Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children #24

Part of DC's thoughtful Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children anthology, this 1992 issue presents "I Am Paul's Dog" by writer Dave Louapre and artist/inker Dan Sweetman. Sweetman's cover art — a tender, sketch-style close-up of a brown dog resting its chin alongside a human figure rendered in soft, minimal lines — sets a quietly affecting tone that feels a world away from typical superhero fare. It's a gentle, humanistic image that captures exactly the kind of understated emotional storytelling this series was known for delivering.