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A review by saidtheraina
The Complete Wendel by Howard Cruse
4.0
I'm so glad this exists.
It kind of blows my mind that people have been this progressive for so long. Before [b:The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For|3189884|The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For|Alison Bechdel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255801899s/3189884.jpg|3222860], Cruse was chronicling the hijinks of a gay dude, his partner, his partner's kid, and a whole bunch of wacky secondary characters. He touches on parenting (and ex-wives), AIDS, advocacy, journalism ethics, unhealthy romantic entanglements, and more.
The illustrations are very in the Archie tradition, which was rather eerie for me, as I read a lot of Archies in my younger years.
Wish there had been more lesbians, but ya know, it's a gay dude writing it, and The Advocate was skewed toward the boy's side of things for a long time (at least according to [a:Alison Bechdel|21982|Alison Bechdel|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1245100306p2/21982.jpg], who writes the introduction).
Lots of incidental nudity, be aware if you care. Even the back of the cover isn't particularly safe for work.
Loveable and honest.
It kind of blows my mind that people have been this progressive for so long. Before [b:The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For|3189884|The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For|Alison Bechdel|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255801899s/3189884.jpg|3222860], Cruse was chronicling the hijinks of a gay dude, his partner, his partner's kid, and a whole bunch of wacky secondary characters. He touches on parenting (and ex-wives), AIDS, advocacy, journalism ethics, unhealthy romantic entanglements, and more.
The illustrations are very in the Archie tradition, which was rather eerie for me, as I read a lot of Archies in my younger years.
Wish there had been more lesbians, but ya know, it's a gay dude writing it, and The Advocate was skewed toward the boy's side of things for a long time (at least according to [a:Alison Bechdel|21982|Alison Bechdel|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1245100306p2/21982.jpg], who writes the introduction).
Lots of incidental nudity, be aware if you care. Even the back of the cover isn't particularly safe for work.
Loveable and honest.