From Headrack to Claude Owen Smith Kelso's ligne claire artwork is

Kelso's ligne claire artwork is consistently sweet and airy… The approach provides a likable surface for a story with much darker and stickier depths

outplayed and outmaneuvered— boys

A tale of serendipitous encounters

illustrating the dangers of online accessibility

Brilliantly paced

From Headrack to Claude Owen Smith Kelso's ligne claire artwork isBy Howard Cruse. Published by Nifty Kitsch Press. Softcover, 100 pages, B&W, 2009 A compilation of Howard Cruse's gay themed comic strips and comic book stories published between 1976 and 2008, with supplementary background material and a few unpublished extras. Some stories originally appeared in adults only underground comix; for that reason this book carries a "for mature readers" warning