Gleisdreieck - Berlin 1981 #[nn]

Set against the charged atmosphere of divided Berlin, Gleisdreieck — Berlin 1981 drops readers into one of the most turbulent chapters of the city's history. Jörg Mailliet's cover, rendered in a striking red-and-white palette, places a lone figure in a leather jacket and patterned scarf at the center — back to us, arms slightly raised — while behind them a line of riot police faces off against crumbling, graffiti-covered buildings bearing the words "Berlin stirbt abgöttisch." Writer Jörg Ulbert and artist Jörg Mailliet together capture a West Berlin on the edge, and this 2014 Berlin Story Verlag release feels like exactly the kind of graphic novel the city deserves.