There's a great serial comic (comix?) that I've fallen in love with. It's called Berlin.
For those of you who don't follow the comix world, Berlin is an ambitious work by Jason Lutes (also author of the well-received Jar of Fools). When completed, it will be a trilogy based on the fall of the Weimar Republic.
Berlin follows several characters around the city, of various types. Mostly we see through the eyes of newcomer art student Marthe Mueller, who comes to escape the lack of possibility in her hometown. Another important character is Kurt Severing, a reporter for a political newspaper. In fact, the series begins with the two of them meeting on the train to the city. There are also other minor characters whose family struggles take place within the swirling political cauldron of late 1920's Berlin.
Lutes has a lovely drawing style. Nice, clean lines and not a lot of cross-hatching. The lack of color (it's in black and white) gives the drawings an added gravity.
The first part of the trilogy (1-8) has been re-released in a collection called Berlin: City of Stones. Numbers 9 and 10 have been released recently. I highly recommend this book (and not just because I'm both a comix and 20's geek) to anyone and everyone. Maybe I'll see you at the bookstore when I'm buying number 11?
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