Berlin TPB (2001-2018 Drawn and Quarterly) comic books 1980 or later
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jun 2001 by Drawn & Quarterly.$8.00
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Book 1: City of Stones!" Collects Berlin (1996) #1-8.
Story and art by Jason Lutes.
Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by the encroaching shadow of history.
Softcover, 212 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $15.95. -
Issue #2-REP
Published 2011 by Drawn & Quarterly.$8.70
Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Book 2: City of Smoke!" Collects Berlin (1996) #9-16.
Story and art by Jason Lutes.
The long-awaited second installment of the epic historical trilogy! The people of Weimar Berlin search for answers after the lethal May Day demonstration of 1929. Tension builds along with the dividing wall between communists and nationalists, Jews and gentiles, as the dawn of the Second World War draws closer. The lives of the characters within Lutes's epic weave together to create a seamless portrait of this transitory city. Marthe Muller follows lover Kurt Severing as he interviews participants in the May Day demonstration, but moonlights in the city's lesbian nightlife. Lutes creates a sense of anxiety and imminent doom.
Softcover, 212 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95. -
Published Sep 2018 by Drawn & Quarterly.$14.00
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Book 3: City of Light!" Collects Berlin (1996) #17-22.
Story and art by Jason Lutes.
The third and final act of Jason Lutes' 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 German citizens to zero in on the rise of fascism and how swiftly it can replace democracy. The idle rich, the naive bourgeoisie, and the struggling lower classes: all seek meaning in the warring political factions dividing their nation.
Softcover, 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.
