Howard Cruse’s Stuck Rubber Baby is a spiritual ancestor to Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. But, where Bechdel told her live with her real family, Cruse’s story is memoir-ish. It’s mostly fact based of his young life when he realized he was homosexual, but its not a straight autobiography. Based off Cruse’s experience living in Birmingham, Alabama during the height of the civil rights movement, Stuck Rubber Baby isn’t just a slice of Cruse’s life, it’s a slice of America during a difficult time. So, let’s find out what this strangely titled book.

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