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March: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. I will definitely be buying the rest of the series and my kids will be reading them. I think he was brilliant to write these in comic book form! #stickynotebookreview . . . #graphicnovel #marchbookone #johnlewis #ownvoices #diversebooks #civilrightsmovement #memoir #bookstagram #booksthatmatter #bookreview #topshelfproductions #topshelfcomix #yareads (at Lake Travis)

Loving this book, already halfway through it. Some fun recommend reading especially for my fellow artists. Order your copy of "You Might Be An Artist If.." by @laurenpurje at www.topshelfcomix.com! Also available at Amazon.com. #laurenpurje #art #comic #comicbook #artistsofinstagram #igartists #newyorkartist #topshelfcomix #idwpublishing #book #bookrecommendation #bookrecommendations #artbooks #comicstrip #comicstrips

Congressman John Lewis is amazing for so many reasons, one of which is that he recognized that to reach kids, it was not enough to write a traditional autobiography.  So, as a way to tell the story of his life, from Alabama sharecropper’s farm to chair of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to Congress, he worked with amazing producers of sequential art to produce a trilogy of books (the first two volumes are available in paperback and digitally) that are absolutely amazing.  And, at Comic-Con, Congressman Lewis didn’t cosplay or create Dubsmash videos, but he did lead a mini-march of his own.  Steve Rogers would approve.

John Lewis cosplaying himself as a real American hero.

[art from Blue by Pat Grant]