LOW

This always fascinating, sometimes challenging, book captures both the detail and spirit of Bowie’s Berlin Years making Low, an absolute high. * The Slings & Arrows *Gleefully potent, loose-limbed, energetically fantasmagoric yet understated art… LOW: Bowie’s Berlin Years is as much a potent tribute to the city and its people at a key point in history as only a Cologne-born Berliner-by-choice could tell it. It’s also a powerful reminder of those precarious times and how fashion, art and music helped us through the grimness of it all… * Now Read This! *Bowie’s Berlin Years is an affectionate, thorough addition to the almost-mystical power of its dual subjects. * Buzz Magazine *This book is a real labour of love and a testament to a high point in Bowie’s career… a must read. * The Indiependant *A Reinhard Kleist graphic novel is always a good time and this is no exception. * Bookmunch *Kleist’s ability to jump in time between panels allows him to spin a web of connection and allusion that brings together all the various incarnations of Bowie’s life and career. * The Herald *

Reinhard Kleist, born in 1970 in Hürth, Cologne, has worked and lived as an illustrator and comic book artist in Berlin since 1996. He made his international breakthrough in 2006 with the biographical comic book Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, which was awarded the renowned Max and Moritz Prize and nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards. With The Boxer in 2013, Kleist became the first cartoonist to receive the German Youth Literature Prize. In 2017, Kleist once again tackled one of music’s great storytellers in Nick Cave: Mercy on Me, which was simultaneously released in many languages. In 2018, Kleist was honoured for his work with the Max and Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Book Artist. In 2021, Kleist tackled another extraordinary boxing champion, Emile Griffith, in the comic book Knock Out! His critically acclaimed graphic biography of David Bowie will form two parts: Starman: Bowie’s Stardust Years (2023) and LOW: Bowie’s Berlin Years (2025).