Out in the Mountains), 2004


Box 12 Folder 15 Cafepress, 2004-2005, 2011


Box 12 Folder 16 Autumn Art Festival, 2005


Box 12 Folder 17 Facebook fan page, 2006, 2013


Box 12 Folder 18 Cruse art newsletter, 2007-2009


Box 12 Folder 19-20 Art catalogs, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2 folders


Box 12 Folder 21 Soap Factory art sale, 2008


Box 12 Folder 22 Cruse originals, Facebook, 2013


Box 12 Folder 23 Artflakes.com art prints, 2013


Subseries III.3: Exhibits and galleries, 1982-2019


Box 12 Folder 24 Exhibits and Galleries / miscellaneous, 1982-1995


Box 12 Folder 25 Gallery submissions, 1990


Box 12 Folder 26 Exhibits and Galleries / Exit Art Comic Power (and European Comics, Another Image), 1993-1997


Box 12 Folder 27 Angoulême Award Drawing, 2002


Box 12 Folder 28 MOCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art), 2002-2003


Box 12 Folder 29 MOCCA duck art, 2003


Box 12 Folder 30 Contemporary Arts Center Berkshire Biennial, 2005


Box 12 Folder 31 Cartoon Art Museum "No Straight Lines" exhibit, 2006


Box 12 Folder 32 Exhibit / Gallery 51 2006 North Adams Illustrators, 2006


Box 12 Folder 33 Exhibit / Wattis Institute, California College of the Arts, 2007


Box 12 Folder 34 Eclipse Mill "What's So Funny" show, 2008 September


Box 12 Folder 35 Bowling Green State University exhibit, 2008 October


Box 12 Folder 36 Exhibit / University of Wisconsin (Denis Kitchen and James Danky), 2009


Box 12 Folder 37 Exhibit / Out in the Berkshires (Lichtenstein Gallery), 2010


Box 12 Folder 38 Exhibit / Eclipse Mill Gallery "Illustrious" show, 2010 September


Box 12 Folder 39 Exhibit / "When Comics Went Underground," Gallery 51, 2010 November


Box 12 Folder 40 Exhibit / Museum of Sex "Comics Stripped", 2010 December-2011 August


Box 12 Folder 41 Exhibit / Brickbottom Gallery, 2010-2011



Box 61 Folder 17 Exhibits and galleries posters


Subseries III.4: Little Sisters censorship case, circa 2000s

This subseries is contaminated with mold and is closed to researchers until cleaning is complete.


Subseries III.5: Personal appearances and press, 1961-2018



Box 13 Folder 1-2 Promotion: early stuff, 1961-1985, 2 folders

Clippings about Howard Cruse


Box 13 Folder 3-5 Promotion: interviews, 1977-2001, 3 folders


Box 13 Folder 6 Promotion: slideshow, circa 1980s


Box 13 Folder 7-10 Reviews and articles about Cruse, 1982-1995, 4 folders


Box 13 Folder 11 Funny Business , 1984-1985

Nashville public television show with Jack Cassady.


Box 13 Folder 12-13 San Diego Comic Con International, 1984 July, 1989 July, 2010 July, 2 folders


Box 13 Folder 14 1985 Comics Journal interview, 1985-1986


Box 13 Folder 15 Comics Journal No. 111, 1986 September

Cover story on Howard Cruse


Box 13 Folder 16 In Touch for Men No. 114, 1986 May

Cover story on Howard Cruse


Box 13 Folder 17 Masters of frequently used articles and reviews, 1986-1994


Box 13 Folder 18 CBS Nightwatch, 1989

Cruse was a guest on Nightwatch speaking about the Doonesbury AIDS comics controversy.


Box 13 Folder 19 Promo cards, 1989-1990


Box 13 Folder 20 Comics convention photographs and clippings, circa 1990s


Box 13 Folder 21 Out/Write brochure and presentation, 1992-1996

Cruse presented at Out/Write 1996



Box 14 Folder 1 Comic Book Rebels interview, circa 1993


Box 14 Folder 2 Underground Comix Hall of Fame, 1993



Box 88 Item 23 Conversation IV: Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, 1995 March 3-5, 1 audiocassettes

At OutWrite '95, the 5th National Gay and Lesbian Writers' Conference



Box 14 Folder 3-4 Comic conventions, 1995, 1999-2003, 2 folders


Box 14 Folder 5-6 Berkshire County Safe Schools Network, 1996, 2 folders


Box 14 Folder 7 Nassau Community College speech, 1997 April


Box 14 Folder 8 Oberlin College trip, 1997


Box 14 Folder 9 Public speaking, 1997-2001


Box 14 Folder 10 Public speaking promotional packets, 1997-2005


Box 14 Folder 11 Speakers Bureau information, 1998


Box 14 Folder 12 University of Massachusetts Amherst slideshow, 1998-1999


Box 14 Folder 13 Philadelphia Non Sport Update Trading Card Con, 1999-2000


Box 14 Folder 14 MOCCA panel, circa 2000s


Box 14 Folder 15 Readings, circa 2000s


Box 14 Folder 16 Slideshows / Powerpoint and Keynote, circa 2000s


Box 14 Folder 17 Table cards, circa 2000s


Box 14 Folder 18 Table cards and promotional prints, circa 2000s



Box 61 Folder 18 University lecture posters, 2000s-2010s, 1 folders



Box 14 Folder 19 Edmonton Small Press Association, 2000


Box 14 Folder 20 Dixon Place, 2001 July 25


Box 14 Folder 21 Greater Palm Springs Pride, 2001 November


Box 14 Folder 22 Promotion: Birmingham Post-Herald Clarke Stallworth article on Howard Cruse, 2002 May 31


