Carla Bruni is a cartoon character

Carla Bruni is the star of a cartoon book on her rise from 1990s supermodel to the Elysée

ARGUABLY France’s most famous first lady since Josephine, Carla Bruni is the star of a cartoon book on her rise from 1990s supermodel to the Elysée.

Written by Doctor Who writer David McIntee, it is part of US company Bluewater Production’s “Female Force” series on the most influential women in modern culture, and she joins Michelle Obama, Princess Diana, Oprah Winfrey and Margaret Thatcher.

The bande dessinée covers her modelling career and lovers from Eric Clapton to ex-French PM Laurent Fabius.