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Rep. John Lewis to write, star in graphic novel
Rep. John Lewis is poised to become the first sitting member of Congress to author a graphic novel.
The Georgia Democrat is launching a trilogy called March, which details his work with the civil rights movement.
Lewis will collaborate with co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to create the books, which will be released this summer.
Top Shelf Productions, which is creating the illustrated tales, tells ITK it’s the first and only graphic novel publisher to be certified by the House Committee on Standards.
The 128-page novel will cost about $15. Top Shelf says of Lewis and the graphic novel’s artist, “Together, they bring to life one of our nation’s most historic moments, a period both shameful and inspiring, and a movement whose echoes will be heard for generations.”
Lewis’s office declined to comment on the promotion of the book.
