Borgia: Blood for the Pope

'Borgia: Blood for the Pope', from the Heavy Metal Magazine, is one of the most graphic and provocative graphic novel or comics I have read in a long time. Sandman? Batman returns? American comics? Those are tame and ordinary. In the long tradition of advant garde European comics, this one is totally no holds barred. There is no sacred cow. It includes orgies, rapes, mass castrations, massacres, killing of children, oral sex, the corruption of religion and clergy, power struggles and more. Since it is about the infamous Borgias, it can surely not be any less. In any way, it is likely to be toned down.

The three-part work written by the well-known Jodorowsky is about the Borgia dynasty. Manara, famous for his protrayals of women, is responsible for this gorgeous visualisation.

This is part one of three. Be warned. Don't pick this up if you are easily offended.