Cover of Stuck Rubber Baby

Stuck Rubber Baby

  • 1995 first published
  • 220 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (4 ratings)
  • 8 editions

Stuck Rubber Baby is a 1995 gay fiction novel by Howard Cruse. The story is set in United States and Race relations. Readers will find themes of gay men, civil rights, stonewall Book Awards and festival d'Angoulême 2022.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 33 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

At about 220 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About Stuck Rubber Baby

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. 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. *Stuck Rubber Baby* is easily the most important comic book since Art Spiegelman's Maus.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Race relations
  • Gay men
  • Civil rights
  • Stonewall Book Awards
  • Prix du Patrimoine du Festival d'Angoulême
  • Sélection Patrimoine du Festival d'Angoulême 2022
  • Festival d'Angoulême 2022
  • Closeted gays
  • Nineteen sixties
  • Social conditions

Quick answers

Who wrote Stuck Rubber Baby?

Stuck Rubber Baby was written by Howard Cruse and first published in 1995.

What genre is Stuck Rubber Baby?

It is usually shelved as Gay Fiction.

How long is Stuck Rubber Baby?

The median edition has 220 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Stuck Rubber Baby?

Readers who like it often enjoy Queer, The Story of a Marriage and Giovanni's Room.

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