500 years ago a brash young monk single-handedly confronted the most powerful institutions of his day, sparking the Protestant Reformation and marking one of the great turning points in history. The anniversary of the revolution Martin Luther helped start has produced a spate of doorstop-sized biographies. Luckily, today there exists a more accessible format that does justice to such a colorful, complex character and his tumultuous life and times – the graphic novel.