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 a glowing shadow.

City of Stones

Berlin Book One

Berlin 01. Steinerne Stadt

The Handcuff King

Houdini

One of the most successful books of the past decade is back in a new printing (the first-ever printing by Drawn & Quarterly), just in time for the new century! The New York Times Book Review called Jar of Fools "...a lovely, short 'picture novel' exploring the tenacious bond between an alcoholic stage magician and his cranky mentor". Jason Lutes' formidable skills as an artist and writer are in evidence here in his first book as he relates the story of Ernie Weiss, a former magician haunted by the death of his escape-artist brother and a failed romance. With the recent release of Berlin; Book One, this new edition of Jar of Fools will serve as an excellent introduction to the early work of Jason Lutes.

Jar of Fools

Alexandre Boide

Indicado ao Eisner e ao Harvey Awards; vencedor de dois prêmios Excellence in Graphic Literature. Fruto de mais de 20 anos de dedicação, Berlim, de Jason Lutes, é um épico sobre a ascensão do nazismo em uma das mais efervescentes e cosmopolitas cidades europeias do século 20. Considerado pela crítica internacional uma obra-prima e um marco na história dos quadrinhos, o livro é um retrato multifacetado da Berlim dos anos 1920: os cabarés, a vida operária, a vanguarda artística, a intelectualidade de esquerda, os comunistas enfrentando nazistas nas ruas e uma sociedade escorregando à vista de todos para a brutalidade fascista. Usando recursos que só os quadrinhos proporcionam, Lutes faz, na forma de um romance emocionante, um retrato do trágico declínio da República de Weimar pelos olhos de seus cidadãos. Marthe Muller, uma jovem que troca a vida burguesa em Colônia pela libertária Berlim; Kurt Severing, um jornalista idealista que perde a convicção na palavra impressa à medida o extremismo e o fascismo avançam; os Brauns, uma família dilacerada pela pobreza e pela política. O livro acompanha a vida desses personagens conforme a cidade, onde a intelectualidade, a criatividade e a liberdade prosperaram, vai se despedaçando.

Berlim

Book one 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 a growing shadow. The second volume finds the people of Weimar Berlin searching for answers after the lethal May Day demonstration of 1929.

Berlin: City of Smoke

Berlin

Berlin. La città di fumo

In BERLIN – Steinerne Stadt erzählt Jason Lutes die Geschichte der jungen Studentin Marthe Müller und den Journalisten Kurt Severing in den Wirren der Weimarere Republik. Eindringlich, detailliert und historisch fundiert erzählt Lutes von den Ereignissen am Vorabend des »Dritten Reichs«.

Berlin 1: Steinerne Stadt

Seda Niğbolu

Berlin : Taṣ Ṣehir

Berlin : Duman Şehir

Nick Bertozzi

Offers a portrait of the legendary escape artist in graphic novel format, and reveals the secret behind his most amazing trick.

Berlín. Ciudad de humo

Berlín, que ahora se recopila en una edición integral en rústica, es una de las obras más ambiciosas que se hayan realizado en forma de novela gráfica. Jason Lutes se distancia de los grandes personajes de la política, para centrarse, a través de las vidas de un pequeño grupo de berlineses, en el ascenso del fascismo y la rapidez con la que puede reemplazar a la democracia. La mayoría de los habitantes de Berlín sigue su día a día sin percatarse de la amenaza que se cierne sobre su existencia. Mientras tanto, el periodista Kurt Severing y la artista Marthe Müller miran con horror cómo su sociedad comienza un vertiginoso descenso al extremismo.Berlín es una obra monumental elaborada a lo largo de veintidós años que muestra, a través de los ojos de la gente corriente, la transformación de la ciudad alemana de una metrópolis liberal a un baluarte del fascismo. El autor, Lutes, comenzó a publicar Berlín, de forma serializada, en 1996. Fue elegida en 2005 como una de las 10 mejores novelas gráficas de todos los tiempos por la revista Time. Ha ganado cinco premios Eisner, dos Ignatz y un Harvey. Confiesa que sabía muy poco de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, pero que un vídeo que vio en clase de historia sobre los campos de concentración le impactó profundamente. "La imagen que se me quedó grabada fue la de un bulldozer empujando pilas de cuerpos, pilas de cadáveres demacrados dentro de las fosas", confiesa horrorizado, y señala que desde entonces ha "tratado de darle un sentido". Más de una década después, cuando ya había empezado a dibujar Berlín, se dio cuenta de que había canalizado su obsesión hacia la ciudad. Quería entender qué ocurre antes del desastre: "Es el periodo antes de que estalle la tormenta y se desate el infierno"

Berlín

Nach dem Erfolg des ersten Bandes BERLIN - STEINERNE STADT legt Jason Lutes nun die Fortsetzung der Geschichte um die junge Studentin Marthe Müller und den Journalisten Kurt Severing vor. Eindringlich, detailliert und historisch fundiert erzählt Lutes von den Ereignissen am Vorabend des Dritten Reiches. Die Kämpfe zwischen Kommunisten und Nationalsozialisten werden heftiger, und die Stadt gleicht einem Pulverfass. Das Nachtleben Berlins bietet viele Möglichkeiten, die bittere Realität wenigstens zeitweise zu vergessen. Die amerikanische Jazzband Cocoa Kids wird für eine Weile einer der hellsten Sterne an Berlins Nachthimmel, doch die farbigen Musiker haben keinen leichten Stand...

Berlin 2: Bleierne Stadt

Berlin. Ediz. integrale

"I have escaped out of more handcuffs, manacles, and leg shackles than any other human being living." Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so over ninety years since his death. This is a snapshot of Houdini's life, centering on one of his most famous feats. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason Lutes and artist Nick Bertozzi reveal Houdini's life and influence: from the anti-Semitism Houdini fought all his life, to the adulation of the American public; from his hounding by the press, to his loving relationship with his wife Bess; from his egoism to his insecurity; from his public persona--to the secret behind his most amazing trick! And it's all in graphic form, so it's fresh, original, and unlike anything previously published about this most fascinating of American showmen.

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