Die Säulen der Erde

Bastei Verlag’s 2024 adaptation of Ken Follett’s Die Säulen der Erde brings the sprawling, medieval saga of ambition, faith, and cathedral-building to the comic page. Though only two issues into its run, the series channels the epic scope of the source material through dense, period-accurate art and a focus on the intertwined fates of its characters. It’s a notable effort to translate a beloved historical novel into sequential art, capturing the tension of power struggles and architectural ambition in 12th-century England.