Jason Lutes
Author
Publisher
Disney, Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
81 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A snapshot of one moment in the life of Harry Houdini, focusing on the events of a single day -- May 1, 1908 -- and a single publicity stunt, in which Houdini leapt into the near-frozen Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts wearing only a bathing suit and shackled at the wrists and ankles, and though we know what to expect, he still pulls several surprises. Bold graphics presents a living picture of this greatest of American showmen, and probably...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
549 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), map (on lining papers) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...