Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1

Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1

Discover the bawdy, swashbuckling life of one of the greatest painters in history through Milo Manara’s passionate and personal tribute to his artistic idol.

Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1 is the first half of Milo Manara’s two-volume epic biography of the hot-tempered Italian master painter. It depicts the early years in Rome as he struggles to capture truth on canvas, only to have his art condemned to be burned by the Church. He then is forced to flee the city when he kills a man in righteous fury over the death of a prostitute.

The two volumes mark the return of Manara to U.S. readers and the debut of Fantagraphics’ new series, The Milo Manara Signature Edition, featuring affordable paperbacks of maestro Manara’s internationally acclaimed work. (Book 2 will follow in Spring 2025.) Discover the bawdy, swashbuckling life of one of the greatest painters in history through Manara’s passionate, personal tribute to his artistic idol, Michelangelo Merisi, whom the world would come to know as Caravaggio.

Biographical Notes:

Maurilio Manara, known professionally as Milo Manara, is an internationally acclaimed Italian comic book writer and artist best known for his lush, expansive approach to the medium, often depicting erotic characters and situations.

Title Notes:

Age Range: 18+.

Internationally acclaimed cartoonist with a long career.

Milo Manara has an American fanbase for his erotic and superhero art. Caravaggio’s outsized life is the perfect subject for Manara’s love of period settings, action, adventure, and sex.

Recent audience interest in graphic biography.