Internationally-acclaimed
Swiss artist Thomas Ott, creator of Hellville
and Dead End, returns with this
disturbing and eery new offering. Cinema
Panopticum is another dark and shadowy offering with five new graphic
horror novelettes: The Prophet, The
Wonder Pill, La Lucha, The Hotel and the eponymous Cinema Panopticum itself, each executed in his trademark
hallucinatory and hyper-detailed scratchboard style.
The first story in the book introduces the other four: A little girl visits an
amusement park. She looks fascinated, but finds everything too expensive.
Finally, behind the rollercoaster she eyeballs a small booth with "Cinema
Panopticum" written on it. Inside there are boxes with screens. Every box
contains a movie. Ott's O. Henry-esque plot twists will delight fans of classic
horror like The Twilight Zone and Tales. From the Crypt, or modern efforts
like M. Night Shamalayan's films; his artwork will haunt you long after you've
put the book down. Please note this hardcover edition is the German language edition.
Edition Modern, hardback,
104 pages
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