Box 14 Folder 23 Birmingham Gay Pride, 2002 June


Box 14 Folder 24 Promotion: Alabama Forum, 2002 June

With photographs of Howard as grand marshal of Birmingham Pride parade


Box 14 Folder 25 In The Life , 2002 November


Box 14 Folder 26 Mt. Vernon Public Library, 2002 November


Box 14 Folder 27 Off Center panel, 2002 November

At the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, New York.


Box 14 Folder 28 Comicon.com, 2003


Box 14 Folder 29 Slideshow/new, 2003


Box 14 Folder 30 Alternative Press Expo, 2003 February


Box 14 Folder 31 Bordeaux, 2003 March


Box 14 Folder 32 Outright Speakers and Talent Bureau, 2003 September


Box 14 Folder 33 Inkberry, 2004 February


Box 14 Folder 34 Ringling School of Art and Design Comics Summit, 2004 March


Box 14 Folder 35 North Adams Transcript clippings, 2004 April

Cover story on Howard Cruse


Box 14 Folder 36 Northampton Pride, 2004 June


Box 14 Folder 37 University of Florida, 2004 October


Box 14 Folder 38 Images Cinema Focus , 2004 November

Article on Howard Cruse


Box 14 Folder 39-40 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art MOCCAfest, 2004-2005, 2 folders


Box 14 Folder 41 Promotional kit for Howard Cruse, circa 2005


Box 14 Folder 42 Brown University, 2005


Box 14 Folder 43 School for International Training Brattleboro, 2005



Box 15 Folder 1-3 Center for Cartoon Studies, 2005-2006, 2011 February 17, 3 folders


Box 15 Folder 4 College speaking, 2007


Box 15 Folder 5-6 Norman Rockwell Museum, 2007-2008, 2012, 2 folders


Box 15 Folder 7 Promotion, 2007-2014


Box 15 Folder 8 Penn State, 2008 April


Box 15 Folder 9 Spain 2008 / Vinetas Desde o Atlántico Comic Con, 2008 August


Box 15 Folder 10-11 Southern Connecticut State University "Subcultures, Semiotics, Sexualities and Superheroes: Textual/Pictorial Methodologies in Graphic Narrative Media" panel, 2009 April 18, 2 folders


Box 15 Folder 12-13 Berkshire Living , 2009 May, 2 folders

Cover story on Howard Cruse


Box 15 Folder 14 Public appearances / Ocean County College, 2009 October 8


Box 15 Folder 15 Handouts for Wendel readings, circa 2010s


Box 15 Folder 16 Public appearances / readings / scripts, circa 2010s


Box 15 Folder 17 University of Massachusetts Amherst


Box 15 Folder 18 New York City (BAAD, Jim Hanley's, Bluestockings), 2010 June 16-18


Box 15 Folder 19 New York Comic Con, 2010 August


Box 15 Folder 20 Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2011 March


Box 15 Folder 21 Paint and Pixel Festival, 2011 April, 2012 October


Box 15 Folder 22 Indian Springs School, 2012 April


Box 15 Folder 23 Emerson College, 2012 April 2


Box 15 Folder 24-25 University of Connecticut speaking engagement, 2013 May 1, 2 folders


Box 15 Folder 26 Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival 2014, 2013-2015


Box 15 Folder 27-28 Comic Book Creator Cruse issue (No. 12), 2014-2016, 2 folders



Box 69 Folder 10 Comic Book Creator Cruse issue cover art sketches and printed work in progress, 2014-2016, 1 folders



Box 15 Folder 29-30 Clippings, 2014, 2016, 2 folders


Box 15 Folder 31 Becket Arts Center, 2014 July


Box 15 Folder 32 Helsinki Comics Festival, 2014 September


Box 15 Folder 33-35 Public appearances / Columbia University, 2015 April, 2016 October, 2019 April, 3 folders


Box 15 Folder 36 Public appearances / Queers and Comics Conference, CUNY, 2015 May


Box 15 Folder 37-38 International Comic Arts Forum, University of South Carolina, 2016 April, 2 folders



Box 16 Folder 1 Public appearances / Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, 2017


Box 16 Folder 2 Public appearances / Rainbow Seniors, 2017 February


Box 16 Folder 3 Public appearances / Queers and Comics Conference, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, 2017 April


Box 16 Folder 4 Public appearances / Center for Cartoon Studies, 2017 September 14


Box 16 Folder 5 Public appearances / Cartoon Crossroads, 2017 September 28-October 1


Box 16 Folder 6 Public appearances / DINK (Denver Independent Comic and Art Expo), 2018 April 14-15


Subseries III.6: Teaching, circa 1990s-2008



Box 60 Folder 10 Teaching / "Young, Gay, and Pissed" sketches, undated, 1 folders



Box 16 Folder 7 Teaching / "Author from Hell" ("Book Tour") sketches, circa 1990s


Box 16 Folder 8 Teaching / Building a Wendel strip, circa 1990s



Box 57 Folder 1-10 Material for instructional demonstrations on the drawing process, circa 1990s-2000s, 10 folders

Mostly sketches from Stuck Rubber Baby.



