Welcome. The following is an index to several features from comics professionals and queer comics people who were influenced and touched by Howard Cruse the artist and activist or friend as part of a memorial to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Cruse’s passing on November 19th, 2019. You will also find links to several other sites relevant to Cruse, including his site which is now stored at the Internet Archives.
A series of technical issues contributed to an unfortunate delay. Apologies are extended to everyone for any confusion this may cause.
Andy Mangels memorial to Cruse given at San Diego Comic Con in 2020.
Queer indy comics creator Jennifer Camper reflects on Howard Cruse.
A short memorial of Howard Cruse
Gay League’s first interview with Howard Cruse conducted in 1998
An interview with Howard originally featured in Prism’s LGBT Guide To Comics summer 2003.
Ed Mathews and Tim Fish share recollections of working with Cruse on a story for the Young Bottoms In Love” anthology webcomic.
Profiling An Influenial Artist: PopImage editor Scott J Grunewald conducted an interview with Howard in February 2006.
Friend and fan Bruce Garrett shares memories of Howard.
Cruse shared several videos on Youtube.
The Stonewall Oral History Project’ Steven Palmer interviewed Howard Cruse on June 22, 2018
The Cruse Sederbaum residence is on the New York City LGBTQ Historic Sites Project.
A beautiful memorial by Howard and Ed’s long time friend Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson.
Cruse’s website is archived at the Internet Archives. Here’s brief explanation how the Archive works. Near the top of the home page is a search function called the Wayback Machine. Type in a link like “www.howardcruse.com” and press enter. At the top of the next page you’ll find a graph with dates that the Archive has visited and made snapshots of that particular site. Press to select a year and then blue or green circles will appear on days of each month. Pick a day and a time and then the Archive’s snapshot of the site for that day will load.
The Comics Journal obituary for Howard Cruse is one of many obituaries.
The Advocate’s obituary for Ed Sederbaum may be read here.