Sunday, May 15, 2011

Berlin: City of Stones / City of Smoke

Author / Illustrator: Jason Lutes

Fascinating, rich portrait of Berlin as the Weimar republic crashes down, communists march in the streets, the elite parties and intellectuals discuss.

Details in the art of clothing are so carefully rendered and the multiple story lines weave together and contrast the starving poor with the wealthy.

At the end of City of Smoke, the National Socialists are elected into parliament.

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