Los Angeles Reader

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Los Angeles Reader was a weekly paper established in 1978 and distributed in Los Angeles, USA. The paper was known for having lengthy, thoughtful reviews of movies, plays and concerts in the LA area. Among its writers were Nigey Lennon, Lionel Rolfe, Lawrence Wechsler, Mick Farren, Richard Meltzer, Chris Morris, Jerry Stahl, Steven Kane and David L. Ulin. It is famous for being the first newspaper publishing Matt Groening's cartoon strip, Life in Hell. Groening was originally a Reader music critic. It also ran a cartoon strip by David Lynch, director of Blue Velvet, The Angriest Dog In The World, a strip notable for having the exact same drawing panels for its' entire run. "The Reader" folded in 1996.

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