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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 Caravaggio's 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 of Caravaggio 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.

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Erudite and crammed with historical detail ... bawdy and passionate ... utterly engrossing ... breathtakingly beautiful. ... If, like me, you know Manara mainly through his superhero covers or his erotica, you may be excused for having the same reaction I did -- open-mouthed wonder.--J.D. Dunsany ""The Muttering Muse"" The world's premier erotic artist tackles one of history's greatest painters. ... luscious, painterly approach ... And yes, his naked ladies are just as carefully rendered.--Cam Petti ""AIPT Comics""

"Erudite and crammed with historical detail ... bawdy and passionate ... utterly engrossing ... breathtakingly beautiful. ... If, like me, you know Manara mainly through his superhero covers or his erotica, you may be excused for having the same reaction I did -- open-mouthed wonder.--J.D. Dunsany ""The Muttering Muse"" The world's premier erotic artist tackles one of history's greatest painters. ... luscious, painterly approach ... And yes, his naked ladies are just as carefully rendered.--Cam Petti ""AIPT Comics"""

Just in time for his 80th birthday, the Italian sex comics genius Milo Manara has finished a two-volume graphic biography of another famously libidinous artist. The books are, in many ways, Manara's theory of his own work, and Caravaggio is his stand-in.-- ""New York Times"" Right out the gate you see that Manara is firing on all guns... This is a master truly leveraging every skill he has. That's European comics at it's best.-- ""Living The Line"" Highly recommended for personal, community, and college/university library Art History/Biography collections.-- ""Midwest Book Review"" Meticulously historically researched and exquisitely executed by Italian graphic artist Milo Manara. ... It's a gorgeous work of art in itself. A joy!-- ""Fortean Times"" Manara combines figures rendered with sensuous minimalism and intricately detailed backgrounds to create a sense of deep immersion in 16th-century Rome in this enthralling tale of the legendarily volatile ""Master of Light and Shadow.""--Tom Batten ""Library Journal"" Erudite and crammed with historical detail ... bawdy and passionate ... utterly engrossing ... breathtakingly beautiful. ... If, like me, you know Manara mainly through his superhero covers or his erotica, you may be excused for having the same reaction I did -- open-mouthed wonder.--J.D. Dunsany ""The Muttering Muse"" The world's premier erotic artist tackles one of history's greatest painters. ... luscious, painterly approach ... And yes, his naked ladies are just as carefully rendered.--Cam Petti ""AIPT Comics""

"Erudite and crammed with historical detail ... bawdy and passionate ... utterly engrossing ... breathtakingly beautiful. ... If, like me, you know Manara mainly through his superhero covers or his erotica, you may be excused for having exactly the same reaction I did -- open-mouthed wonder.--J.D. Dunsany ""The Muttering Muse"" The world's premier erotic artist tackles one of history's greatest painters. ... luscious, painterly approach ... And yes, his naked ladies are just as -- carefully rendered.--Cam Petti ""AIPT Comics"""

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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.

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