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NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS Dedicated to the gentle vision and boundless creativity of Howard Cruse (1943-2019) Director & Producer Vivian Kleiman

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NO STRAIGHT LINES: THE RISE OF QUEER COMICS

Dedicated to the gentle vision and boundless creativity of Howard Cruse (1943-2019)

 

Director & Producer                       

Vivian Kleiman

 

Featuring                                        

Alison Bechdel

Jennifer Camper

Howard Cruse

Rupert Kinnard

Mary Wings

 

Producer & Principal Consultant   

Justin Hall

 

Edited by                                        

Christiane Badgley

Linda Peckham

 

Also Featuring                               

Alex Combs

Dylan Edwards

Nicole Georges

Sina Grace

Emeric Kennard

Denis Kitchen

Maia Kobabe

Lawrence Lindell

Ajuan Mance

MariNaomi

Breena Nuñez

Carlo Quispe

Meggie Ramm

Taneka Stotts

Anand Vedawala

Ivan Velez, Jr.

Gaia Wxyz

 

Executive Producers                     

Ellen Poss

Gerald Herman

Cort Lane

Greg Sirota

 

Consulting Producers                    

Vicky Funari

Jason Cohn

Jenni Olson

 

Contributing Producers                  

Abe Rybeck

Abby Ginzburg

Tracy Gary

 

Director of Photography                

Andrew Black

 

Original Music                                

René-Marc Bini

Editions: Altynaï

 

Art Director & Animator                 

Suzanne Slatcher

 

Associate Producer                       

Cassandra Dreher

 

Location Sound                        

Judy Karp

Dan Mazur

Lauretta Molitor

Anna Rieke

Andy Turett

 

Production Coordinators            

Kat Renée Cole

Jennifer Petrucelli

Lauren Kawana

 

Production Assistants                

Kevin Chap

Samuel Isaias

Sandy Melara

Sandra Thomas

Kayla Velloso

 

Still Photographer                      

Kim Wetzel

 

Artwork by                        

Ajuan Mance

Akshay Varaham

Alex L. Combs

Alex Woolfson

Alison Bechdel

Anand Vedawala

Andrea Natalie

Anthony Gonzalez

Art Spiegelman

Beowulf Thorne

Breena Nuñez

Bishakh Som

Burton Clarke

Carl Vaughn Frick

Carlo Quispe

Charles Ortlieb

Chelsey Furedi

Chrystin Garland

Christine Smith

Chuck McKinney

Craig Bostick

Dale Messick

David Wojnarowicz

Denis Kitchen

Diane DiMassa

Donelan

Dylan Edwards

Ed Luce

Edie Fake

Emeric Kennard

Emil Ferris

Eric Orner

Gaia Wxyz

Gary Scott Beatty

Gilbert Shelton

Howard Cruse

Ivan Velez, Jr.

Jack Kirby

James Romberger

Jennifer Camper

Jerry Mills

Joan Hilty

Joe Johnson

John Callahan

Judd Winick

Justin Hall

Karen Platt

Kate Leth

Kris Kovick

Lawrence Lindell

Leanne Franson

Lee Marrs

Leslie Ewing

Levi Hastings

Maia Kobabe

Marguerite Van Cook

MariNaomi

Mario Cesar

Martin Ramos (Chino)

Mary Wings

Meggie Ramm

Melanie Gillman

Michelle Gruben

Mike Funk

Milton Caniff

MK Czerwiec

Nicole Georges

Noelle Stevenson

Paige Braddock

Ria Martinez

Richard Sciala

Robert Crumb

Robert Kirby

Robert Triptow

Roberta Gregory

Rupert Kinnard


  • Clay Wilson


  • Sina Grace

    Spain Rodriguez

    Steve MacIsaac

    Taneka Stotts

    Theo van den Boogaard

    Tom of Finland

    Trina Robbins

    Victor Moscone

    William Stout

     

    Post Production Supervisor

    Cassandra Dreher

     

    Additional Editors              

    Keith Wilson

    Greg Sirota

     

    Assistant Editor                  

    Hilary Brashear

     

    Archival Research             

    Lauren Kawana

    Jennifer Petrucelli

     

    Motion Graphics                

    Chris Hawkinson

    Yssa Badiola

     

    Graphic Design                  

    Barbara Oplinger

     

    Sound Stage                      

    The Producer’s Loft Studio – SF

     

    Color Grading                    

    Lateral Films

     

    Sound Editor and Re-Recording Mixer     

    Brandon Proctor

     

    Transcribers                       

    Eli Bishop

    Meggie Ramm

     

    Social Media Consultant    

    Charles “Zan” Christensen

     

    Advisors                             

    Hillary Chute, PhD

    Ramzi Fawaz, PhD

     

    Legal Counsel                   

    Sandra Forman

     

    Music

    “Tribute to Industry”

    Written by Mary Kelley

    Mary Kelley: Guitar and vocals

    Kathy Peck: Bass and vocals

    Debbie Hopkins: Drums and backing vocals

    Published by Q & D Music, Inc.

    Performed by the Contractions

    Recorded live at SIR, 1981

    © 1979 Methylethylketone Music (BMI)

     

     “Bonus Track”        

    Mary Kelley: Guitar and vocals

    Kathy Peck: Bass and vocals

    Debbie Hopkins: Drums and backing vocals

    Sara McNair: Saxophone

    Published by Q & D Music, Inc.

    Performed by the Contractions

    © 1980 the Contractions

    "I Feel Love"

    "Kickin In Inst"

    "Spiked Punch"

    Composed and performed by Patrick Cowley

    Courtesy of Dark Entries Records

        

    "Ring of Keys"         

    From FUN HOME

    Music by Jeanine Tesori and

    Lyrics by Lisa Kron

    Performed by Sydney Lucas

    Tony Awards 2015

     

    "Ce qu’il faut pas faire pour être heureux"

    "La Cigogne""

    Music by Robert Marcel Lepage

    © Folivari / Les Editions du 22 décembre

    (p) © FOLIVARI / PANIQUE!/ STUDIOCANAL / RTBF / VOO / Be tv

    Licensed courtesy of 22D

    "bingeing on art"

    "Jamany"

    Composed and performed by

    Todd Boekelheide

               

    Additional Music 

    Courtesy of APM

     

    In memory of Kim Wetzel

    who was taken by the coronavirus

    (Sept 1969 - March 2020)

     

    Special Thanks

    Emmalee Aliquo

    Reyna Cowan

    Fantagraphics Books

    Spencer and Marguerite Hall

    Bill Jersey

    Margaret Miller

    Christopher Nash

    Prism Comics

    Eddie Sedarbaum                                                                                                                     San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum

    Scott Stapley

    Holly Taylor                                                                                                                               Dan Zeitman 

                                           

    Fiscal Sponsor       

    Catticus Corporation              

     

    No Straight Lines Funding Provided by   

    Robert Holgate through the Horizons Foundation

    Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

    Jayne Baron Sherman through the Our Fund Foundation

    John Williams & Dewitt Hart through the Horizons Foundation

    California Humanities

    San Francisco Foundation

    Susan Bernstein

    Berkeley FILM Foundation

    Weston Milliken through the Tides Foundation

    Marcy Adelman

    Hannah Kranzberg

    Frameline Completion Fund

    And others, a complete list is available from PBS.

     

    Original Series Funding Provided by        

    Corporation for Public Broadcasting

    Acton Family Giving

    Ford Foundation

    John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

    Wyncote Foundation

    National Endowment for the Arts

     

    This program was produced by Compadre Media Group, Inc., which is solely responsible for its content.

     

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