Congressman Lewis and "March, Book 1" Book Signing, Saturday 17 August 2013
I don’t usually shill for my store…
…not least, because the corporate overlords and I don’t always see eye-to-eye…
And also,
I mean we do book signings all the time. All the damn time. I didn’t blog when we had Stephen King. I didn’t blog when we hosted (then Senator) Hillary Clinton. We’ve hosted Khaled Hosseini. Gregg Allman. John Smoltz. Steve Harvey. Jen Lancaster. Laurell K. Hamilton. Kathryn Stockett. Emily Giffin. Stuart Woods. Daniel Silva. ok so now I’m boring you,
How about book signings for The Oatmeal, The Blogess, Cake Wrecks, and Hungry Girl?
[now you’re paying attention? see, this is why I don’t blog these things…]
However,
Tomorrow in the store we’ll be hosting my congressman and civil rights legend John Lewis who will be signing his new book — it was released this past Tuesday — and while that might be reason enough
— this gets a mention on my blog, because John Lewis’s new book is a graphic novel illustrated by Nate Powell (Any Empire, 2009 Eisner Award Winner Swallow Me Whole – both also from Top Shelf)
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“Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon, one of the key figures of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper’s farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to the 1963 March on Washington, and from receiving beatings from state troopers to receiving the Medal of Freedom from the first African-American president.
“Now, to share his remarkable story with new generations, Lewis presents March, a graphic novel trilogy, in collaboration with co-writer Andrew Aydin and New York Times best-selling artist Nate Powell (winner of the Eisner Award and LA Times Book Prize finalist for Swallow Me Whole).
“March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis’ lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis’ personal story, it also reflects on the highs and lows of the broader civil rights movement.
“Book One spans John Lewis’ youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins, building to a stunning climax on the steps of City Hall.”
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relevant press:
SDCC: Rep. John Lewis’s MARCH: Book One : Pam Auditore, ComicsBeat.com, 16 August 2013 — the coverage at The Beat includes two YouTube clips that I am Shamelessly attributing to them, before stealing them:
Top Shelf’s Comic-Con sparks media frenzy and sell-out success! : Top Shelf’s website http://www.topshelfcomix.com/news/, article dated 2 August 2013
More Shamelessly Attributed (and stolen) video! [wait 30 seconds for the ad…]
[even more media clips can be found in the Top Shelf article]
John Lewis on the Colbert Report from Tuesday, 13 August:
[part two with Colbert here, Congressman Lewis was also a guest last year, 4 June 2012; plus additional coverage of the Colbert appearances at Top Shelf]
SDCC: Congressman John Lewis Debuts “March” at Comic-Con : Corey Blake, Comic Book Resources, 12 August 2013
More Video! (from the source cited above!)
If you can’t make it in for the event, a limited number of signed copies should be available after the event — no guarantees though: copies are reserved for attendees first, and availability also depends on how long Congressman Lewis can stay to sign stock. Call the store after 4pm EDT to inquire about availability and to also arrange for payment and shipping (we can take your information and credit card payments over the phone).
And I’d also like to point out publisher Top Shelf has limited, signed and numbered hardcovers available to order direct from their site (we’ve only the paperbacks in stock at the bookstore) so that may be an even better option for some (or most) collectors.
March, Book 1 is also available as an ebook, for those who must. For your online shopping convenience, cut-and-paste the ISBNs below:
paperback 9781603093002
digital 9781603093026, ASIN B00CTBU3NC