Drawn & Quarterly presents the first issue of the comics masterpiece twenty years in the making, Berlin by the master cartoonist of his generation, Jason Lutes. A fascinating portrait of the twilight of the Weimar Republic, Berlin intertwines the narratives of communists and Nazis, Jews and gentiles, jazz musicians and swingers, rich and poor amidst the nation's imminent turn to facism. This FCBD issue includes exclusive bonus features, including an interview with Jason Lutes looking back on the landmark series, in anticipation of the hardcover release of the entire series in Fall 2018. Teen Audiences.
Berlin 3: Flirrende Stadt von Jason Lutes
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Distinctive Styles and Authorship in Alternative Comics addresses the benefits and limits of analyses of style in alternative comics. It offers three close readings of works serially published between 1980 and 2018 - Art Spiegelmans Maus, Alison Bechdels Dykes to Watch Out For, and Jason Lutes Berlin - and discusses how artistic style may influence the ways in which readers construct authorship.
As nationalism and antisemitism rise again, four graphic novels on pre-war and wartime Germany offer salutary lessons on how quickly politics can turn to poison. We spoke to their authors
The conclusion to a masterful graphic novel trilogy that follows Berlin's citizens as Nazism rises The third and final act of Jason Lutes's historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament, the citizenry becomes even more divided. Lutes steps back from the larger political upheaval, using the intertwining lives of a small group of Germans to zero in on the rise of fascism and how swiftly it can replace democracy. The idle rich, the naïve bourgeoisie, and the struggling lower classes: all seek meaning in the warring political factions dividing their nation. He especially focuses on the Brauns-a working-class family torn apart by a political system that doesn't care about them. Lovers couple and uncouple; families and friends share rituals and laughter; most of Berlin's citizens go about their day with little sense of the larger threat to their existence. Meanwhile, the journalist Kurt Severing and the artist Marthe Muller watch in horror as their society begins a dizzying descent into extremism. Lutes' Berlin Book Three: City of Light is one of the most anticipated graphic novels of 2018, and the long-awaited conclusion to his beloved trilogy.
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As nationalism and antisemitism rise again, four graphic novels on pre-war and wartime Germany offer salutary lessons on how quickly politics can turn to poison. We spoke to their authors
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In BERLIN - Steinerne Stadt erzählt Jason Lutes die Geschichte der jungen Studentin Marthe Müller und den Journalisten Kurt Severing in den Wirren der Weimarere Republik. Eindringlich, detailliert und historisch fundiert erzählt Lutes von den Ereignissen am Vorabend des "Dritten Reichs".
Berlin. Miasto kamieni Jasona Lutesa jest opowieścią o upadku starego porządku i narodzinach nowoczesności, której wymowne symbole – np. kolej czy samochody – pojawiają się już na początku książki,…
As nationalism and antisemitism rise again, four graphic novels on pre-war and wartime Germany offer salutary lessons on how quickly politics can turn to poison. We spoke to their authors
Nach dem Erfolg des ersten Bandes BERLIN - STEINERNE STADT legt Jason Lutes nun die Fortsetzung der Geschichte um die junge Studentin Marthe Müller und den Journalisten Kurt Severing vor. Eindringlich, detailliert und historisch fundiert erzählt Lutes von den Ereignissen am Vorabend des Dritten Reiches. Die Kämpfe zwischen Kommunisten und Nationalsozialisten werden heftiger, und die Stadt gleicht einem Pulverfass. Das Nachtleben Berlins bietet viele Möglichkeiten, die bittere Realität wenigstens zeitweise zu vergessen. Die amerikanische Jazzband Cocoa Kids wird für eine Weile einer der hellsten Sterne an Berlins Nachthimmel, doch die farbigen Musiker haben keinen leichten Stand...
Jason Lutes, Berlin.
