Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children is a comic book series written by Dave Louapre and illustrated by Dan Sweetman, published by DC Comics through their Piranha Press imprint from June 1989 until September 1992. The series saw a total of 30 issues. A trade paperback, titled A Cotton Candy Autopsy, reprinted issues #1 and #13, and concluded the story told in those issues with a previously unpublished third part.
The promotional material said that the title would be restarting in a 128-page quarterly anthology format with the first issue being titled, What If This Were Heaven, Wouldn't That Be Hell?. Despite the plan to continue publishing in this format, this would actually be the final Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children story to be released.
An image from A Cotton Candy Autopsy was used as the cover for Mr. Bungle's debut album.
Original series Issue #1: A Cotton Candy Autopsy Issue #2: The Dead Johnsons' Big Incredible Day Issue #3: Diary of a Depressed Tap Dancer Issue #4: The Black Balloon Issue #5: The Crypt of The Magi Issue #6: Happy Birthday to Hell Issue #7: Ricky The Doughnut Boy Issue #8: Die Rainbow Die Issue #9: By The Light of The Screaming Moon Issue #10: Where The Tarantulas Play Issue #11: The Daffodils of Plague Town Issue #12: Beneath The Useless Universe Issue #13: A Cotton Candy Autopsy II - Bingo And Addy's Escape Issue #14: Dangerous Prayers Issue #15: The Pagan Tourist Issue #16: The Santas of Demotion Street Issue #17: A Conspiracy of Sweaters Issue #18: The Neutered Beast Issue #19: Nice Girls Don't Massacre Ants Issue #20: Arnold: Confessions of a Blood Junkie Issue #21: Dances With Cows Issue #22: Psychotronic Virgin Issue #23: Tiny Slimy, Writhing Thing Issue #24: I Am Paul's Dog Issue #25: Legion of Ogs Issue #26: Dead Like Me Issue #27: The No-Wax Killing Floor Issue #28: The Guilty Orphan Issue #29: Gravity Sucks Issue #30: The Dream is Dead - Gone, Shot Off, All Squashed Flat A Cotton Candy Autopsy trade paperback What If This Were Heaven, Wouldn't That Be Hell? Ashcan - collects twelve pages of What If This Were Heaven, Wouldn't That Be Hell?
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