Stuck Rubber Baby
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060977132 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A truly eye-opening comic. The story is set in the South in the early '60s and deals with homophobia, racism and the gay subculture of that period. . Stuck Rubber Baby is easily the most important comic book since Art Spiegelman's Maus. The art is absolutely beautiful; Cruse is a master of the cross-hatching technique, which gives a certain "texture" to his art work and brings his pages to life
BUY IT Amazon Customer This is honestly one of the best graphic novels out there. Same level as Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, but with an insane level of detail. The story is fantastically written and drawn, and why are you still reading this buy it buy it buy it.. It was perfectly fine. Not that interesting or great Purchased this book for class. It was perfectly fine. Not that interesting or great.. Warm, humane, and sometimes heartbreaking OwlSong Not all graphic novels live up to the "novel" part of that label, but "Stuck Rubber Baby" is an exception. Its tale of a young gay man coming of age in the 1960s South, while also becoming involved in the civil rights movement, has all the richness & detail of a good novel.
Howard Cruse is the founding editor of Gay Comix. He lives in New York City.
As Toland fights on the side of the civil rights activists, he slowly begins to realize and try to deny that he is gay. It is the 1960s, a time of passionate beliefs and violent emotions, and Clayfield's citizens are divided in the fight over segregation. Art and story combine powerfully in this lyrical tale of a young man caught in the maelstrom of the civil rights movement and the systematic homophobia of small-town America. Told in flashback, this is the story of Toland Polk, the son of an uneducated white carpenter who has grown up in the Southern town of Clayfield. With a subtle yet intricate plot, and distinctively evocative illustrations, Stuck Rubber Baby is an unflinchingly