Breakthrough: the Fall of the Wall

by Pierre Christin, Neil Gaiman, Enki Bilal

In an unprecedented spirit of co-operation, twenty-seven of the world's best comics artists and writers met the to compile this collection of their unique, individual reactions to the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the breakthrough to freedom which has changed the political map of Eastern Europe. Features Enki Bilal, Neil Gaiman, Dave Gibbons, Dave McKean, Moebius, Bill Sienkiewicz, Jacques Tardi, Daniel Torres, and many more!

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, History, Graphic Novels, Comics Bd

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Pierre Christin was a French comics creator and writer.

Reviews

[César · Rating 3 out of 5]

Com a queda do muro, reuniu-se, à laia de edição comemorativa, a nata da BD dos dois lados e fez-se uma coletânea tipo Live Aid com 2 ou 3 páginas para cada um. Vale por isso.

[Martin · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've had this sitting on my shelf since it first came out, still sealed. It's terribly disappointing. Meant to celebrate the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, three of the creators instead attack capitalism. I was very happy when the wall went down. I have a picture of myself somewhere with the section of the wall that Microsoft moved to its campus in Redmond.

But here we have 3 creators who essentially dismiss the lack of creative freedom, terrible living conditions, shortened lifespans, and political slavery that was East Germany and instead let readers know the "real" problem is capitalism, that terrible system in which one chooses how to make a living, how to spend one's own time and money, and can spend as much time as one would like creating as long some time is spent producing a good or service someone else is willing to buy. It just proves one can be considered a talented comic creator and still be an absolute idiot.

[Timo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Olihan se iso juttu, kun Berliinissä muuri kaatui. Onneksi muuta vuosi myöhemmin rakennetaan uusia muureja, että saadaan muutaman vuoden päästä päivitetty versio tästä albumista.
Toisaalta, ei tämä nyt niin hyvä ollut, että saadakseen tästä päivittetty versio, kannattaisi muureja rakentaa.
Oli tässä hetkensä, mutta osa jutuista oli myös liian syvällistä, että olisin jaksanut nähdä vaivaa keskittyäkseni. Taidetta.

[Greg · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was hit or miss for me. Mostly, though, I didn’t feel I knew enough about the moment it was trying to capture for it to really resonate with me. The cover did remind me of the We Are The World album which I enjoyed.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL in words and/or art by many Europeans- some towards or in U.S.S.R. and also Bill Sienkewiscz!

[drown_like_its_1999 · Rating 3 out of 5]

An anthology series of comics, prints, and essays commerating (and commenting on) the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, featuring a huge variety of notable creators at the time.

This was a quite an enjoyable and varied collection of contemplative content. Many of the contributions were modest but there were plenty of really well executed and thoughtful little works. My favorite was probably Dave Gibbons satiral comic about a capitalist superhero nominating himself the "boss" of the East Berlin government after it's fall. Milo Minara's comic about a girl dancing with living graphitti on the wall was cute and surprisingly innocent given his ouvre. I also quite enjoyed Pahek's futurist adaptation where countries are floating ships but Europe remains landlocked due to a heavy military checkpoint before it becomes dismantled due to civilian uprising.