A reading of the 1988 BEAUTIFUL STORIES FOR UGLY CHILDREN classic (c) 1988 Dave Louapre. All rights reserved.

Apologies for sound quality due to limited means.

BEAUTIFUL STORIES FOR UGLY CHILDREN

Crypt of the Magi by Dave Louapre

John Linton Roberson has been an independent cartoonist, writer, and illustrator for over 25 years, and has produced 22 publications as Bottomless Studio since 1998. Most recently the lush anthology of comics, art, poetry and prose THIS SICKNESS #8, featuring 100 pages by 8 creators, including a new cover by Molly Kiely, available at Amazon in print and kindle.

He is the adapter of Frank Wedekind's Lulu (Book 1 available at Amazon & Comixology, and ongoing serialization in THIS SICKNESS), the creator of Martha, Vladrushka, and Suzy Spreadwell, among others, and the co-creator (with John E. Williams) of Uncle Cyrus. In addition he has also been published by Journey Magazine, Fantagraphics Books, Seven Stories Press and Martian Lit.

Pages from his Lulu were exhibited in Munich's Deutsches Theatremuseum as part of their 2014 Frank Wedekind retrospective. Occasionally he is heard, usually at length, on Tim Young's Deconstructing Comics podcast.

Online you can find him at jlroberson.org.

JLRoberson