Box 74 Folder 1 Material for instructional demonstrations on the drawing process, circa 1990s-2000s, 1 folders

Mostly sketches from Stuck Rubber Baby.



Box 16 Folder 9 School of Visual Arts, 1996-2002

Administrative material


Box 16 Folder 10-11 SVA / Greg Gates demo, 1996, 2 folders


Box 16 Folder 12 Notes on Stuck Rubber Baby for SVA Exploring Options in Comic Book Storytelling and Characterization course, 1997


Box 16 Folder 13 SVA / Mavis Green characterization demo, 1997


Box 16 Folder 14 SVA: Drafts of Stuck Rubber Baby script, circa 1997


Box 16 Folder 15 SVA / "Building An Illustration" demo (trophy), circa 2000


Box 16 Folder 16 SVA / Comics decode, circa 2000


Box 16 Folder 17 SVA / Composition: Adapting a Barefootz panel, circa 2000


Box 16 Folder 18-19 Art 207, circa 2000, 2 folders

Action photos and line clusters


Box 16 Folder 20 Art creation demos, circa 2000


Box 16 Folder 21 SVA Art 345 / Storytelling with Words and Images, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 22 SVA / "Big Marvy" patch demo, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 23 MCLA and SVA / Comics used in class, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 24 MCLA / Assorted demo sheets, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 25 MCLA / Cartooning / Sketch to finish, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 26 MCLA / Classroom exercises, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 27 MCLA / "Mark the Art Guy" strip - preparation demo, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 28 MCLA / Panel composition demo, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 29 MCLA / Spotting black areas, circa 2000s


Box 16 Folder 30 MCLA / Demos / Preparing to draw cover art, 2006


Box 16 Folder 31 MCLA / Slapdash for Gallery 51, 2006 Fall


Box 16 Folder 32-33 MCLA Art 207 / Slapdash and Horsefeathers student zine, 2006 Fall, 2007 Fall, 2 folders


Box 16 Folder 34 MCLA / End Times Toonz for Gallery 51, 2007 Fall-2008 Spring


Box 16 Folder 35 MCLA Art 311 / Whizziwigg Comix student zine, 2008 Spring


Box 16 Folder 36 Mildred Elley College / QuarkXpress, 2006


Box 16 Folder 37 Berkshire Arts and Technology Charter Public School, 2005


Box 16 Folder 38 Vermont Arts Exchange, 2006


Box 16 Folder 39 Mentoring, 2007-2008

Series IV: Graphic novels and children's books, circa 1940s-2010, bulk 1990-2008

Series IV contains materials related to drafting, publishing, and promoting graphic novels and children's books by Howard Cruse. Much of the series is devoted to Cruse's 1995 graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. It includes extensive material used for background research and visual reference, sketches, some finished original artwork for the book, reviews and publicity, and editions of the book published in several languages. Cruse pre-sold much of the finished original artwork in order to finance its completion, which took five years; there are records of these sales and other fundraising efforts for the book, though much of the finished artwork is not present in the collection. Records of Cruse's next two books, a digitally illustrated fable called The Swimmer With a Rope in His Teeth (2004), and a self-published children's book called Felix's Friends (2008) are also present in this series.



Box 17 Folder 1 Stuck Rubber Baby: proposal, 1990

Distribution of art to sponsors after book printing; some sales


Box 17 Folder 2 Stuck Rubber Baby: general, 1991-1997


Box 17 Folder 3 Segregation/homophobia project, 1992-1996


Box 17 Folder 4 Stuck Rubber Baby: notes, documents, relevant letters, 1990-2000



Box 20 Folder 1-2 Reference photographs for Stuck Rubber Baby, circa 1990s, 2 folders



Box 17 Folder 5-7 Stuck Rubber Baby reference material, circa 1940s-1990s, 3 folders



Box 32 Published books of cars, the Kennedys, the Civil Rights movement, and photos of midcentury US, circa 1960s-1980s



Box 30 Folder 1 Stuck Rubber Baby reference material: Ebony magazine, 1962 February


Box 30 Folder 2 Stuck Rubber Baby reference material: LOOK magazine, 1962 April 10


Box 30 Folder 3-7 Stuck Rubber Baby reference material: LIFE magazine, 1962 May 25-1964 December 18, 1969 December 26



Box 17 Folder 8 Stuck Rubber Baby background material for Joel Garrick, circa 1990



Box 74 Folder 2-4 Stuck Rubber Baby pieced together scripts for notes, circa 1990s, 3 folders



Box 17 Folder 9-11 Stuck Rubber Baby raw first draft, circa 1990s, 3 folders


Box 17 Folder 12-13 Stuck Rubber Baby first working draft, 1991, 2 folders


Box 17 Folder 14-15 Stuck Rubber Baby second draft and introductory notes, circa 1990s, 2 folders


Box 17 Folder 16 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches and visual notes, circa 1990s



Box 75 Folder 1-8 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 1-4, circa 1990s, 8 folders



