![]() ![]() Five years later, they had published the first volume of “March,” and today, after three books and long traveling tours, the unlikely pair behave more like family than congressman and aide. Aydin has worked for Congressman Lewis for a decade, but their co-author relationship began in 2008 when Lewis stepped to Aydin’s defense after he took some ribbing from coworkers when they learned he planned to spend his vacation at a comics convention. ![]() It’s the friendship between a 77-year-old icon of the Civil Rights Movement and a 33-year-old second-generation Turkish Atlantan. ![]() Schools in at least 40 states are teaching “March,” and it’s an international bestseller with a half-million copies in print in seven languages.īut there is something else that makes “March” special, and it lives outside the pages. Kennedy Book Award - has also expanded the historical canon to include comics. The trilogy - the first graphic novel ever to win the National Book Award and the Robert F. ![]() It propels the spirit and power of the Civil Rights Movement’s nonviolent action into the 21st century. “March” - the collaboration between Congressman John Lewis, his congressional staffer Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell - is a monumental work of nonfiction. It might be the most important “comic book” ever created. ![]()
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