Le Pape Terrible #2

Alejandro Jodorowsky and artist Theo bring their richly atmospheric historical series to its second chapter with "Jules II," a portrait of papal power rendered in sumptuous detail. The cover presents a commanding, robed figure — the Pope himself — draped in an ornate crimson-and-gold cape and papal crown, his bearing cold and imperious within the grandeur of a frescoed Renaissance interior. Florent Bossard's deep, burnished colors give the whole image a weight that matches the title's promise: this is a story about authority, ambition, and the terrible cost of wielding both.