Works of Howard Cruise

Recently I had a chance to read some of Howard Cruse's works.
He is renowned for his work, Stuck Rubber Baby, but instead, I grabbed From Headrack to Claude, thinking short stories would be easier to understand, which turned out to be a huge mistake.
The stories were somewhat hard to get it. I didn't know where to laugh and why the stories went that way.. I found some hard time to relate to the stories.
Anyway, it was a pleasure to see each frame. He used dots to express shades and it could have taken some time, I suppose. Unique.

This time, I am thinking of trying Wendel, one of his comic strip series.

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(Map updated!!!) Japanese Gay Beach 釣師海岸(Tsurishi-kaigan/Tsurushi-kaigan)

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