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