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Thomas Ott's scratchboard artistry is on full display with this hardcover from L'Association, its dark green cloth binding giving it the feel of a forbidden dossier. The cover centers on a severe, heavy-set man in a hat and suit clutching what appears to be a small card or ticket — rendered in Ott's signature high-contrast black-and-white style, his expression unreadable and quietly menacing. The cryptic numerical title alone is enough to pull you in, promising something strange and deliberate from one of silent comics' most distinctive voices.