Box 76 Folder 1-9 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 5-7, circa 1990s, 9 folders



Box 77 Folder 1-13 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 8-9, circa 1990s, 13 folders



Box 78 Folder 1-9 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 10-11, circa 1990s, 9 folders



Box 79 Folder 1-13 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 12-13, circa 1990s, 13 folders



Box 80 Folder 1-10 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapter 14, circa 1990s, 10 folders



Box 81 Folder 1-9 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 15-16, circa 1990s, 9 folders



Box 82 Folder 1-12 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 17-18, circa 1990s, 12 folders



Box 83 Folder 1-13 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 19-20, circa 1990s, 13 folders



Box 84 Folder 1-12 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 21-22, circa 1990s, 12 folders



Box 85 Folder 1-10 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches, chapters 23-24, circa 1990s, 10 folders



Box 17 Folder 17 Stuck Rubber Baby photocopied sketches, circa 1990s, 1 folder



Box 62 Folder 1-10 Stuck Rubber Baby oversized photocopies of sketches, circa 1990s, 10 folders



Box 64 Folder 1-4 Stuck Rubber Baby acetate tracings, circa 1990s, 4 folders



Box 63 Folder 1-3 Stuck Rubber Baby "screw-ups", circa 1990s, 3 folders



Box 73 Folder 1-6 Stuck Rubber Baby inked original art, circa 1990s, 6 folders


Box 73 Folder 7-8 Stuck Rubber Baby sketches for cover, circa 1990s, 2 folders



Box 63 Folder 4 Stuck Rubber Baby cover poster on foamcore, circa 1990s, 1 folder



Box 74 Folder 5-8 Stuck Rubber Baby proofs, circa 1990s, 4 folders



Box 73 Folder 9 Stuck Rubber Baby page 45 negative screen, 1992, 1 folders



Box 18 Folder 1 Stuck Rubber Baby text and cover, 1995


Box 18 Folder 2 Stuck Rubber Baby corrections, circa 1990s


Box 18 Folder 3 Stuck Rubber Baby mock, circa 1995


Box 18 Folder 4 Stuck Rubber Baby notes about the experience, 1990-1995


Box 18 Folder 5 Stuck Rubber Baby: "Long and Winding Stuck Rubber Road", 1990-2000


Box 18 Folder 6 Creating page 64 of Stuck Rubber Baby: examples of visual reference, circa 1990s-2000s

Likely used for teaching.


Box 18 Folder 7 Stuck Rubber Baby: scans of pencils in progress, undated

Likely used for teaching.


Box 18 Folder 8 Stuck Rubber Baby: Guggenheim efforts, 1990-1994


Box 18 Folder 9 The Howie Fund, 1992


Box 18 Folder 10 Stuck Rubber Baby: fundraising, 1992


Box 18 Folder 11 Stuck Rubber Baby: fundraising addressees sent, 1992


Box 18 Folder 12 Stuck Rubber Baby: Xeric Foundation, 1992


Box 18 Folder 13 Stuck Rubber Baby original art distribution, 1995-1996


Box 18 Folder 14-15 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion and licensing, 1992-1996, 2 folders



Box 74 Folder 9 Stuck Rubber Baby promotional posters, 1995, 1 folders



Box 18 Folder 16 Stuck Rubber Baby: Comics Journal interview, 1994-1995


Box 18 Folder 17 Press kits, circa 1995


Box 18 Folder 18 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Juice, 1995


Box 18 Folder 19 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: The Advocate, 1995 September 5


Box 18 Folder 20 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Booklist, 1995 September


Box 18 Folder 21 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: OUT magazine, 1995 September


Box 18 Folder 22 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1995 September 10


Box 18 Folder 23 Stuck Rubber Baby: Vibe magazine review, 1995 September


Box 18 Folder 24 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: College Music Journal, 1995 October


Box 18 Folder 25 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Spin magazine, 1995 October


Box 18 Folder 26 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Artforum, 1995 November


Box 18 Folder 27 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Birmingham News, 1995 November 24


Box 18 Folder 28 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Chicago Tribune, 1995 December 3


Box 18 Folder 29-30 Stuck Rubber Baby: interviews, articles, and stray mentions, 1995-1996, 2 folders


Box 18 Folder 31 Stuck Rubber Baby: masters of reviews and articles, 1995-1996



Box 53 Folder 8 Oversized clippings of articles and reviews, 1987-1995, 1 folders



Box 18 Folder 32 Stuck Rubber Baby reviews: gay newspapers, 1995-1997


Box 18 Folder 33 Stuck Rubber Baby reviews: mainstream newspapers, 1995-1996, 2011


Box 18 Folder 34 Stuck Rubber Baby reviews: clippings, 1995-1999



Box 19 Folder 1 Stuck Rubber Baby: awards and distinctions, 1995-1996


Box 19 Folder 2 Stuck Rubber Baby book signings, 1994-1996


Box 19 Folder 3 Stuck Rubber Baby book tour: St. Louis trip, 1994-1995


Box 19 Folder 4 Stuck Rubber Baby book tour: Minneapolis-St. Paul, 1996


Box 19 Folder 5 Stuck Rubber Baby book tour: Dallas, 1996


Box 19 Folder 6 Stuck Rubber Baby book tour: San Diego trip, 1996


Box 19 Folder 7 Stuck Rubber Baby book tour: Toronto trip, 1995-1996


Box 19 Folder 8 Stuck Rubber Baby: Pines Hotel appearance, 1996


Box 19 Folder 9 Slideshow, 1995-1996

Given at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center in New York, the Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Greater Kansas City, and the Gay Activists Alliance of Morris County (New Jersey).


