Tuesday, February 8, 2011

"Graphic Depiction"

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/02/rep-john-lewis-civil-rights-graphic-novel-/1

Georgia Congressman John Lewis has signed a deal to write a graphic novel depicting his experiences in the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. Lewis’ supporters and civil rights advocates were both pleased by the announcement, but not as pleased as comic book fans who prefer the term “graphic novel.”

Lewis’s graphic novel will recount his struggles, such as being beaten by state police on a march through Alabama, and then publishers will spice it up by giving him superpowers.

Now that a sitting Congressman has become a graphic novel author, it has paved the way for Speaker of the House John Boehner to write his own autobiographical graphic novel, Orange-Man, who has the power to blast his enemies with super-human tears.

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