It seems you haven’t really made it as an artistuntil there’s a comic book about you. Caravaggio is the latest to have joinedthe ranks of artists, including Egon Schiele, Hokusai and Frieda Kahlo,immortalised in the so-called ninth art with a new comic book by Milo Manara, publishedby the French house Glénat. Caravaggio, La Palette et l’épee (Caravaggio: thepalette and the sword), the first volume in a planned two-part series, recountsthe painter’s tumultuous Roman years and was created “around the Death of theVirgin, the last work painted in Rome,” Manara told the Swiss daily newspaper24 Heures. Episodes include the fatal brawl that forced Caravaggio to flee thecity, a wanted man in connection with the murder of Ranuccio Tomassoni. Meanwhile,Panini Comics are publishing a version in Italian.