Box 19 Folder 10 Agents, 1996


Box 19 Folder 11 Stuck Rubber Baby: Academic potentials, 1998-1999


Box 19 Folder 12 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: Comics Journal 100 best comics of the century, 1999


Box 19 Folder 13 Readings scripts, circa 2000s



Box 26 Folder 3 Cruse, Howard. Stuck Rubber Baby (New York: Paradox Press), 1995



Box 19 Folder 14 Stuck Rubber Baby: Dolmen Spanish edition, circa 1995


Box 19 Folder 15 Stuck Rubber Baby: HarperCollins edition, 1996



Box 26 Folder 4 Am Rande des Himmels , 1996



Box 19 Folder 16 Stuck Rubber Baby: German edition, 1996


Box 19 Folder 17 Stuck Rubber Baby promotion: reviews from Germany (Am Rande des Himmels), 1996


Box 19 Folder 18 Stuck Rubber Baby: French edition, 1999, 2002


Box 19 Folder 19 Stuck Rubber Baby: Italian edition, 2000 January 3



Box 26 Folder 5 Figlio di un Preservativo Bucato , 2001



Box 19 Folder 20 Stuck Rubber Baby: Spanish edition, 2002



Box 26 Folder 6 Stuck Rubber Baby: Una Novela Gráfica , 2006



Box 19 Folder 21 Stuck Rubber Baby: New cover art for re-issue, 2009-2010



Box 63 Folder 5-6 Stuck Rubber Baby 15th anniversary edition cover sketches, circa 2010, 2 folders



Box 26 Folder 7 Stuck Rubber Baby Vertigo paperback edition, 2010


Box 26 Folder 8 Stuck Rubber Baby German translation of Vertigo edition, 2011



Box 19 Folder 22 Stuck Rubber Baby: Cross Cult German edition, 2011-2014


Box 19 Folder 23 E-book information, 2010 June 28


Box 19 Folder 24 Stuck Rubber Baby "Books on Tape", circa 1990s


Box 19 Folder 25 Handouts for Stuck Rubber Baby readings, circa 2000s


Box 19 Folder 26 Rainbow Seniors Stuck Rubber Baby presentation, 2019 May 11


Box 19 Folder 27 InsightOut Book Club: Stuck Rubber Baby, 2003


Box 19 Folder 28 Stuck Rubber Baby: promotional packet for film, 2010


Box 19 Folder 29 Stuck Rubber Baby on TV, 2011-2016


Box 19 Folder 30 Essays on Stuck Rubber Baby by Brad Verter's students, 2012 September


Box 19 Folder 31 Swimmer with a Rope text and correspondence, 2000-2001


Box 19 Folder 32 Swimmer with a Rope Prometheus Books paperwork, 2002-2004


Box 19 Folder 33 Swimmer with a Rope Prometheus Books copyedit, circa 2003


Box 19 Folder 34 Swimmer with a Rope black and white version, circa 2003


Box 19 Folder 35 Swimmer with a Rope photocopies, 2003


Box 19 Folder 36 Swimmer with a Rope Prometheus Books galley, 2004 January



Box 25 Folder 9 Shaffer, Jeanne E. Adapted and illustrated by Howard Cruse. The Swimmer with a Rope in His Teeth (Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books), 2004



Box 19 Folder 37 Swimmer with a Rope Prometheus Books fliers and trade catalog, 2004


Box 19 Folder 38 Powerpoint script: The Swimmer with a Rope in His Teeth, circa 2000s


Box 19 Folder 39 Swimmer with a Rope Flash project, 2008


Box 19 Folder 40 Felix's Friends , 1978-2005



Box 46 Folder 1-8 Felix's Friends artwork, 1986, 8 folders



Box 19 Folder 41 Felix's Friends: Quark printouts, 2003


Box 19 Folder 42 Felix's Friends: BookSurge, 2006



Box 25 Folder 16 Cruse, Howard. Felix's Friends (North Adams, MA: Nifty Kitsch Press), 2008

Series V: Gay rights movement and other political activism, circa 1960s-2010s

The bulk of Series V is contaminated with mold and is closed to researchers until after cleaning. Material currently listed in the finding aid is unaffected and available for use.

Series V contains clippings, printed ephemera, and other materials related to LGBTQ+ communities, political activism, and history in the United States dating from the late 1960s through the 2000s.



Box 28 Folder 12 Gay history, 1983-1993

Photographs from Pride marches and celebrations.



