NEW YORK 鈥� The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his death.
Abrams announced Tuesday that 鈥淩un: Book One鈥� will be published Aug. 3, just over a year after Lewis died at age 80. As with the 鈥淢arch鈥� trilogy, which traced Lewis' growing involvement with the civil rights movement in the 1960s, 鈥淩un鈥� features longtime collaborator Andrew Aydin and illustrator Nate Powell as they shape a narrative around Lewis' reflections. Comic artist L. Fury will assist with illustrations.
鈥淩un: Book One" begins after the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.
鈥淟ewis recounts the highs and lows of a movement fighting to harness their hard-won legal protections to become an electoral force as the Vietnam War consumes the American political landscape 鈥� all while the forces of white supremacy gather to mount a decades-long campaign to destroy the dream of the 鈥楤eloved Community鈥� that John Lewis, Dr. King, and so many others worked to build,鈥� according to Abrams.
Lewis, Aydin and Powell shared a National Book Award in 2016 for the third volume of the 鈥淢arch鈥� trilogy.
The Associated Press
