The Forest Travel beautifully translated by Sam Taylor

beautifully translated by Sam Taylor

specializing in design

“The eight pieces here sprawl far larger than the 200-odd pages that contain them

“A simple tale of affection

—Comics Beat

The Forest Travel beautifully translated by Sam TaylorBy Thomas Ott. Published by Fantagraphics. Hardcover, 32 pages, B&W, 2022. The Forest is a graphic novella told via twenty five singular illustrations, without words, of which only Swiss artist Thomas Ott is capable. A young boy sneaks away from a family funeral and sinks into the forest depths, where he confronts man's greatest fear and must choose his path. Drawing with a technique called scratchboard, where a white surface is covered with a black