Berlin

Set in the waning days of the Weimar Republic, Jason Lutes’s Berlin is a masterfully crafted, black-and-white drama that follows a cast of ordinary citizens navigating the social and political turmoil of 1920s Germany. Published by Black Eye over four issues from 1996 to 1998, the series is celebrated for its meticulous historical research and Lutes’s elegant, cinematic storytelling, which brings the city’s fragile, vibrant culture to life. It stands as a poignant, human-scaled portrait of a society on the brink of collapse, earning its reputation as a landmark of independent comics.