Dancin' Nekkid with the Angels

Howard Cruse’s Dancin’ Nekkid with the Angels is a single-issue, deeply personal comic from Kitchen Sink Press, published in 1987. In it, Cruse turns his signature blend of warmth, humor, and raw honesty toward the AIDS crisis, weaving together autobiographical reflection and social commentary. This work stands as a poignant, early example of a major underground cartoonist confronting the epidemic head-on, marking a vital moment in the medium’s engagement with queer life and loss.