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March
March: FCBD Special
Top Shelf celebrates Free Comic Book Day with 32 pages of excerpts from March Book One, Book Two, and Book Three (coming summer 2016). The first graphic novel from a sitting member of Congress, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and American icon. John Lewis rose from humble beginnings to become a national leader of the civil rights movement. This is his story, from an Alabama farm to the March on Washington and beyond, co-written by Andrew Aydin and brought to astonishing life by Nate Powell in a graphic novel trilogy.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 1, 2016
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John Lewis
35 books890 followersJohn Robert Lewis was the U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving since 1987 and was the dean of the Georgia congressional delegation. He was a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement and chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), playing a key role in the struggle to end segregation. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was one of the most liberal legislators.
Barack Obama honoured Lewis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and they marched hand in hand in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attack (March 7, 1965).
Barack Obama honoured Lewis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and they marched hand in hand in Selma on the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday attack (March 7, 1965).
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October 23, 2016
I have read the March trilogy, a really important educational story based on the life of Senator John Lewis and his experiences with the civil rights movement, shaped by Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell (Swallowed Whole) I saw that they had released this free 32 page comic book day "teaser" that gives you a little bit of a sense of the arc of the whole thing, so I am using this as they are to encourage people to read the series. It's really good, especially for (young) people who know little about that period of U.S. history, and those who are older, like me, who may need reminders of that time to help us reflect on troubling racial (and other unjust) incidents of today. It does not romanticize things in the least. It focuses on a young man that wants to go to a good college that happens to be all white at the time, and the path that move to desegregate takes him. How do you approach injustice? Helping people understand the path of non-violence espoused by Gandhi and King is central in this story. This comic is still free!
February 8, 2017
Just a sample of the graphic novel trilogy, but I really want to read them now. Read it on a bus coming back from the Women's March in D.C.
February 21, 2017
Teaser excerpts from the March Trilogy (one from each book). The chapters are very well chosen, and even without the rest of the story, give a precise impression of the story.
Anyway, it's done the trick, now I want to read the complete series...
Anyway, it's done the trick, now I want to read the complete series...
June 6, 2016
Now I'm excited to read the series!
March 31, 2022
Awalnya aku ngira komik ini genrenya semacam sci-fi atau yang semacamnya. Dan aku tertarik untuk baca karena masih ada waktu--sedikit--sebelum bulan Maret berakhir. Biar menyesuaikan sama judul komiknya, hahaha.
Aku sejujurnya kurang nangkep banget ceritanya tentang apa, tapi kalau bisa kusimpulkan di bagian depan itu ada semacam sangkut pautnya dengan politik dan semacamnya. Dan di beberapa halaman sebelum bagian akhir barulah aku ngerti apa tema yang hendak disampaikan lewat komik ini.
Kalau dari yang kutangkap komik ini ingin menyinggung sedikit isu terutama isu ketidakadilan terhadap ras orang kulit hitam di Amerika gitu deh.
Dan komik ini ternyata adalah gabungan dari 3 komik yang berjudul March, jadi bisa kubilang memang ceritanya akan "bolong" gitu sih. But i think its okay. Dapet gratis jangan maruk, Ki.
Aku sejujurnya kurang nangkep banget ceritanya tentang apa, tapi kalau bisa kusimpulkan di bagian depan itu ada semacam sangkut pautnya dengan politik dan semacamnya. Dan di beberapa halaman sebelum bagian akhir barulah aku ngerti apa tema yang hendak disampaikan lewat komik ini.
Kalau dari yang kutangkap komik ini ingin menyinggung sedikit isu terutama isu ketidakadilan terhadap ras orang kulit hitam di Amerika gitu deh.
Dan komik ini ternyata adalah gabungan dari 3 komik yang berjudul March, jadi bisa kubilang memang ceritanya akan "bolong" gitu sih. But i think its okay. Dapet gratis jangan maruk, Ki.
April 13, 2022
Review excerpted from a longer review of the series originally published on my blog,
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Amazon offers March: FCBD Special, which it calls Book 4 in the series, for free on its Kindle app or did at the time that I am writing this review. The FCBD Special is a collection of excerpts from the three novels, and while not nearly as moving or informative as the full novels, it would be an introduction and a taste of the style in which these are written. I would highly recommend availing yourself of the full texts when you can manage it, even if you start with this. Since this story is nonfiction, there aren’t really spoilers to be had. It’s all information we should have learned in school.
Amazon offers March: FCBD Special, which it calls Book 4 in the series, for free on its Kindle app or did at the time that I am writing this review. The FCBD Special is a collection of excerpts from the three novels, and while not nearly as moving or informative as the full novels, it would be an introduction and a taste of the style in which these are written. I would highly recommend availing yourself of the full texts when you can manage it, even if you start with this. Since this story is nonfiction, there aren’t really spoilers to be had. It’s all information we should have learned in school.
September 10, 2020
This FCBD (Free Comic Book Day) issue of the 1960s "March" introduces us to the key persons and the mood of the "Crow" era. Although it is just a sample issue it includes parts from all 3 complete issues. Excellent introduction to the series and well worth a read.
August 10, 2020
Free! Introduction to a great story
It's a good introduction to the great three-volume March story. So get this for free, then buy the books. John Lewis's story is very inspiring and the art supports the storytelling very well throughout.
