Born in Alabama, Lewis had grown up reading newspaper comics. As a young man, he himself first learned about nonviolent protest through a comic book. The reason Lewis marched at Comic-Con was the same one that spurred him to create his best-selling civil rights memoir - the graphic-novel trilogy “March” (Top Shelf Productions) - with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell: To engage young people, you must often dramatize history. “As you know, the civil rights movement was often led by the children and the young people.” “I felt very, very moved just by being with the kids,” he said. In 2015, to summon that historic memory, Lewis led a procession through the large bayside convention hall, holding a child’s hand in each of his. But of course, it is such an important story to read.In 1965, on what became known as “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Congressman John Lewis - who died on Jat 80 - led about 600 nonviolent marchers into the maw of state troopers’ nightsticks and tear gas. A lot of it was incredibly heartbreaking. Of course, because of the topic, a lot of this was very hard to read and even more difficult to see in illustrated form. I loved that the illustrations were black and white because that really created an incredible tone for the story. The artwork was absolutely stunning and the details were incredible. But I am very happy that I now know about them. I am so embarrassed to say that some of these names were new to me. The characters were all very well developed, especially for a history-based graphic novel. I loved all of the switches between present day and the past that occurred throughout! Needless to say, the storylines in each book was incredibly well organized and perfectly paced. Once I picked each of these books up and started reading, I could not put them down. Right from the very first illustration, I was hooked. I loved absolutely everything about this gut-wrenching graphic novel trilogy. This volume also covers the march from Selma to Montgomery. In the “real world,” police officer and city officials still prevented black people from registering by creating poll taxes or making them complete “literacy tests.” Many were harassed and beaten some lost their jobs if they even attempted to register. Constitution had already given all citizens the right to vote, but that was only on paper. At this time, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. This third volume centers around the movement fighting for the right to vote.

March trilogy