Box 21 Folder 1 Homophobia clippings, 1990s-2000s

Newspaper clippings about homophobia in society


Box 21 Folder 2 Stonewall Award material, 1993


Box 21 Folder 3 Stonewall 25, 1994


Box 21 Folder 4 Stonewall Action Identity League, 1999


Box 21 Folder 5 Political clippings, 2003

2003 Village Voice article on George W. Bush.


Box 21 Folder 6 Vito Russo portrait, 2012



Box 47 Folder 1 Vito Russo portrait original art, 2012, 1 folders



Box 21 Folder 7 Activist causes worth supporting, 2015

Contains material from the LGBTQ Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham

Series VI: Writing, circa 1950s-2016

Series VI contains written works without graphic components by Howard Cruse, primarily essays and theatrical scripts, dating from the 1960s through the 2010s. Though they are about characters from comic books, Cruse's 1990 essay "Andy, We Hardly Knew You," about the death from AIDS of a character in the Doonesbury comic strip, is located in this series. A 1989 essay about the implied romantic relationship between Batman and Robin, "Batboys in the Band," is also in Series VI. Some of Cruse's original plays were produced: The Sixth Story at Birmingham-Southern College in 1968, Three Clowns on a Journey on Birmingham, Alabama's WBIQ-TV television station in 1970, and About Scott in 1990. Materials related to those productions are located in this series. Cruse also adapted his plays The King's Plot and Stage Kiss (both circa 1960s) into comics. While the theatrical scripts for these works are located in Series VI, the comics are located in Series III.


Box 21 Folder 8 "Creeping Doom", circa 1950s

Childhood short story by Howard Cruse


Box 21 Folder 9 Camp Shining Trails, Ely, Minnesota, 1961-1962

Correspondence between Howard Cruse and his parents and a journal from summer camp


Box 21 Folder 10 "Tenderfoot in the Wilderness", 1962

Transcription of Howard Cruse's summer camp journal


Box 21 Folder 11 The King's Plot, a Christmas television play by Howard Cruse, circa 1960s


Box 21 Folder 12 The Little Prince: A musical fantasy in three acts by Howard Cruse, circa 1960s


Box 21 Folder 13 Stage Kiss , circa 1960s

Short play script by Howard Cruse


Box 21 Folder 14 The Truth Syrup, a one act play by Howard Cruse, circa 1960s


Box 21 Folder 15 Boy and Shovel, an original musical play by Howard Cruse and Jay Birdsong, 1964



Box 88 Item 6 Boy and Shovel demo tape, circa 1964, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Reel 1, Side 1: "I Dug a Hole" - "Bring Your Friends." Reel 1, Side 2: "The Piper Has Come" - "Through." Reel 2, Side 1: ""The Toy Song" - Finale." All sung by Howard Cruse and Jay Birdsong.



Box 21 Folder 16 Son of the Pill , 1966

Creative writing project for a college assignment


Box 21 Folder 17 A Pageant for Dermuche, a Christmas play in one act by Howard Cruse, 1966

Based on the short story "Dermuche" by Marcel Aymé.


Box 21 Folder 18-20 The Sixth Story, a Gothic play in two acts by Howard Cruse, 1967, 3 folders

Multiple drafts, including heavily annotated Director's copy.



Box 88 Item 7 Music from The Sixth Story, 1968 April 26-28, 1 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Themes by Bill Roberts; Performed by John Propst. Performed at Birmingham-Southern College 1968 April 26-28.



Box 21 Folder 21 Three Clowns on a Journey, a short play by Howard Cruse, circa 1968



Box 27 Folder 7 Poster for Three Clowns on a Journey, a short play by Howard Cruse, circa 1970, 1 folders

Aired on WBIQ Channel 10, Birmingham Area ETV, and starred Don Higdon.



Box 88 Item 4-5 Three Clowns on a Journey complete soundtrack from ETV Production, 1970 July 21, 2 open reel audiotapes (1/4")

Also contains "Dragula Nag"

Aired on WBIQ-TV, Birmingham



Box 21 Folder 22 Birdies: A scenario for a short film by Howard Cruse, circa 1970s


Box 21 Folder 23 CinderAgnes , circa 1970s

Illustrated story by Howard Cruse


Box 21 Folder 24 Viewing the Body , circa 1970s

Short story by Howard Cruse


Box 21 Folder 25 Visitation in B#, a one act play by Howard Cruse, 1968-1972

Later titled Potplay


Box 21 Folder 26 Potplay, a one act play by Howard Cruse, 1972


Box 21 Folder 27 Potplay staged reading, 1972, 1985


Box 21 Folder 28 Lyrics and verse, 1977-2004



Box 22 Folder 1 Cruse/Sedarbaum screenplay idea, 1988, 1990


Box 22 Folder 2-5 About Scott , 1989-1990, 4 folders

Performance piece by Howard Cruse about AIDS epidemic, performed in Birmingham, Alabama in 1990.


Box 22 Folder 6 "Batboys in the Band", 1989, 2013, 2016


Box 22 Folder 7 Out/Look , 1990

Essay on Doonesbury AIDS comic by Howard Cruse


Box 22 Folder 8 "Andy, We Hardly Knew You", 1991

Essay by Howard Cruse published in Out/Look


Box 22 Folder 9 Writing by Howie, 1996-1998


Box 22 Folder 10 "The Real Thespians of Main Street Stage", circa 2000s

Play fragment by Howard Cruse


Box 22 Folder 11 Writing fragments: "Cheeky's Blog", circa 2000s


Box 22 Folder 12 Writing fragments: "Cranky's First Orgasm", circa 2000s


Box 22 Folder 13 Writing fragments: "Man in the Book Room", circa 2000s


Box 22 Folder 14 Writing fragments: "My TV Detour", circa 2000s


Box 22 Folder 15 Authors Guild, 2003



Box 25 Folder 14 Beeber, Steven Lee, ed. Awake! A Reader for the Sleepless (Berkeley, CA: Soft Skull Press), 2008



Box 22 Folder 16 Writing fragments: "Under the Well Slab", 2009


Box 22 Folder 17 Journal, 2010 December 26-2016 June 19

Howard Cruse's personal journal.



