Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children

Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children is a comic book series written by Dave Louapre and illustrated by Dan Sweetman, published by DC Comics under the Piranha Press imprint from June 1989 until September 1992, a total of 30 issues in the run (and a couple of anthologies published separately).

In late 2006, Dave Louapre announced there would be a collected edition published, but their Canadian publisher closed down later that year.

According to an entry on Amazon.com, a trade paperback containing the first 5 issues was to be released from BOOM! Studios in October 2008. On October 27, 2008, BOOM! Studios indicated that they were not publishing a BSFUC trade paperback and that they would be contacting Amazon.com to correct the false entry. The BSFUC website has not been updated since October 31, 2006.

Stories from BSFUC

 * 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, a tale about a cupid.


 * 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

Other BSFUC tales

 * The Wasteland, a book of single-panel cartoons by Louapre and Sweetman.


 * What If This Were Heaven, Wouldn't That Be Hell?, BSFUC anthology of all-new stories.


 * A Cotton Candy Autopsy (collecting issues #1 and 13, plus a brand-new story)