It's a good introduction to the great three-volume March story. So get this for free, then buy the books. John Lewis's story is very inspiring and the art supports the storytelling very well throughout.
May 13, 2017
Graphic Novel Book Club, April 2017
I read all three volumes together for the last book club meeting and so all of these reviews are going to end up going together.
Like many people I felt the need to get this book into my hands and the hands of those reading with me as soon as our president decided to slander the wrong congressmen for not understanding how the world worked, or having done enough for it. What I didn't know going into this book, I feel is printed on my heart coming out of it.
I felt so deeply moved and charged by this book. I felt the use of gorgeous color covers of such wam colors but deeply rooted images and messages of the time worked amazingly against the stark, straight to the point black and white of the interior pages. I love the inclusion of it being a story to children, and a leadup to the meeting with Obama, and how it ended with the idea for making these books.
The story between the beginning and ending frames is one to break the heart and make the soul of America, marked in blood and bloodied courage. I felt weak, ashamed, proud, angry, and sorrowful in so many different places. I felt so glad that these books had sold out twice on Amazon from so many people wanting to educate themselves, and I feel like I've been changed in ways beyond words for adding it to my/our ongoing and current fight.
I read all three volumes together for the last book club meeting and so all of these reviews are going to end up going together.
Like many people I felt the need to get this book into my hands and the hands of those reading with me as soon as our president decided to slander the wrong congressmen for not understanding how the world worked, or having done enough for it. What I didn't know going into this book, I feel is printed on my heart coming out of it.
I felt so deeply moved and charged by this book. I felt the use of gorgeous color covers of such wam colors but deeply rooted images and messages of the time worked amazingly against the stark, straight to the point black and white of the interior pages. I love the inclusion of it being a story to children, and a leadup to the meeting with Obama, and how it ended with the idea for making these books.
The story between the beginning and ending frames is one to break the heart and make the soul of America, marked in blood and bloodied courage. I felt weak, ashamed, proud, angry, and sorrowful in so many different places. I felt so glad that these books had sold out twice on Amazon from so many people wanting to educate themselves, and I feel like I've been changed in ways beyond words for adding it to my/our ongoing and current fight.
September 11, 2020
One of the most important comic book series - artistically as well as socially - of the past couple of decades, John Lewis’ “March,” co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by the incomparable Nate Powell, is “Maus” for the millennial generation. This Free Comic Book Day sampler contains excerpts from all three volumes and gives an excellent taste of the series. It’s intimate and emotional yet it fits well within the context of the civil rights movement as a whole. It’s as straightforward and uncompromising as its subject and is essential reading in these turbulent political times. This sampler should whet the appetite of anyone who hasn’t already read the trilogy.
July 27, 2020
Great preview of the trilogy. I definitely want to read the full version of the graphic novels.
September 10, 2020
I was a bit nervous about reading this book. Although the series was lauded, I was afraid some of that would be reverence for the material, even if not well told. Generally I can say my reservations were ill placed. The art is great and Lewis gives a thoroughly human historical account of important events. Sometimes it can be a bit jumpy.
July 21, 2020
We All Share This History
Would we not all benefit from the life and history of John Lewis? Courageous, moral and bound by the honor of non-violence, he and his story set an extraordinary example of what the best of humanity is about.
Would we not all benefit from the life and history of John Lewis? Courageous, moral and bound by the honor of non-violence, he and his story set an extraordinary example of what the best of humanity is about.
May 8, 2017
Comics are my favorite way to interact with memoir - and the Free Comic Book Day teaser has certainly persuaded me to pick up March in its entirety.
September 10, 2020
I was born in 1960
I actually saw some of this happening. Portrayed in black and white. Historically accurate. I had the kiss me I'm Irish button for years.
I actually saw some of this happening. Portrayed in black and white. Historically accurate. I had the kiss me I'm Irish button for years.
February 15, 2020
March 4
Amazing book, really goes into depth about the past history and struggles through the Jim Crow era. I highly suggest it!
Amazing book, really goes into depth about the past history and struggles through the Jim Crow era. I highly suggest it!
September 12, 2020
If you're interested in history, this is for you
As someone who is interested in history I think this is a good way to learn history. Of course it's boring to learn history in school. You just have to learn something that happened in the past and write papers about those times which you weren't even alive. I know it's boring.
But if reading books or graphic novels interest you, this might be the one for you.
It contains the past story with a good flow.
As someone who is interested in history I think this is a good way to learn history. Of course it's boring to learn history in school. You just have to learn something that happened in the past and write papers about those times which you weren't even alive. I know it's boring.
But if reading books or graphic novels interest you, this might be the one for you.
It contains the past story with a good flow.
September 14, 2020
Part of a 3-book large sized graphic novel series. Portrays the history of civil rights in mid-century America.
January 24, 2024
Great
Art is readable which is amazing considering so many comics now have terrible art that you can't understand. The writing is great everything about it is great no complaints.
Art is readable which is amazing considering so many comics now have terrible art that you can't understand. The writing is great everything about it is great no complaints.
February 1, 2025
This volume contains some of the information that is in the three volume set, but it still gives a very good look at time in history and what it takes to really get change to happen.
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