Berlin

Set in the waning days of the Weimar Republic, Jason Lutes’s Berlin is a sweeping, meticulously researched graphic novel serialized over two decades by Drawn & Quarterly. Through the intersecting lives of a diverse cast—journalists, artists, and ordinary citizens—Lutes chronicles the city’s descent from vibrant cultural ferment into the shadow of fascism. Its patient, black-and-white storytelling and deep humanism make it a landmark work of historical fiction in comics, offering an intimate epic of a society on the brink.