The Terrible Pope

The Terrible Pope is a series of French historical comic strips written by Alejandro Jodorowsky, designed by Theo and colorized by Sébastien Gérard and Florent Bossard 1 . The first volume came out on 21 October 2009 At Delcourt, in the collection " Histoire & histoires ". Made up of diptychs, The terrible Pope is part of a trilogy 2 initiated by Jodorowsky with Borgia , telling different stages of the history of the Vatican between the end of the xv th and beginning of the xvi th century.

The morning of 18 August 1503 At the Vatican rings the death of Pope Alexander VI . The latter, whose real name was Rodrigo Borgia, was part of the Borgia clan , the sworn enemies of Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere who, aided by his vicar and lover, intends to take advantage of the open field to gain access to the pontificate . Having neither the interpersonal skills nor the fortune necessary to be elected at the conclave , the cardinal went into the shadows, making alliances by means of promises he did not intend to honor, to be named pope under the name of Jules II .

The Throne of Clay

The Throne of Clay is a series of history comic taking place during the Hundred Years War. It is a comic series whose first book, The Knight with an ax, was released in 2006. Screenplay: Nicolas Jarry, France Richemond. Drawings: Theo Caneschi. Colours: Lorenzo Pieri.

It depicts the famous period of the Hundred Years War in which France is both torn civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians and threatened by the English invasion of the kingdom of France, first led by Henry V, then his death, continued by his brother Bedford, regent on behalf of little Henry VI. The action starts in 1418 with the taking of Paris by the Burgundians of John the Fearless and directed, in particular, an important figure of the moment: Tanneguy of Châtel, provost of Paris and member of the Armagnac party. Series that recounts the last part of the Hundred Years War. It begins with Volume 1 in 1418, when Paris fell to the Burgundians and ends with Joan of Arc. France, in 1418, the Kingdom wobbles. The king Charles VI sinks into madness so that Armagnacs and Burgundians tear each other apart in a bloody civil war. English armies besiege the Norman fortresses that are after each other. The Hundred Years War, after some years of truce flares up again and nothing seems to counter the fate that befalls France. Yet the 28 May, a man, Tanneguy of Châtel, forever changed the course of history.