Box 25 Folder 18 The Letter Q : Queer Writers' Notes to Their Younger Selves uncorrected proof, 2012



Box 22 Folder 18 "Fifth Beatle" essay, 2013

Series VII: Personal and early life, 1941-2019

Series VII contains material from Howard Cruse's family, personal life, and education. Written work, school publications, and very early comic books produced by Cruse as a student at Indian Springs School are in this series. Cruse was an active member of the Indian Springs School alumni association throughout his life; as a result, the series also contains a significant amount of alumni newsletters and fundraising materials on the school's history dating from the 1970s through the 2010s. Material from Cruse's undergraduate years (1964-1968) at Birmingham-Southern College is also located in Series VII. These include posters he designed for the college's theatrical productions, mechanicals and clippings of the comic he published in the student newspaper, The Cruse Nest, and materials from the satirical newsletter he edited with Julie Brumlik, Granny Takes a Trip. Material from Cruse's years as an employee of the Birmingham, Alabama television station WBMG, as well as a group of drawings and other artworks created under the influence of LSD, is in this series. Finally, the series contains a pair of puppets made by Howard Cruse and his partner Don Higdon in 1971 or 1972.

Series VII contains the most photographs in the collection. They include a Cruse family photograph album from the 1940s, as well as photographs of Howard Cruse with his friends, family members, and romantic partners dating from the 1960s through the 1990s. Some of these photographs were taken at Pride parades and gay rights demonstrations in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s and at the 1987 March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights.



Box 48 Folder 1-6 Cruse family photograph album, 1941-1954, 6 folders



Box 28 Folder 1 Childhood photographs, 1944-circa 1960

Some scanned and labeled with file names on verso.


Box 28 Folder 2 Family photographs, circa 1950s-2000s



Box 23 Folder 1 Indian Springs School publications: ISS MSS, 1955-1961

Student literary magazine


Box 23 Folder 2-3 Indian Springs School publications, 1955-1962, 2 folders


Box 23 Folder 4 Indian Springs School, 1958-1961



Box 27 Folder 8 ISSINFO, student newspaper at Indian Springs School, 1958-1962



Box 23 Folder 5 Indian Springs School memorabilia, 1959-1961



Box 53 Folder 9 Indian Springs Glee Club LP covers designed by Howard Cruse, circa 1960s, 1 folders



Box 23 Folder 6 Indian Springs School publications: Reuben Album, circa 1960

Cartoons about a dog by Howard Cruse


Box 23 Folder 7 Awards, 1958, 1985-2003



Box 28 Folder 3 Photographs of young Howie, circa 1960-1995



Box 86 Folder 3-4 Birmingham-Southern College Theatre posters, circa 1960s-1970s, 2 folders

Most by Howard Cruse.



Box 65 Folder 1 Birmingham, Alabama theatrical posters by Howard Cruse, circa 1960s-1970s, 1 folders



Box 23 Folder 8 Fooey magazine, 1961


Box 23 Folder 9 Sick magazine, 1965



Box 41 Folder 9 Birmingham Southern Hilltop News "The Cruse Nest" comics clippings, 1966-1967, 1 folders


Box 41 Folder 10 Birmingham Southern Hilltop News "The Cruse Nest" mechanicals, 1966-1967, 1 folders



Box 54 Folder 7 Granny masthead original art, circa 1969, 1 folders



Box 65 Folder 2 Watercolor of a young girl, 1969, 1 folders


Box 65 Folder 3 Watercolor of a young boy, 1969, 1 folders



Box 47 Folder 2 Full color artwork on board, circa 1970, 1 folders



Box 65 Folder 8-10 Early, unidentified inked art, circa 1970-1977, 3 folders

Some psychedelia, some illustrations.



Box 86 Folder 5 Psychedelic line art for Dracula poster, 1970, 1 folders



Box 23 Folder 10 Kirk Grunge, 1970, undated

Photostats of psychedelic art signed with Cruse's "Kirk" pseudonym.



Box 65 Folder 4-6 Art "drawn while tripping or inspired by acid", 1970, undated, 3 folders



Box 47 Folder 3-8 Art "drawn while tripping or inspired by acid", 1970-1971, undated, 6 folders

Full color, ink, pencil, and crayon line art.



