The Martyrs of la Florida

Set in 16th-century Spanish Florida, this historical comic from Éditions du Signe recounts the true story of the first Catholic martyrs in what is now the United States. Writer Corrina Laughlin and artist André Le Bras bring to life the clash of cultures and faiths that marked the early colonial period, focusing on the brutal 1566 execution of three Jesuit missionaries by the Calusa people. A sobering, visually striking work that reclaims a little-known chapter in American religious history.