Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children #29

From the bumper-to-bumper gridlock of a city freeway — viewed from behind the wheel, skyline looming under a darkening sky — Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children #29 sets the mood for "Gravity Sucks" with the quiet dread of a commute that might never end. Dan Sweetman's cover art transforms an ordinary Los Angeles-style traffic jam into something unsettling, the highway sign overhead pointing down toward Louapre and Sweetman like a destination you didn't choose. This 1992 Piranha Press entry is a fine showcase for the series' knack for finding the surreal lurking inside the everyday.