François #[nn]

A compelling graphic biography from Les Arènes BD, this 2018 French-language work by Delalande, Bidot, and Bertorello traces what the cover boldly proclaims as an extraordinary destiny — "des favelas au trône de Saint Pierre." The cover itself is striking: a determined, white-robed papal figure dominates the foreground, the unmistakable dome of St. Peter's Basilica rising through a cool blue haze behind him, rosary and cross at his chest. It's a thoughtful, cinematic portrait that immediately signals this is more than a standard biography — it's a story of remarkable human journey rendered through the art of the bande dessinée.