Avec Jean-Paul II #1

A youthful Karol Wojtyla strides confidently through a mountain landscape, pack on his back and hand raised in cheerful greeting, while a group of younger hikers follows behind him on the trail — a vivid portrait of the man before he became Pope John Paul II. Created by Dominique Bar, Louis-Bernard Koch, and Guy Lehideux, this French-language album from Éditions du Triomphe traces his journey from Cracow to Rome in warm, accessible bande dessinée style. It's a genuinely appealing introduction to an extraordinary life, rendered with energy and care in 2002.