Octopus #[nn]

Mark Hendriks's Octopus announces itself with a striking cover that feels like ink dissolving into deep water — swirling layers of black, slate, and white suggest an enormous, looming creature, while a lone silhouetted figure dangles precariously in the upper right, dwarfed by the murky expanse around them. The design is spare yet genuinely unsettling, evoking the ocean's indifferent scale with an almost painterly confidence. With Hendriks handling every creative role himself, this 2017 Scratch Books release has the focused, personal vision of a true solo effort.