Front cover of the book A SHORT DISPATCH FROM DOKTOR FEAR by BENBO. The title is in large, left-justified, black capitals in a retrofuturistic font called 'Synchro', on a flat bright medical green background. A possibly bald cartoon person with a grey-pink face and tired eyes stands underneath the title. This is Doktor Fear. Stylistically, the cartoon is a mix of a simple 2D pen and ink outline in black that has been scanned and coloured digitally in bold block colours; but, the texture of the original paper shows through the scan and breaks up the block colours in places. Doktor Fear is dressed all in black, with a large gown extending to their ankles, beneath which two tiny black-shod feet peep out. The Doktor has a weird pseudo-religious hat on - also black - which has a flat top and sides that make it look like the base of an inverted triangle. The Doktor's mouth crosses the bottom of their face - at both top and bottom are sharp off-white teeth, and between the top and bottom teeth, the word 'fear' is inscribed in cream over a dark red background. Underneath Doktor Fear is the author name, also in black Synchro font, but centred and smaller than the title.

A SHORT DISPATCH FROM DOKTOR FEAR (2020)

56pp, pen/ink/scan data/digital manipulation + text

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