Box 27 Folder 9 Photostats of art "drawn while tripping or inspired by acid", 1970-1971, undated, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 1 Sergeant Jack television show material, circa 1970-1973, 1 open reel videotapes (2")

WBMG-TV show to which Howard Cruse was a contributor


Box 88 Item 2 Animation and miscellany film, circa 1970-1973, 1 film reels (16mm)

From WBMG-TV



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 11 Psychedelic line art, circa 1970-1974, 1 folders

One piece with collage photograph of Howard Cruse



Box 88 Item 3 "Cable Fable" animation for South Central Bell, by Howard Cruse at Luckie and Forney, circa 1970s, 1 film reels (Super 8)



Box 29 Handmade puppets: "Howard Cruse" by Don Higdon and "Georgeous O'Toole" by Howard Cruse, 1970, 1972



Box 65 Folder 7-8 Art by Don Higdon, 1970-1973, 2 folders



Box 28 Folder 5 Photographs with Don Higdon, 1971-1973, 1981



Box 65 Folder 9 Three full color psychedelic paintings on panels, 1972, 1 folders



Box 54 Folder 8 Cruse News family newsletter masthead, 1973, 1 folders



Box 86 Folder 6 Full color psychedelic art, 1973, 1 folders



Box 23 Folder 11-14 Indian Springs School alumni publications, 1972-2001, 4 folders



Box 88 Folder 25-26 Mike Lantrip, 1976, 2 audiocassettes

Tape 1: "65 Miles to Nashville," "Alabama Tag in Tucson," "It's Not LIke the Picture," and "Jimmy Joe" (lyrics by Howard Cruse). Tape 2: "Old," "Tonight Alone," "Life Passes By," "She's Gone," and "Jimmy Joe."



Box 28 Folder 6 Photographs of Howard Cruse by Walter Bachner, 1978

With negative



Box 27 Folder 10-11 Photographic Portraits taken by Wolff (Walter) Bachner in Return for Original Art, 1978

10 items on board



Box 28 Folder 7 Photographs with Eddie Sedarbaum, 1979-2010s


Box 28 Folder 10 Photographs and slides of Howard Cruse and Ed Sedarbaum by David Hutchison, circa 1980s


Box 28 Folder 11 Photographs with friends, 1980s-2000s



Box 54 Folder 9 Family Christmas card illustration, 1986, 1 folders



Box 28 Folder 13 Photographs of Howard Cruse by Tim Luddy, 1989


Box 28 Folder 14 Photographs of Howard Cruse by Gene Bagnato, circa 1990s



Box 87 Folder 10 Howie and Eddie's back to school party poster and George print, circa 1990s, 1 folders



Box 28 Folder 15 Photographs of Howard Cruse and Ed Sedarbaum by Lilyan Aloma, circa 1990s



Mapcase 15-L-7 Folder 10 Stephen Rolfe Powell "Peacock Cheeks Johnson" poster, circa 1990s, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 41 Kaypro translations, circa 1990s-2000s


Box 88 Item 34-35 Unlabeled discs, circa 1990s-2000s



Box 28 Folder 16 Nude photographs by Geoff Manasse, 1990



Box 23 Folder 15-16 Indian Springs School Development and Alumni publications and correspondence, 1993-1995, 2006, 2 folders



Box 47 Folder 9 Block print by John R. Benson of art by Howard Cruse, 1993, 1 folders

49 of 50



Box 28 Folder 18 Photographs of Pam, Kim (and Emily and Ethan), Raymond and Montanaro clan, 1994-2001


Box 28 Folder 19 Photographs of Howard Cruse by Robert Giard, 1995



Box 23 Folder 17 Birmingham Freaks: The Heritage of the Beat Generation , 1995

MA thesis by Julie Caldwell


Box 23 Folder 18 Indian Springs School boarding controversy, 1999-2001



Box 61 Folder 19 Relief print, probably by John Benson, circa 2000s, 1 folders



Box 47 Folder 10 "Lulu considers a break in her diet" sketch, circa 2000s, 1 folders

Does not appear to be by Howard Cruse.

Lulu was Howard Cruse and Ed Sedarbaum's dog.



Box 23 Folder 19 Potluck / Second Sundays, 2004


Box 23 Folder 20 Who's Who In America, 2004



Box 24 Folder 1 Main Street Stage, 2004-2012


Box 24 Folder 2 Birmingham trip, 2008 November

For Birmingham-Southern College class reunion


Box 24 Folder 3 Samuel French Playwriting Competition, 2009-2010

Competition announcements only


Box 24 Folder 4 Grants: Taconic Foundation Boschen Fund, circa 2010


Box 24 Folder 5 Many Howies, 2010


Box 24 Folder 6 Howard Cruse Central, 2011

Website hosting information


Box 24 Folder 7 Notes about My Life, 2013

Timeline of events in Howard Cruse's life (personal and professional)



Box 45 Folder 7-10 Drawings from cartoonist friends for Howard Cruse's 70th birthday, 2014, 4 folders



Box 65 Folder 10 70th birthday poster from Keren and Richard Oberfield, 2014, 1 folders



Box 24 Folder 8 Brothers, Allan's 2015 birthday drawing, 2015


Box 24 Folder 9 Indian Springs School, 2017, 2019



Box 53 Folder 10 "Nyet!" Soviet propaganda poster reproduction, undated, 1 folders



Box 88 Item 8 Unidentified film reel, undated, 1 film reels (16mm)

Series VIII: Archived website, circa 2000s-2010s

Series VIII consists of an archived version of Howard Cruse's website, howardcruse.com. Cruse frequently scanned paper-based works of his and uploaded them to his website with additional commentary. He also shared written work, including personal essays and the script of his play Three Clowns on a Journey, and sold books and art prints from this site.


howardcruse.com website capture, 2022 February 15