RUN: BOOK ONE
“This worthy successor to the late Congressman Lewis’s March graphic memoir trilogy picks up in the civil rights leader’s life during the 1960s counterculture revolution…This living history gives faces and voices to the legends of the civil rights era and connects their struggles to the present; the police brutality, voter suppression tactics, and segregationist politics of the 1960s are not so different from those Lewis was still making “good trouble” against at the time of his death in 2020. Lewis’s stunning American story and legacy lives on in these pages.”
Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review —
“This is a fantastic choice for classrooms… will speak powerfully to anyone trying to make sense of their own values in the face of wider movements and calls to action.”
Booklist, STARRED Review —
“An intimate, powerfully revealing look at a crucial, complex time, through the eyes of a true American hero.”
Kirkus Reviews, STARRED Review —
“As informative and essential an addition to the nonfiction comic canon as its much-lauded predecessors.”
The Horn Book, STARRED Review —
"Extensive biographical, reference, and artistic notes in the back matter will illuminate casual and student readers alike. Just as powerful as the ‘March’ trilogy, this paean to ‘nonviolent soldiers’ is principled, tragic, and stirring."
School Library Journal, STARRED Review —
"Run is another indispensable chronicle of the life and work of one of 20th-century America’s most exceptional figures, but it’s also a mission statement for the work yet to come.”
BookPage, STARRED Review —
“There’s a timeliness to Run, a reminder that the efforts to keep prospective voters from casting their ballots that are so much in the headlines these days are nothing new. It turns out the animus that drives so much of our nation’s history is well suited to this form.”
The New York Times —
“Many of the moments in Run speak to related struggles today… Lewis wanted the lessons of the movement to outlive him.”
The Washington Post —
“The legacy of civil rights icon John Lewis lives on in Run: Book One.”
TIME —
“Run puts down a clear marker for future historians that is both true to Lewis’s vision and meticulously researched. Run… shows the experience of Aydin and his team as visual storytellers and the strength of Abrams ComicArts as a “comics-native” literary imprint in supporting this kind of work.”
Forbes —
“Run is a startlingly relevant work of art that shines a light on elements of the civil rights movement that do not receive much attention, and shows how the struggle continues even to this day.”
ScreenRant —
“It is a powerful account of a pivotal moment… The artful combination of text and images paints a harrowing picture of the violence that continued to rock the movement.”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution —
“Run is a worthy successor to March, and in a way, it is almost a more vital work…”
Comic Book Resources
MARCH
VIRTUAL REALITY
PROSE
The Future of Nonviolence
Creative Loafing
August 2013
Feature Article:
“The Comic Book That Changed The World”
OP-EDS
“Kids can handle learning about civil rights. So teach them.” — Washington Post (April 18, 2022)
“John Lewis called for a revolution with his 'March' graphic novels. It's time we answer” — CNN (September 27, 2020)