Teufelsfisch #[nn]

Susumu Katsumata's Teufelsfisch ("Devil Fish") arrives from Reprodukt with a cover that immediately establishes his distinctive atmosphere: a dense field of lotus blossoms surrounds the ruins of an industrial structure — a tower and crumbling buildings rendered in fine, expressive linework against a muted grey ground. A small solitary figure can be glimpsed among the flowers, dwarfed by both the encroaching nature and the decaying machinery. It's a quietly unsettling image that balances delicacy and unease in equal measure, a fine introduction to Katsumata's singular vision.