Thomas Ott

Thomas Ott (born 10 June 1966) is a Swiss comic artist. His comics have been published in German-speaking countries, France, the United States, Spain, Denmark, Italy and other places.

Thomas Ott (2019)

Ott's often wordless comics feature a dark, grim atmosphere; he works mainly with cutters and scratchboard.[1]

Biography

After graduating from the School of Design in Zurich in 1987, Ott worked as a comic artist in Zurich and Paris. His first book, Tales of Error, was published by Edition Moderne in 1989. Other books followed with the same publisher as well as the French publisher L'Association. He has worked for Strapazin, Lapin, L'Écho des Savanes and various newspapers, among other publications.[2]

From 1998 to June 2001, Ott studied film at the Zurich School of Art and Design.[1] His diploma film was the 15-minute Sjeki vatcsh!!.

In 2013, Ott released another new work after three years: Dark Country is the story of a nightmarish honeymoon and is a standalone adaptation of the 2008 film of the same name by screenwriter Tab Murphy and director and Hollywood actor Thomas Jane (The Punisher). Jane himself invited Ott to tell his film as a comic.[3]

Works
  • Tales of Error, 1989, Edition Moderne
  • Phantom der Superheld, 1994, Edition Moderne
  • Greetings from Hellville, 1995, Edition Moderne
  • Dead End, 1996, Edition Moderne
  • La douane, 1996, L’Association
  • La bête à cinq doigts, 1996, L'Association
  • La grande famiglia, 1997, L'Association
  • t.o.t.t., 2002, Edition Moderne
  • Cinema Panopticum, 2005, Edition Moderne
  • The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8, Zürich: Edition Moderne 2008, 2nd edition 2013. ISBN 978-3-03731-025-0
  • Unplugged. Das Skizzenbuch, Zürich: Edition Stephan Witschi, 2009
  • R.I.P. Best of 1985-2004, Zürich: Edition Moderne 2010. ISBN 3037310529
  • Dark Country, Zürich: Edition Moderne 2013. ISBN 978-3-03731-114-1
  • Black Island, Zürich: Hammer-Verlag 2013
  • A Hell of a Woman (Jim Thompson), Editions la Baconnière, 2014
  • Louis Vuitton - Travel Book - Route 66, Editions Louis Vuitton, 2017
  • Wo die Liebe hinfällt (illustrations by Thomas Ott), Diogenes Verlag, 2018
  • The Forest, translated from La Forêt, published in France, 2020
  • Der Wald. Carlsen, Hamburg, 2021, ISBN 978-3-551-76020-3

Awards
  • Official Website
  • Literature by and about Thomas Ott in the German National Library catalogue
  • "Ott, Thomas". SIKART Lexicon on art in Switzerland.

References
  1. "In the Dark The Macabre Vision of Thomas Ott | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. "Kurzbiografie auf den Seiten des Comicfestivals bilbolbul.net". Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  3. Dark Country. Edition Moderne. 2013. ISBN 9783037311141.
  4. "Thomas Ott" (in German). ZHdK. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  5. Culture, © Federal Office of. "Thomas Ott". www.schweizerkulturpreise.ch. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
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