Tales of Error

A single, haunting issue from 1989, Tales of Error is a wordless, black-and-white comic by Swiss artist Thomas Ott, published by Edition Moderne. Using a scratchboard technique, Ott crafts a grim, surreal visual narrative of a hapless man whose life spirals into a series of bizarre and violent misfortunes. This debut issue established Ott's signature style of silent, macabre storytelling, making it a key artifact of European alternative comics.