Jason Lutes

"Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart. The city...

In the third and final act of Jason Lutes's Berlin, he ... demonstrates how the rise of fascism changes the city, radically transforming the intertwining lives of a small group of Berliners. --