From ScratchSwiss comic artist and illustrator Thomas Ott has gained a worldwide reputation, with works represented in many collections and some of his stories adapted for film. Otts blacker than black scraperboard technique combines a pictorial idiom that evokes film while telling nightmarishly dismal stories. The skilfully rendered images form an oppressive contrast with the nonverbal character of the narratives. This book offers a first ever survey of Otts