Berlin

Set in the final years of Germany’s Weimar Republic, Berlin is a meticulously researched, three-issue comic series published by Carlsen Comics from 2003 to 2018. Primarily written and drawn by Jason Lutes, with contributions from Heinrich Anders and Lutz Göllner, the series weaves together the lives of ordinary citizens against the backdrop of a city—and a nation—sliding toward political catastrophe. Its intimate, human-scale storytelling and detailed black-and-white art make it a landmark work of historical fiction in comics, offering a poignant, grounded portrait of a society on the brink.