{"product_id":"9781560975090","title":"Dead End","description":"The second book from Europe's master of modern wordless horror.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead End\u003c\/i\u003e is Ott's second US release, following hot on the heels of early 2002's \u003ci\u003eGreetings from Hellville\u003c\/i\u003e. Like \u003ci\u003eHellville, Dead End\u003c\/i\u003e consists of Ott's trademark storytelling: wordless, stark, black-and-white scratchboard horror stories with twist endings, rendered beautifully with fish eye perspectives that create a vertiginous anxiety. Parts \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, O. Henry, and Kafka, Ott's work evokes a visual history of literary suspense and horror; it reads like Dante's \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e done as an issue of \u003ci\u003eTales from the Crypt\u003c\/i\u003e, drawn by original \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e illustrator Gustave Doré. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two stories In \u003ci\u003eDead End\u003c\/i\u003e focus literally and figuratively on the circle. In the first short story, entitled \"The Millionaires,\" a mysterious suitcase of money creates a cycle of death spurred by greed and lust; yes, another contemporary-updating of the tried \"Monkey's Paw\" variety, but in Ott's inimitable hands the story becomes less a morality play for children than a menacing reality check for adults. \"Washing Day,\" the collection's second story, follows the path of an assassin on the trail of a former magician; the assassin quickly learns that there are perils in following a white rabbit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Biography: \u003ci\u003eThomas Ott\u003c\/i\u003e is the lead singer of The Playboys and dabbles in animation when not pursuing his painstaking comics. He lives in Switzerland.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060243054832,"sku":"9781560975090","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781560975090_p0.jpg?v=1763785777","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781560975090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}