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The end of the tale isn't surprising, but the way that the logic is worked out to its predestined conclusion is nice, and the drawings are wonderful.

From artistic, design, and narrative standpoints, Ott creates a masterpiece of contemporary graphic storytelling that knows no geographical or linguistic boundaries.--Rick Klaw

Ott has once again produced a twisted, scary masterpiece.--Neel Mukherjee

The Swiss master of fatalistic noir here engrossingly envisions a story too corny for words, which contemporary crime-fiction writers wouldn't touch.--Ray Olson

The bizarre plot twists and moody, David Lynch-esque horror from Swiss suspense master Thomas Ott don't disappoint.

A wonderfully crafted horror story that moves along briskly to the end but which lingers in the reader's mind for much longer.--Sam Gafford

Ott's hyper-meticulous attention to how detail relates to used space and negative space is at once both unsettling and captivating, utilizing a form of technical, pen-like cross-hatching for essentially every line that can only be described as Robert Crumb on Adderall.--C. R. Stemple

by T. Ott
Forget Sin City, welcome to Swiss horror master T. Ott's first full-length graphic novel! The Number 73307-23-4156-6-96-8 is full of guilt! Desperation! Gambling! Disappearing money! Disappearing women! Bad luck! And love! When cleaning the cell of an executed prisoner, a prison guard finds a small piece of paper with a combination of numbers on it. The numbers awake the prison guard's curiosity and he sets off in search of their meaning. Perhaps, if he can answer their riddle, he'll find a new meaning to his life as well? T. Ott's O. Henry-esque plot twists will delight fans of classic horror such as The Twilight Zone as well as fans of hard-boiled detective fiction by the like of Raymond Chandler.