We follow the lives of an extremely varied and engaging set of characters from all walks of life illustrating the very different social strata of Berlin between the wars. Set in the final years of the failed Weimar Republic, in a Berlin gradually being torn apart by the ideologically opposed Communist and fascist National Socialist factions and their street-level thugs and militias, this work perfectly captures and conveys the polar opposites of bare survival and nihilistic hedonism variously endured and enjoyed by the city's many citizens. This is undoubtedly the most impressive work of historical fiction I have come across in our medium to date. Jason Lute's BERLIN is an epic endeavour with an exceptional scope of detailed storytelling and a beautiful black and white, clean-line drawing style that makes an absolute truism of the term graphic novel.
A mere twenty-two years later, ironically matching the number of single issues the series comprised in that time, we have finally arrived at its conclusion. I will remain where I have found love where people fight in the street where I can feel the world spinning underfoot."īack in April 1996 issue #1 of what was destined to become a true comics classic arrived on comics retailers' shelves, with absolutely no idea of what stoic patience would be required of the loyal faithful that read it, adored it and decided to sign on for the long haul. Sometimes it frightens me, sometimes it terrifies me - but I still wake every morning in anticipation of the city's next surprise. "In Berlin I have found the world - the great, messy, beautiful world beyond the hedge surrounding the haute-bourgeois home of my youth.
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